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White Globe Onion. 



White Globe, or Southport White, Onion. Bulb silvery white, 

 almost exactly spherical, with a diameter of from 2f to 3^ in. every 

 way, very firm, with a fine neck, and keeping remarkably well ; 

 leaves dark green, slender, 

 and rather numerous. 

 This variety is about as 

 early as the White Lisbon. 

 Neapolitan Maggio- 

 jola White Onion. An Aj 

 early and very large kind. 

 Bulb silvery white, 4 or 

 5 in. in diameter, and 

 about 2 in. thick ; flesh 

 tender; neck rather stout; 

 leaves numerous, and of 

 a peculiar light tint. This 

 variety derives its name 

 from the circumstance that 

 in Italy it attains its full 

 growth in the month of May, but it does not do so in France 

 until August. However, it is a comparatively early kind, con- 

 sidering its large size and great productiveness. It does not 

 keep well. 



White Lisbon Onion. Bulb round, more or less flattened, 

 sometimes irregular in shape, 3 to 4 in. in diameter when well grown, 

 and from about 2 to over 3 in. thick, often slightly pear-shaped in 

 the lower part ; neck rather thick ; leaves numerous, and yellow- 

 green. The flesh is not very firm, and, although it ripens rather 

 late, this variety does not keep very well. It is most usually 

 sent to table fresh from the ground, even in the south of France. 

 In England it is grown in immense quantities for use while 



quite young and hardly formed, the 

 bulbs being scarcely larger than a 

 Walnut. 



Large White Flat Italian 

 Tripoli Onion. It is rather difficult 

 to procure this variety perfectly 

 true to name, and it does not appear 

 to be very extensively grown, even 

 in Italy. It is in all points an 

 exaggerated form of the Maggiojola 

 Anru-4. T u ^ ~ - x variety, being one- third broader, 



White Lisbon Onion (4- natural size). ff _ J ' , . to - . 



often exceeding 6 in. in transverse 



diameter, with a depth of about 3 in. The neck is thick, and 

 the leaves stout and dark green. The coats of the bulb are of 

 a pearly white when dried, but more or less green as long as 



