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EICHASB FROTSCHER's ALMANAC! AND dARDEi? MAI^XJAL 



ONION. 



Ognon (Ft.), Zwiebel (Ger.), Cebolla (Sp.). 



Louisiana or Creole. 



White Queen. 



The Onion is one of the most important vegetables, and is grown to a large ex- 

 tent in Louisiana. It is one of the surest crops to be raised, and always sells. 

 Thousands of barrels are shipped in Spring from here to the Western and Northern 

 States. There is one peculiar feature about raising Onions here, and that is, they 

 can only be raised from Southern or so-called Creole seed. No seed from North, 

 West, or any part of Europe, will produce a merchantable Onion in the South. 

 When the crop of Creole seed is a failure, and they are scarce, they will bring a 

 good price, having been sold as high as ten dollars a pound, when at the same time 

 Northern seed could be had for one-fourth of that price. Northern raised seed can 



