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oughly. It has come up to what is claimed 
for it. I recommend it to all who have not 
tried it. 
White Velvet. A white variety; dwarf 
with round, smooth pods, free from ridges and 
seams, and not prickly to the touch; very 
prolific and early. I tried this variety thor- 
ONION. 
Oanon, (Fr.), ZwiEBet, (Ger.), CEBoxua, (Sp.). 
Louisiana or Creole. | White Bermuda. 
Red Bermuda. White Queen. 
The following cut represents a well-grown Onion raised from Louisiana or Creole 
seed. The Onion is one of the most important vegetables planted in this section. Thousands 
of barrels are annually shipped from here to the West and North. If sown at the proper 
time, with ordinary cultivation, they will always produce a crop and meet with ready sale. 
The seed is not a sure crop every year and some years it sells very high; the past season I had a 
fair crop of good heavy seed. Up totwo years ago I could never find any variety of onion which 
