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out from one season's crop may be used as sets the next year. 

 Varieties. For general field crops in this section no onion 

 is more certain than Red Wethersfield. The Yellow Danvers- 

 is the best yellow kind for this purpose. The earliest matur- 

 ing- large kind is Extra Early Red. For raising- sets the 



Fig. 88.— Varieties of onions. 1.— Southport Yellow Globe. 2.— Silver Skin. 

 3.— Red Globe. 4. — Prizetaker. 5.— Yellow Danvers. 



Yellow Dutch, called also Yellow Strasburg. is the best kind, 

 but any variety may be used for this purpose. For growing- 

 in hotbeds, greenhouses or window boxes to be transplanted 

 to the open ground, the Prizetaker and Southport Yellow 

 Globe are most in demand. 



Potato Onions are always grown from the bulbs, which in- 

 crease in size and also produce a cluster of bulbs around the 

 one that is planted. They are especially adapted to early 

 marketing. 



Egyptian, or Perennial Tree, Onion. This kind is perfectly hardy 

 and does not form bulbs, but the bleached part is used in a. 

 green state. It produces no seed but instead has a small 

 cluster of bulblets where the seed cluster should be. These 

 bulblets are planted in September in the same way as recom- 

 mended for onion sets and are ready for use as bunch onions 

 very early the following season. 



Onion Seed is raised by planting out the bulbs in the spring 

 in rows four feet apart, and for this purpose, bulbs of the greatest 

 excellence should be used. It is best to set the bulbs about 

 six inches deep and six inches apart in each furrow and to do 



