Crops Grown for Their Leaves 



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FIG. 131. "Dry" onions grown from onion sets. They are now ready to be 

 pulled, dried, and stored away for the winter. 



in a cool cellar or in a cold frame. In the South the 

 crop may be left in the garden for use as needed. 



The green leaves of the leek have a coarse texture, 

 a rank odor, and are strongly acrid when eaten raw. The 

 blanched portion is more tender and less acrid. When 

 the leek is cooked, the flavor is even milder than that of 

 most onions ; hence the plant is excellent for flavoring 

 soups and stews. There are not many varieties of the 

 leek offered by seedsmen. London or American Flag 

 and Large Rouen are standard sorts. 



Seed onions and their culture. If the seed of these 

 onions is planted in spring and the plants well cared for, 

 each plant forms a large bulb or " dry " onion before 

 autumn arrives. When properly cured and stored, 



