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green onions is not profitable. Seed should be sown from the middle 

 of September to the end of October; if sown sooner too many will 

 throw np seed stalks. They are gen'erally sown broad-cast, and when 

 the size of a. goose quill transplanted into rows one to two feet apart, 

 and about five inches in the rowst Onions are dilTerent in regard to 

 rotation, from other vegetables; they do best if raised on the same 

 ground for a succession of years. The past season was a yery bad one 

 in regard to raising Creole seeds ; almost everything has failed in the 

 way of seeds raised here, and nothing as completely as the seed of 

 Onions. I have been able to furnish but very little seed to my customers. 

 It w^as sought after at ten to twelve dollars per pound, by those who 

 cultivate Onions and know that the only reliable seed are the "Creole" 

 for this climate. I have several parties raising seed for me, they all 

 failed excepting one, who only produced a few pounds, where I expected 

 a hundred. It is seldom that two such seasons follow in succession, 

 and I hope that next season I shall be enabled to furnish seed to all 

 my customers who want them. 



ITellow E>utcb, or Strassfeiarg-. A brownish yellow Onion, 

 flat and of good size in the North, but does not bulb here. 



lL,arg:e Ked VTetliersfieid. This is the favorite kind in the 

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



TFhite, or Silver glUio. A mild variety of the same shape as 

 the Strassburg. This variety is more aiDt to make a small onion here 

 than the two foregoing kinds are. 



LoiiisiaiAa, or Creole Oeioa* This is generally of a light 

 red color, darker than the Strassburg, and lighter in color than the 

 Wethersfleld. The seed I have been selling, of this kind, for a number 

 of years, has been raised on Bayou Laf oitrche, and never has failed to 

 make fine large Onions. 



SHALLOTS. 



ECHALLOTTE, (Fr.) SCHALLOTTEN, (Ger.) 



A small sizecl Onion which grows in clumps. It is generally grown 

 in the South, and used in its g^een state for soups, stews, 'etc. There 

 are two varieties, the Red and White ; the latter variety is the most 

 popular. In the fall of the year the bulbs are divided and set out in 

 rows a foot apart, and four to six inches in the rows. They grow and 

 multiply very fast, and can be divided during winter and set out again. j 

 Late in spring, when the tops become dry, they have to be taken up, i 

 thoroughly dried, and stored in a dry airy place. 



PARSLEY. 



Peesil, (Fr.) Peteesillie, (Ger.) Perjil, (Sp.) 



Plain Lkwed. I Imeroved Garnishing. 



Double Curled. ' , 



Parsley can be sown during the fall from August to October, and 

 during spring, from end of January to end of April. It is generally 

 sovv'n broad-cast. 



Plain Lieaved. This is the kind raised for the New Orleans 

 market. 



