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O. Rouge Pale d'Alais. A southern variety, suitable for sowing 

 in autumn. It is tolerably like the Niort Pale Red Onion, but is 

 thicker in the bulb. 



O. Faille Gros de Bale. A rather handsome, half-early variety, 

 with a flat, well-shaped bulb, and a very fine neck, intermediate in 

 colour between the White Spanish and the Strasburg Onion. 



Bedfordshire Champion Onion. A fine English variety. 

 Bulb nearly spherical, and of the colour of the sulphur-coloured 

 White Spanish Onion. It is a little thicker than the Naseby 

 Mammoth and its allies, which are mentioned farther on. 



Dark Red Brunswick Onion. Bulb very flat, rather small, 

 seldom exceeding about 2\ in. diameter, and about an. inch or less 

 thick, hard and firm, of such a deep red colour that it verges on 

 black ; neck fine ; leaves short, rather slender, and a dark, slightly 

 glaucous, green. This is a moderately productive kind, but keeps 

 remarkably well. 



Ognon Cabosse. Bulb very flat and rather firm, with a very fine 

 satiny skin of a slightly coppery or salmon-pink colour. The neck is 

 very fine, and the disc or plate from which the roots issue is remark- 

 ably small. This fine variety is well adapted for sowing in autumn. 

 Cantello's Prize Onion. Intermediate between the White 

 Spanish and the Strasburg Onion, it comes near the numerous 

 English varieties which are referred to the Deptford Onion. 



Ognon Rouge de Castillon. A handsome red flat Onion of large 

 size, which is brought to Bordeaux in considerable quantities in 

 autumn. It is tolerably like the Mfeieres Onion, but is often 

 larger more about the size of the Flat Tripoli. Like most large 

 tender-fleshed Onions, it keeps badly. 



Chamois Glatte Wiener Zwiebel. A handsome coppery pink 

 variety, with a fine neck and somewhat irregular shape. The 



Zittau Giant Onion appears 

 to be an improved form of it. 

 O. Paille de Chateau- 

 Renard. The bulb of this 

 variety is more of a coppery 

 or salmon colour than a true 

 yellow, which its name would 

 appear to indicate. It bears 

 __ a great resemblance to the 



Lescure Onion, 

 Como Flat Yellow Onion. Como ^ ^^^ Q ^^ 



A small handsome Onion, coppery yellow in colour, with very 

 thin silky outer coats ; the bulb is very flat, less than an inch in 

 diameter. It is much grown near Como, in Lombardy. It is a 

 -quick grower and keeps well. It is sold during the winter in long 

 hanks like the Straw-coloured Vertus Onion. 



