Key To Plate IX 



Fig. 42. — ^A, Multiplier onions. B, The same variety of 

 onions cleaned and ready for the table. 



Fig. 43. — Onions grown from transplanted seedlings in 

 clay soil. The tops are thrown down in order to 

 ripen the bulb. Many of the bulbs measured two 

 inches in diameter. 



Fig. 44. — ;Loosening the head of cabbage in the soil to 

 prevent it from cracking. 



Fig. 45. — ^A head of the Early Snowball cauliflower 

 ready for the kitchen. Back is a cauliflower plant 

 with the leaves tied at the top in order to blanch the 

 head. 



