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to form good bulbs ; and, even when well matured, the latter 

 are liable to decay soon after being harvested. It requires a 

 long, warm season for its greatest perfection. The seed 

 should be sown early, in drills sixteen inches apart ; and the 

 plants should be thinned to eight inches apart in the rows. 



Not suited to New England or the cooler sections of the 

 United States. 



Bulb small, flattened, two New Deep 



Blood-Red. 

 inches and a quarter in diam- BRUNSWICK 



DEEP BLOOD- 



eter, and an inch and a half in 

 depth ; neck small ; skin deep violet-red, ap- 

 proaching black. A half early variety, re- 

 markable for its intense purplish-red color. 



Bulb roundish, flattened on the upper side, Pale-Red. 

 but not so much so as the Blood-red, of which 

 this may be considered a variety ; size medium, two inches 

 and a half in diameter, one inch and three quarters in depth ; 

 neck small ; skin copper-red, much paler than that of the 

 Blood-red. Compared with the last named, it is earlier and 

 of milder flavor. This and the Blood-red are much esteemed 

 by some for their extreme pungency and for their diuretic 

 properties. 



A large, somewhat flattened variety, much Paris Straw- 



J colored. Vil. 



cultivated about Paris ; skin fine russet-yellow ; 



neck small. It is not early, but productive, and of excellent 

 quality. 



Bulb pyriform, measuring four inches and a Pear- 



half in depth, and two inches in diameter at 

 the broadest part ; neck small ; skin copper red. It is 

 quite late, but of good quality, and keeps well. 



