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will throw up sf-ed stalks. They are generally sown broad-casf 

 and when the size of a goose quill transplanted into rows one to 

 two feet apart, and aboat five inches in the rows. Onions are 

 different, in regard to rotation, from other vegetables: they do 

 best if raised on the same ground for a succession of years. The 

 past season has been favorable to mature Creole Onion seed, and 

 I have been able to fill all orders. The price of Onions has been 

 good, and it is expected to be good next spring, owing to the dry 

 weather North and West, and it is hoped that a good profit will 

 be made by those who are in the cultivation of this vegetable. 



Yellow Dutch, or Strasshiu'^-, A brownish yellow On- 

 ion, tiat and of good size in the ZSorth, but does not bulb here. 



Large Reel Wethersfield, This is the favorite kind in 

 the East, but does not answer here, except to be used green. 



White, or Silver Skin. A mild variety of the same shape 

 as the Strassburg. This variety is more apt to make a small onion 

 here than the two foregoing kinds are. 



Louisiana, or Creole Onion, This is generally of a 

 light red color, darker thau the Strassburg. and lighter in color 

 than the Wethersfield. The seed I have been selling, of this 

 kind, for a number of years, ha.^ been raised on Bayou Lafourche, 

 and never has failed to make fine large Onions. 



X£W ITALIAN OXIOXS, 



Xew Queen. This is a medium sized white variety from 

 Italy, very early, and fiat: can be sown as late as February, and 

 good sized bulbs will yet be obtained. It is of mild flavor and 

 very fine when boiled and dressed for the table. It can not be 

 too highly recommended. 



Giant Rocca. Another Italian variety of globular shape: 

 brownish skin, and of very mild flavor. It is not quite as early 

 as the White Qaeen. but if sown early in .Spring will attain a 

 good size. The new crop of seed of these two varieties can not 

 be had here before end of October. I should recommend to sow 

 the seeds thinly in drills, so that they need not to be transplanted. 

 I tried another Italian variety, the ]S'eai)olitan Marzagole, but did 

 not find it as good as the Queen. It is whi.e. but not as early as 

 the former. 



These Italian varieties are the first I ever saw bulb here, and 

 they will be valuable when the crop of Creole Onion seed should 

 fail. The seed I ofier are imported directly from Italy, and can 

 be relied upon as being genuine. G-ive them a trial. 



SHALOTS. 



ECHALLOTTE (Fr.J, SCHALOTTEX ''Gei.) 



A small sized Onion which grows in clumps. It is generally 

 grown in the South, and used in its green state for soujjs, stews, 

 etc. There are two varieties, the Eed and White: the latter va- 

 riety is the most popular. In the fall of the year the bulbs are 

 divided and set out in rows a foot apjart. and four to six inches in 

 the rows. They grow and multiply very fast, and can be divided 

 during winter and set out again. Late in spring, when the tops 



