CHAPTER XXV. 

 THE ONION FAMILY. 



Onion. Allium cepa. 



French, ognon ; German, zwiebel ; Dutch, uijen ; Danish, 

 voglog; Italian, cipolla; Spanish, cebolla; Portuguese, 

 cebola. 



Leek. Allium porrum. 



French, poireau; German, lauch; Dutch, prei; Danish, 

 porre; Italian, porro; Spanish, puerro; Portuguese, alho 

 porro. 



Garlic. Allium sativum. 



French, ail; German, knoblauch; Dutch, knoflook; 

 Danish, hvidlog; Italian, aglio; Spanish, ajo; Portuguese, 

 alho. 



Chives. Allium sclwenoprasum. 



French, ciboulette, civette ; German^ schnittlauch ; 

 Dutch, bieslook; Italian, cipollina; Spanish, cebollino. 



Ciboule. Allium fistulosum. 



French, ciboule ; German, schnitt-zwiebel ; Dutch, bies- 

 look ; Danish, purlog ; Italian, cipolleta ; Spanish, cebol- 

 leta; Portuguese, cebolinah. 



Shallot. Allium ascalonicum. 



French, echalote; German, schalotte ; Dutch, sjalot; 

 Danish, skalottelog ; Italian, scalogno ; Spanish, chalote ; 

 Portuguese, echalota. 



The onion is another of the great vegetables in Califor- 

 nia great in the size of the tubers and in the crop, great 

 also in the ease with which a constant supply of fresh 

 onions can be secured throughout the year in the open air ; 

 greater still, perhaps, in the fact that the superb local 

 conditions for onion-seed growing have given California 

 the power to set prices for the onion-seed trade of the 



