WHAT KINDS OF ONIONS TO PLANT. 19 



There are four varieties of the Yellow onion in cultivation, 

 of which the Yellow Flat, called also Yellow Dutch, and 

 Strasburg, and in the Eastern States the " Silverskin," is the 

 parent. These varieties are the Common Flat onion, the 

 Early Cracker onion, the Danvers onion, and the Interme- 

 diate onion. 



The Strasburg (incorrectly called Silverskin in the East- 

 ern States, a name which properly belongs to the White 

 Portugal) is not so generally cultivated since the Early 

 Danvers was introduced, as formerly. It grows to a diame- 

 ter of about three inches, is compact in its structure, and 

 of good flavor. It is a good keeper. 



The Early Cracker (see illustration) is flat in shape, 

 of a beautiful honey color, quite compact, and oftentimes 

 hollows a little at the bulb around the 

 neck. It matures 'about a week or ten / 



days earlier than the Early Danvers, ai ' v'^i' 



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in fineness of structure and delicacy | Ji 



flavor is unsurpassed. — -i*' 



This and the Early Flat Red are ex- 

 cellent varieties for raising where the seasons are short. 

 These varieties are becoming very popular in Nova Scotia, 

 and the more northern portions of the United States. They 

 grow to a diameter of from two and a half to four inches. 



The Early Round Danvers Yellow onion was origi- 

 nated by Mr. Daniel Buxton and brother of South Dan- 

 vers, by careful selections of the roundest and earliest 

 specimens from the Strasburg onion. The degree of thick- 

 ness to which this onion grows, depends not only on a 

 good strain of seed, but also on the quantity of manure 

 used : the higher the manuring, the thicker or rounder the 

 onion grows. The Danvers is an early onion, maturing 



