160 AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 



WELSH ONION. 



Ordinarily, vegetables reproduce themselves freely only in 

 one direction, which may be either by sets from the root or by 

 seed (see p. 66) ; but to this general rule the Welsh onion is 

 an exception, multiplying itself rapidly by the offsets, which it 

 produces almost as freely as shallots, and by the seed, which it 

 yields in the same manner, though not quite so abundantly as 

 the common onion. Sets for planting may therefore ]oe raised 

 from seed or obtained in the fall from the roots. These, if only 

 intended for family use, should stand permanently in a single 

 row, or as edging to a path, so that they may spread freely, the 

 outer offsets being slipped from the roots for use in the spring ; 

 or, if intended for sale, they may be planted in August or Sep- 

 tember, in rich soil, three or four inches deep, in rows fifteen to 

 eighteen inches wide, and a foot apart in the row, a new plant- 

 ing being made every fall, and the whole crop taken up for 

 market every second or third year. 



They do not swell into large bulbs, like common onions, but 

 resemble a large shallot or an escallion (see p. 158), and are 

 used in the same manner, and only while green. 



PARSLEY. 



French, Persil. German, Petersilie. Spanish, Perejil. 



CURLED. PLAIN. 



BRIEF DIRECTIONS. 



Sow in shallow drills twelve inches apart, in very rich, light 

 soil. Cover lightly, and if dry, give water. Thin the plants 

 to three inches, and keep clean by repeated hoeings. 



Time : throughout spring and summer at the North, or spring 

 and fall at the South. 



The earlier-sown crop of parsley at the North should be 

 used during summer and fall, or be taken up and stored, with 

 the roots in the earth, in a light cellar for winter. The later- 

 sown crop, if not so late as to be feeble at the coming of win- 

 ter, will bear the severe cold better, though sometimes either 



