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Large White Italian Tripoli and Large Red Italian 



Tripoli, (See figure 73.) These grow to a large size, 

 and are later than either of the preceding. 



Fig. 73. WHITE TRIPOLI ONIOX. 



Potato Onions are increased by the bulbs as it grows, 

 splitting into six, eight or ten sections, which form the 

 crop from which the "set," or root for next season's 

 planting is obtained. These are planted in early spring, 

 in rows one foot apart, three or four inches between the 

 onions, and, like the Onions raised from sets, are gen- 

 erally sold green, as in that state they are very tender, 

 while in the dry state they are less desirable than the 

 ordinary Onion. 



Top Onions, so-called, are propagated by the peculiar 

 growth of this variety, which produces a cluster of 

 small bulblets on the Onion stalk, a cluster of bulblets 

 being formed instead of flowers and seeds. In all respects 

 its culture is the same as the Potato Onion, only that, as 

 the bulbs are smaller, they can be planted closer. 



