ONION 



Goff ((i K' 1'. N. \ . --tatu Exp. Sta., for the year 1887), 

 classiii' I (iH- of bulb and then by coior. He 



make- I :j roups: bulb oblate, spherical, top- 



shape, "> li "V |M ir 'hiipe. Each of these groups is 

 divided 111 ihii-.- M-.iiuus: color white, yellow or brown- 

 ish, red or reddish. Another classification (Bailev, 

 Bull. 31 Mich. Agric. College, 1887), makes three pri- 

 mary sections on methods of propagation: propagated 



1531 Tod Onions ( 



by division (multipliers), by bulblets or "tops b> seeds 

 (or sets) The last section (seed Onions) is divided 

 into bulbs silver\ white and bulbs colored and these 



in dp 



shl 



groups 1 



Aside from th lui t is ,i()in n m tli x .till 

 gardening m mil 1 1 tli i u i i I ir iii ( i i 



ner's "Onions t i 1 i t t n 1 I li \ \ ( n i i i il 

 ture ' Otreiner ml \ili ^ 11 « t i i « i im i i i 



the Orange Judd t uiup iii\ s OniouLjik 



The cultivated onion like pi iiits luaj bu ii iiin <1 iiucU r 

 SIX species, as follows 



A. Leaies terete and hoUoii . 

 B. Phtiit annual or biennial, the bulbs evident. 



Allium C^pa, Linn. CoiraoN Onion. Bulbs various, 

 but distinctly rounded at top and bottom: scape tail and 

 stout (usuiiliy 2-.'i ft.), enlarging in the middle, glau- 

 cous, nmch ixi'ccliii;,' the large soft hollow leaves: fls. 

 in round uiiit.rls | Fii:. 1,534) white or blush. Persia and 

 adjacent n irii.ns. 



Var. bulbellifera, Bailey. Top or tree Onion. 



Var. multiplicans, Bailey. Multiplier or potato Onion. 



Allium fistuldsum, Linn. Welsh Onion. Ciboule. 

 Kii;. l.'iil.'i. No distinct bulb, but only an enlargement 

 at the base: Ivs., scape and fls. much as in tiie Common 

 Onion, except that the plant is usually lower when in 

 bloom and the leaves are more clustered. Siberia. B.M. 

 Vi.SO. — Grown for its leaves, which are used as season- 

 ing. It is as hardy as the Onion. It is grown prefer- 

 ably from seeds, but the roots may be divided. The 



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seeds are usually sown in the fall, unless the climate 

 severe, and the leaves are ready for early spring use 



Allium Ascalfinicum Linn "Shallot (which see) 

 sm ill plant with short aw 1 sh q t 1 It u cs an 1 an um 



til tl 1 t 1 t 1 111 1 I tl small 



N Fu 



ften known as Shallot 

 Plant trul J perennial 

 ell, 

 Allium Schoenfiprasum L i 



)od ten q a dense sod like 

 f 



I CnF(wl h see) Fig 



:e s 1 i„h in 4 t ui,l 1 im] s aic.ly 



C umbels ot lu e ] liple ds in s] ring 



rthern pait tf \ Amti Giown tor 



Its leaves, which 'ire used for reasoning 



AA Leaics flatttsh, not hollou 



Allium sativum Lmn Gaklh (nludi se( ) Fig 



894 page 628 Bulbs small hi .1 iii_ iq nil m iii\ ■.mill 



bulbs or 'clo\es Ivs -s i i \ i ii v I I i tl | ur 



phsh, but usualh not 1 m m. i i i I I I \ I ulb 



lets Eu -Grown fill til I ill ml iiltn it ,1 like 



Onions grown fn ni i il 



Allium P6rrum I iim Iiii (which see) Fig 



111? stiiin_ lilt I I ml » ith the simple bulb lit 



tie thicker th 111 till st ut ii 1 1\ s very broad and 



tl (11 kieliil scape produced the 



11^, I Urge umbel of white or blush 



. lu ( rown triim Sled aftei the manner of Onions 



lie leaxesind lull. u. < iten L H B 



The Nix ' i / P i - 



s before that wholly 



There aie only few 



h iM li tt an equally 



1 1 The trans 





1532. A multiplier Onion. 



ported Spanish" are really nothing more than these 

 home-grown bulbs of the Prizetaker variety, and the 

 buyer is not the loser by any means. This Prizetaker 

 is perhaps the best of this class of Onions to be grown 

 by the transplanting process at the present time — large, 

 of good shape, perhaps a little darker in color than the 

 imported Spanish, and its equal in mildness of flavor. 

 The newer Gibraltar is still larger, milder, a little later. 



