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ONION-RAISING. 



EGYPTIAN ONION. 



EGYPTIAN ONION (see engraving) is the name given to a 

 variety of onion that has some exceptional characteristics. 

 It is decidedly the hardiest of all varieties : remaining in 

 the ground all winter perfectly sound, and starting in the 

 spring, before any other vegetable, it makes a rapid growth, 



and is ready for 

 the market about 

 as soon as the 

 onions from seed 

 ' have received 

 their second slid- 

 ing. It does not 

 make a round 

 bulb, but one 

 that more nearly 

 resembles the 

 common Rare- 

 ripe ; though, as 

 it gets older, the 

 bulb increases in 

 size. The seed 

 of this variety is the little bulblets that grow on the top 

 of the stalks. These should be planted soon after they are 

 ripe in the fall, as they are rather difficult to keep until 

 spring. 



POTATO ONIONS, TOP ONIONS, AND SHALLOTS. 



pOTATO ONIONS (see engraving), Top onions, and Shal- 



^ lots, are thought by some to have originated from the 



common onion. It is certain that at times all three of 



