204? THE VEGETABLE CULTIVATOR. 



collects the first introduction of James's onion. 

 James was an extensive market-gardener in Surrey, 

 where he amassed a large fortune. He was greatly 

 respected, and, in the decline of life, was nominated 

 high sheriff of the above county. 



8. Strasburg. V Principally valued for their 



9. Blood-red. J long keeping, which, in most 

 seasons, continues till the autumn sowing, for the 

 following spring transplanting, comes into use. 

 They are very hardy, but of strong flavour. 



10. Welsh Onion. This variety is a native of 

 Siberia, and is of the most hardy nature. It is 

 seldom destroyed in the severest season ; but dies 

 in the early part of winter and grows again at 

 the commencement of spring. The Welsh onion is 

 a perennial, and all the other cultivated sorts are 

 biennial : it does not bulb, and is principally sown 

 in autumn, for drawing in spring. It would, per- 

 haps, be more generally cultivated were it not for 

 its very strong scent and taste. The stock of this 

 variety will last good many years for producing 

 seed, which it does freely ; but, for general uses, it 

 should be sown every year. 



11. The Potatoe or Under-ground Onion ; so 

 called from producing under-ground. Jt cannot 

 now, perhaps, be correctly ascertained when this 

 variety was introduced into this country, or whence 

 it came. It appears to have been cultivated in 

 Mr. Driver's nursery, near London, in 1796. It 

 produces no seed; consequently it can only be 

 raised from the offsets of the bulb. The first the 

 author saw or heard of was at Lord Rolle's, in 

 Devonshire, above twenty years ago ; and the guide 



