LEADING VEGETABLE CROPS I9I 



sections of the country. Southport Red Globe is 

 also a favorite in many sections where red onions are 

 grown. White Portugal, Southport White Globe and 

 Silver King are the principal white varieties grown 

 under field conditions. White Queen and White 

 Barletta are largely grown for pickling purposes. 

 Both white and yellow sorts of potato onions are 

 planted extensively for the purpose of growing 

 bunch onions. The Egyptian or perennial onion is 

 an extremely hardy variety, valuable for fall plant- 

 ing in the North for the production of bunching onions. 

 The varieties of the Bermuda or Spanish type of 

 onions grown in the southern parts of the United 

 States, principally in California, Louisiana and 

 Texas, are Prize Taker, Gibraltar, Red and White 

 Bermuda. 



PARSLEY 



Parsley is of limited importance as a vegetable 

 crop in the United States. It is used almost entirely 

 for garnishing purposes, but it is sometimes used 

 as a salad and also for flavoring soups and meats. 

 The plant is very hardy, especially when mulched, 

 often withstanding winter conditions, even in the 

 North. It requires moist, fertile soil for its best 

 development. The seed germinates slowly, and for 

 this reason it is usually started under greenhouse or 

 hotbed conditions and transplanted to the fields. 

 The plants are permitted to stand from six to eight 

 inches apart in rows from 12 to 15 inches wide. For 

 a fall crop sowing should be done the latter 

 part of May or first of June in the North. For the 

 spring crop seed should be sown in the greenhouse 

 and the young plants ready to be removed to the 

 soil as soon as weather conditions will permit. In 



