238 ONION. 



deep purplish, red, neck of medium thickness, the flesh of a pur- 

 plish white, tolerably fine grained, and with a strong flavor. It 

 is very productive, grows to a large size, and is much valued on 

 account of its excellent keeping qualities, which make it a suit- 

 able sort for shipping to distant markets. 



Yellow Onion. — This also is a valuable and popular market 

 sort. Much confusion has arisen by reason of its having been 

 called " Silver Skin " by !N"ew England growers, thus confound- 

 ing it with a medium sized variety having a silvery white skin, 

 grown for pickling, but which is a poor keeper. The true Yellow 

 Onion is above medium size, skin yellowish-brown, deepening in 

 color by age or long exposure to the sun; the flesh white, 

 fine grained and mild flavored. It yields large crops, the bulbs 

 being of uniform good size, with very small necks, and keeping 

 well. 



Danvbes Yellow. — A sort of sub-variety of the old Yellow 

 Onion, more globular in form, having a yellowish-brown skin, 

 that becomes greenish,-brown if long exposed to the sun ; the 

 flesh is white and mild flavored. It also is an excellent cropper, 

 but has not the reputation of being as good a keeper as the old 

 Yellow. 



SiLVBB-SKiN. — This is the sort that is so much used for pick- 

 Hng, and, when full grown, is a very handsome, medium-sized 

 bulb. To grow them for pickling, the seed should be sown thick, 

 on not very rich soil, ' so that the bulbs may be small. The 

 outer skin is sUvery-white, hence the name ; the neck small, the 

 flesh white, sweet, very mild flavored, and fine grained. It pro- 

 duces good crops of uniform-sized bulbs, and is a very agreeable 

 variety for home use, but unfortunately it is a very poor keeper 

 in our climate. 



Potato Onion. — Very desirable for home use on account of 

 its very nuld, sugary, and excellent flavor. In the estimation of 

 the writer it is the most agreeable of all the Onions. The bulbs 

 axe of medium size, sometimes large, with a coppery-yellow skin. 

 It does not produce seed, but multiplies under ground, hence the 

 name potato-onion. To obtain large-sized bulbs for the table, the 



