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in the spring found in the Northern markets are the Ber- 

 muda grown " Madeira " onions. Although it might be 

 possible to grow as fine onions in Florida from autumn- 

 sown seed, the attempt to compete with Bermuda onions 

 for favor would seem 

 fruitless at present. South 

 Florida might even antici- 

 pate the Bermuda crop. 

 The next onions, other 

 than from this section and 

 from Florida, offered in 

 market, are the "Potato 

 onions," grown near Nor- 

 folk and in Maryland. 

 Southern onions will be 

 apt to bring the most sat- 

 isfactory prices about the 

 time the supply from 

 Bermuda is becoming ex- 

 hausted, which occurs 

 about June 15th. While 

 no variety of Southern- 

 grown onions will keep %' 4< -~ c 

 during the winter, should they ripen a little premature- 

 ly, they may be preserved sufficiently long to allow the 

 shipments to be so timed as to meet this demand. 



VARIETIES AKT> SEED. 



Of more than one hundred varieties, the common 

 "Bed Wethersfield" and "Yellow Danvers" are the best 

 keepers. The beautiful white "Italian Queen" is the 

 earliest and surest, but is too small. The " Giant Eocca " 

 makes an enormous yield, but is too large for market. 

 The now popular " Globe Madeira" will be the best to 

 succeed the Bermuda crop of the same variety. 



Of no other vegetable, save the cauliflower, is it so im- 



-- GIANT ROCCA. 



