ONION 



VEGETABLE GARDEN 



ONION 1149' 



end of July or August, when they may be 

 harvested, dried, and stored in the same 

 way as those from spring-sown seeds. 



VARIETIES OF ONIONS 



The followmg are among the best at 

 present known : — 



Ailsa Cradg. Very large, pale straw- 

 yellow, mild flavour, keeps till March. 



Banbury Improved. Large, bright 

 yellow, mild flavour. 



Bedfordshire Ghcmipion. Brown- 

 skinned, globular, keeps well till May or 

 June. 



Blood Bed. Bulbs very solid, medium, 

 skin dull or glossy red. Keeps till June. 



Brown Qlobe. Medium, roundish, red- 

 skinned ; keeps well. 



Brown Spanish (Strasburg Dept- 

 ford). Bulbs medium, flattish, dark red- 

 brown skin, good quality and keeps well. 



Cranston's Excelsior. A handsome 

 globe-shaped Onion with yellow skin, good 

 quality, and keeps well till about the end 

 of February. 



Damvers's Yellow. An excellent straw- 

 coloured variety ; keeps well till May. 

 One of the best for general use. 



Gia/nt ZiUaii. Bulbs large- round, 

 with a bright yellow skin; keeps well, 

 often into May and June. 



Ja/mes's Keeping. Bulbs oblong or 

 Pear-shaped, large ; keeps well. 



Magnum Bonum. Bulbs very large, 

 with a bright straw-yellow skin. Good 

 keeper till May or June. 



Nvmeha/m Parh. An excellent Onion 

 for general use. It is a form of the White 

 Spanish. Keeps well till May. 



Bousham Parle Hero. A distinct form 

 of the White Spanish Onion. The bulbs 

 grow very large, vidth pale straw-yellow 

 skins. Mild flavour ; good keeper till 

 May. 



Silver - shinned. A good pickling 

 Onion. The seeds should be sovm thickly 

 in spring, and the young plants need not 

 be thinned out. 



Sutton's A 1. Bulbs very large, flat- 

 tish, 6-8 in. in diameter, with brownish- 

 yellow skin, excellent qualitjf and keeps 

 till May. Good for spring or autumn 

 sowing. 



Sutton's Qlobe. A handsome round 

 Onion with a mild and delicate flavour. 

 Keeps till June. 



Trebons. Bulbs very large. Pear- 

 shaped, yellow-skinned. One of the best 

 for autumn sowing. Keeps till March. 



White Globe. Bulbs medium, round- 

 ish, remarkably firm and solid, with a 

 silvery skin. Keeps in good condition till 

 May. 



White Lisbon. This variety is chiefly 

 useful for sowing in autumn, to produce 

 salading in spring. When full grown the 

 bulbs are large and roundish, but are not 

 much valued in that state. 



White Spanish or Portugal. An 

 excellent all - round variety, good for 

 general use. Bulbs large flattened, with 

 pale straw-yellow skin. Keeps well till 

 May. 



The Tripoli Onions mentioned below 

 are usually recommended for autumn 

 sowing. As a rule when sown in spring 

 the bulbs of most of the varieties do not 

 last beyond Christmas, although some 

 gardeners can keep them until the end of 

 January and into JTebruary. 



Tripoli, Gia/nt Bocca. Bulb large 

 round, delicately flavoured ; skin brown. 



Tripoli, Bed Globe or Madeira. Bulb 

 very large, with a sweet and tender 

 flavour. Skin salmon-pink. 



Tripoli, Large White ItaUan. Bulb 

 large, flattish, mild flavour. 



Tripoli, Large Globe. Bulbs large, 

 with silvery skins ; mild flavour. 



Tripoli, Ma/mtnoth, or White Ele- 

 phant. Bulbs 6-7 inches in diameter, 

 with sUvery skin ; very mild flavour. 



Tripoli, White Queen. Bulbs very 

 small romidish, with a silvery white skin. 

 This grows quickly, when sown in March 

 is fit for use in August, and when sown in 

 August is ready for use in March. Excel- 

 lent for pickling. The seedlings need not 

 be thinned out. 



Tripoli, Bassano. This is one of the 

 best of the Tripoli section, having a blood- 

 red colour and. a mild flavour. 



The following distinct kinds of Onion 

 are not generally cultivated, but are occa- 

 sionally met with. 



Eg'yptian, Tree, or Bulb - bearing 

 Onion. — This produces a number of small 

 marble-like bulbs on the top of a stem 

 sent up from the bulb. They are excel- 

 lent for pickling. Offsets are also pro- 

 duced underground, and by these, and 

 those on the stem, the variety is in- 

 creased. 



The Perennial, Tree, or Top Onion is 

 very similar to this, but produces no 

 underground offsets. 



The Potato Onion. — This has irregu- 

 lar underground bulbs, which are planted 



