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ALLIACEOUS PLANTS. 



Large Red. Bulb sometimes roundish, but, when pure, 



W L,IleE S KE E D L . D more or less flattened. It is of very large 

 size, and, when grown in favorable soil, often 

 measures five inches or more in diameter, and three inch- 

 es in depth. Skin deep purplish-red ; neck of medium 

 size ; flesh purplish- white, moderately fine- 

 grained, and stronger flavored than that 

 of the Yellow and earlier Red varieties. 

 It is quite productive ; one of the best to 

 keep ; and is grown to a large extent, in 

 many places on the sea-coast of New 

 England, for shipping to the South and 

 West. It is almost everywhere seen in 

 vegetable markets, and, with perhaps the 

 exception of the Yellow or Danvers, is the most prominent 

 of the sorts employed for commercial purposes. It derives 

 its name from Wethersfield, Conn., where it is extensively 

 cultivated, and where it has the reputation of having 

 originated. 



Wethersfield Large 

 Red Onion. 



New Deep 

 Blood Bed. 



Bulb small, flattened, two 

 inches and a quarter in diame- 

 ter, and an inch and a half in depth ; neck 

 small ; skin deep violet-red, approaching 

 black. A half early variety, remarkable 

 for its intense purplish-red color. 



Blood-red Onion. 



Potato Onion. Bulb flattened, from two and a half to 



JND ON?ON. UNI three inches in diameter, and two inches in 



depth ; skin copper-yellow ; flavor sugary, 



mild, and excellent. It does not keep so well as many 



other varieties, but remains sound longer if the leaves are 



cut two or three inches above the top of the bulb at the 



time of harvesting. 



The Potato Onion produces no seeds, neither small bulbs 



