KEY To PLATE IX 



FIG. 42. A, Multiplier onions. B, The same variety of 

 onions cleaned and ready for the table. 



FIG. 43. Onions grown from transplanted seedlings in 

 clay soil. The tops are thrown down in order to 

 ripen the bulb. Many of the bulbs measured two 

 inches in diameter. 



FIG. 44. Loosening the head of cabbage in the soil to 

 prevent it from cracking. 



FIG. 45. A head of the Early Snowball cauliflower 

 ready for the kitchen. Back is a cauliflower plant 

 with the leaves tied at the top in order to blanch the 

 head. 



