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a dish the Creoles of Louisiana know how to prepare better than any 

 other nationality. It is also boiled in salt and water, and served with 

 vinegar as a salad, and is considered a very wholesome dish. ■ Should 

 not be planted before the ground is warm in spring as the seeds are 

 apt to rot. Sow in drills, which ought to be two to three feet apart, 

 and when up, thin out. and leave one or two plants every twelve or 

 flfteen inches. 



Tali GrowiMg. This is the variety most cultivated here. The 

 pods are long, round towards the end. and keep tender longer than 

 the square podded kind. 



Dwarf Crreeii. This is a very early and prolific variety, and 

 remains tender longer than any other. It has come into general cul- 

 tivation, planted much more than the tall. It may be said here, that 

 all dwarf varieties, when cultivated in this locality for some ye^rs. will 

 grow taller everv vear. 



]¥eTr Velvet. A new variety ; dwarf, round, smooth pods, free 

 from ridges and seams, and not prickly to the touch ; very prolific and 

 early. I tried this variety the last two years, and sold a good deal of 

 the seed last year. It has come up to what is claimed for it. I re- 

 commend it to all who have not tried it. 



ONION. 



0(3^-o^- (Fr.), Zwiebel (Ger.), Cebolla iSp.i. 

 Creole. ; Xew Queev. 

 The Onion is one of the most important vegetables, and is 

 grown to a large extent 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 ]:'rice, having been sold as high as ten 



