KITCHEN-GARDEN VEGETABLES. 
Sutton’s A 1 (fig. 1225).—Midway between Improved 
Reading and Globe; the skin is brownish-yellow in colour, 
and the bulbs keep sound for an extraordinary time. Seed 
may be sown both in spring and autumn. ‘Two very fine 
specimens of this Onion weighed 2 Ibs. 13 ozs. and 2 lbs. 
5 ozs. respectively. 
Trebons (fig. 1236).—Large, obovate, with a rather gross 
neck, the skin pale-straw colour, peeling off readily; flesh 
pale and soft, but of mild and good quality. A large and 
handsome early autumn sort, allied to White Spanish and 
Yellow Danvers, but does not keep well. 
Tripoli. — Very large, tapering sometimes abruptly 
from the middle to the neck, and almost equally so to 
the root; colour beneath the skin pale brown-red, tinged 
with green. It is of a soft nature, and does not keep 
long, but is much esteemed on account of its mild quality. 
Giant White Tripoli is a flat pure-white form. It attains | 
a very large size if sown early in autumn and _trans- 
planted in spring. (Giant Rocca (fig. 1232), with very 
large roundish-obovate bulbs, appears to be another fine 
form of Tripoli. One form is straw-coloured or light- 
brown, and the other deep-red and very mild flavoured. 
By sowing in autumn and transplanting, bulbs of 34 lbs. 
have been grown. 
Veitch’s Main Crop.—A fine variety of the Improved 
White Spanish type. It is very quick in growth, and 
when fully developed attains a large size and heavy 
weight, having a great depth of bulb, being high in the 
shoulders and full at the base; the bulb is smooth and 
solid, and of a beautiful pale-straw colour. Generally 
grown for a main crop; also proves an excellent keeper. 
Welsh Onion (Allium fistulosum) (fig. 1239).—This is 
quite distinct from the common Onion, inasmuch as it 
never forms a bulb; its roots are long and tapering, with 
Fig. 1239 —Welsh Onion. 
strong fibres, and its stems and leaves are hollow. Its 
principal use is to furnish young Onions for salads early 
in spring. There are two forms, the white and the red. 
Wethersfield Red.—Large, flattened or oblate, very even 
and regular; skin dull-red, peeling off freely, the inner 
coating light-purplish; flesh pure white. Of mild excel- 
lent quality, and a good keeper. The finest of all the 
red Onions. 
White Spanish (fig. 1237).—Very large, flat; skin loose, 
pale-straw, falling off and exhibiting a greenish-yellow 
coating; veins not tinged with red; flesh firm and solid, 
almost white, and of excellent quality, with a mild flavour. 
Keeps good till March; one of the best for early winter 
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use. When grown in autumn and transplanted in spring, 
it attains a very large size. The Banbury and Nuneham 
Park forms of it are specially good. 
Yellow Danvers (fig. 1234).—Allied to White Spanish; 
bulb middle-sized, roundish-oblate, firm, with a very 
slender neck; skin dark straw-yellow, not loose and ex- 
posing the flesh. A very fine variety and a good keeper. 
The following is a classified list of the Onions 
exhibited at a Vegetable Conference held by 
the Royal Horticultural Society at Chiswick in 
September, 1889 :— 
Colour, yellow to 
(a) Firat. Type—Anglo-Spanish, 
brown. 
Nunehani Park. 
Rousham Park Hero. 
Anglo-Spanish. 
Anglo-White-Spanish. 
Banbury. Sandy Prize. 
Brown Spanish. Strasburg. 
Danvers. Sulphur Yellow. 
Danvers Yellow. Sutton’s Improved 
Deptford. Reading. 
Giant Zittau. 
Globe Danvers. 
Market Favourite. 
Veitch’s Maincrop. 
White Spanish. 
Yellow Vertus. 
(b) GLoBE oR Round. Type—Adsa Craig. Colour, 
yellow to brown. 
James’s Keeping. 
New Paramatta. 
Pinesfield. 
Southport Yellow. 
Trebon’s White Globe. 
Wroxton Improved. 
Ailsa Craig. 
Bedfordshire Champion. 
Brown Globe. 
Cocoanut. 
Cranston’s Excelsior. 
Golden Ball. 
Improved Pinesfield. 
Flat and Round. 
Large Giant Rocca. 
Large Round Madeira. 
Madeira or Globe. 
Red Italian. 
St. Laurent. 
Yellow Rocca. 
(c) TRIPOLI. 
Advancer. 
Giant Late White. 
Giant Lemon Rocca. 
Giant Rocca. 
Golden Globe. 
Large Blood-red Italian. 
Large Flat Madeira. 
(d) WHITE OR SILVER SKIN. Type—Queen. 
Selected White. 
Silver Skinned. 
White Lisbon. 
American or Southport. 
Carter’s Silver Ball. 
Early White Naples. 
Queen. 
(e) BLOOD-RED. Flat and Round. 
Red Champion. 
Southport Red Globe. 
Black Douglas. 
Blood-red. 
Dobbie’s Red. 
Orach, or Mountain Spinach (Aériplex hor- 
tensis (fig. 1240).—A hardy annual, native of 
Tartary. The leaves are used as a substitute 
for Spinach, and to correct the acidity of Sorrel. 
The plant will grow well in any soil; but the 
leaves are largest and most succulent in rich 
soils. The seeds may be sown any time from 
the end of February to September in drills 
2 feet apart, thinning out the plants, when 3 or 
