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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



White Queen. — A silver-skinned onion and excellent 

 for pickling; a rapid grower; very early and fine qnality. 

 Large Red Wethersfield. — The skin is red, while 

 the interior is white; flavor strong, and the keeping quali- 

 ties are excellent; an early 

 variety and a heavy yielder. 



Prize Taker and Giant 

 Rocca. — The first is a Spanish 

 and the latter an Italian variety. 

 Both produce large onions. The 

 Prize Taker has a yellow and the 

 Giant Rocca a red skin. The 

 flavor is good in the case of each, 

 The first is a fine onion for the 



Fig. 137 — Potato Onion. 



and the flesh is tender 

 South. 



Extra Early Red.— A very early onion growing to a 

 medium size; close grained and solid. 



Southport White Globe. — Globular onion of a mild 

 flavor and good keeping quali- 

 ties. Highly prized in some sec- 

 tions of the South. 



Potato Onion. — This derives 

 its name from forming a number 

 of bulbs on the parent root be- 

 neath the surface of the soil. It 

 ripens early, but does not keep 

 until spring. A sub-variety with 

 smaller bulbs is said to produce 

 bulbs on the stem like the top 

 onion. It is very prolific, and 

 affords a supply before other kinds are ready. Plant the 

 offsets in rows a foot apart, and ten inches in the row, 

 three inches deep, from October to March. 



Fig. 138— Top Onion. 



