ONION 



Goff (« Kep. N. V. State Exp. Sia.. lor tliu year 1887) 

 classittes first by shape of bulb and then by color He 

 niakes four primary groups bulb oblate, spherical, ton 

 shape, oval or pear shape Each of these groups is 

 divided m three sections color white, yellow or brown 

 D ;, ''S "'" •'«<'<J'sh Anothei classification (Baile-( 

 Bull. 31 Mich Agrip College, 1887) makes three pn 

 mary sections on methods of propvgation propagated 



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seeds are usually s 

 severe, and the lea 

 Allium Ascaldnicum, Linn 



smill ]iliiit with shi 



1531 Top Onions ( X Vi) 



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

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

 into bulbs silvery white and bulbs colored, and thesi 

 groups are again divided on shape of bulb 



A.side from the chapters on Onions in the vegetable 

 gardening manuals, there are special treatises, as (,rei 

 ner s "Onions for Profit," and "The New Onion Cul 

 j.n- (,reiner and Arhe's "How to Grow Onions," and 

 the Orange Judd Company's "Onion Book " 



The cultivated onion like plants may be named under 

 SIX species, as follows 



A Leaies teiete andhoUou 

 B. Plant annual or biennial, the biilh^ eiident 



Allium Cepa 1 mn Common Omion Bulbs various 

 but ilistiiictly loundHd at top and bottom scape tall and 

 stout (usually J- ft ), enlarging in the middle glau 

 ("lis. luui-h .■x( I . rliii^, the large soft hollow leaves fls 

 ■i'.'r'''H'l.','i't ".'",!. ' ' '" '^''•*' ^'"*« '>'■ t"'"''! Persia ind 



Var bulbellifera, Bailey. Top or tree Onion. 



V:ir. muItipUcans, Bailey. Multiplier or potato Onion. 



Allium Hstuldsum, Linn. Welsh Onion. Ciboui.e 

 fig. I.i.ln. No .hstmct bulb, but only an enlargement 

 at tne oase: Ivs., scape and fls. much as in the Common 

 \lvZl' "^■-y;';P* t''-" the plant is usually lower when in 

 i' ' n ?-" "^ L*"'''''*' "'■'' """■« '•■'■stered. Siberia. B.M. 

 l-.iU.-(,rown for its leaves, which are used as seas.,n- 

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

 ably from seeds, but the roots raav be divided The 



Plant 



in the fall, unless the climate is 

 are ready for eai-ly spring use 



''haltot (which see) A 



lail li i\, s ,1, I 1,1 umbel 



III il> I il Miidl ob 



' ' I I'rneon 



ulbsor"cloves 

 'ung leaves are 

 s or cloves m n 

 onion sets Tim 

 ain of Onion is 



ihj pei: 



■tl ptaditrmif I 



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Allium Schoen6prasum, Lmn Ci\e («hich see) Pig 

 jii OiH tt .,1 I, ss high, m a tough dump scarceh 

 iihmis produ, in., umbels of lose purple fls in spring 

 ,.,., .He uoithern part of N 4mer Giown fm 

 ith ire used for seasoning 

 AA Ziaiet, flattisJi not liolloit 

 Allium sativum, Linn Garlic (which see) Fil, 

 4 p ,ge b2b Bulbs small, breaking up into many small 

 iiijs m clu\es hs ier\ narrow, keeled fls pur' 

 plisli hut usuilU not forming or replaced b> bulb 

 ets tu -(,!(,« 1, toi the bulbs, and cultivated like 

 Onions grown from sn.K 



Allium P6rrum 1 im. Leek (which see) Pig 

 till "l"""r "'';"-' 1''"" witli the simple bulb lit 

 r.V.M, 1 i'" 'iH'iieik h s y erv broad and 



"1 '' '' I I ' 1' d s< ipe produced the 



'" ii.ii_ I i,,_, umbil of white or blush 

 ""'I" ' 'II' 1 the niauuei of Onions 



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featiii. s ..1 hIi It I, I I II, 

 ture IS not new It li i 

 Bermudas, amuug tin I 

 ma, and in various j'l i I 



does not detract from tin 

 as to Prof W J Grttu i i i 'I j i i, 

 (about 1889) of this old, but in then 1,,, 

 portions of the United States bctc. 

 unknown, plan of Onion-growmg Then 

 if anj , modern ... 



deep impressiii 

 planting metho 

 of the large t 

 bpanish type i 

 to produce bull 

 sweet Onions w 

 toreign countin 

 cents per pound 

 off on the unsu- 



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 .,f tl,i^ rlas- i.i' ( ini,,,,^ t.. I,.- jrown 



of good shape. |>.ii,:i|i- n lurh clmi... r m ,-,,l,,r t]i;,,'i the 

 imported Spanish. aiMi n^ .-.luai in miMn. -;s ,,f flavor 

 The newer Gibraltar i.- -nil laiirer, Miii.lcr a little liter' 



