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Yellow Dutch, or Strassbnrg. A brownish yellow Onion, 

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



JLarge Med Wethersneid. This is the favorite kind v in the 

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



White, or Silver ©lost. 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. 



ILotiiissagaa, or Creole Osiloss. This is generally of a light- 

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

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

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

 make fine large Onions. 



SHALLOTS. 



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



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

 in the South, and used in its green state for soups, stews, etc. There 

 are two varieties, the Eed 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. 

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

 thoroughly dried, and stored in a dry airy place. 



PARSLEY. 



Persil, (Fr.) Petersilie, (Ger.) Perjie, (Sp.) 

 Plain Leaved. [ Improved Garnishing. 



Double Curled. I 



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 

 sown broad-cast. 



Plain -Leaved. This is the kind raised for the New Orleans 

 market. 



Double Curled. The leaves of this variety are curled. It has 

 the same flavor as the foregoing kind, but is not so popular. 



Improved Garnishing'. This is the best kind to ornament a 

 dish ; has the same flavor as the other kinds. 



PARSSSJIP. 



Pan us, (Fr.) Pastinaee, (Ger.) Pastinaca, (Sp.) 



HALLOW CEOWK, OE SUGAE. 

 Should be sown in deep mellow soil, deeply spaded, as the roots 

 are long, in drills twelve to eighteen inches apart ; when the plants are 

 about three inches high thin out to three inches apart in the row. Sow 

 from September to November for winter, and January to March for 

 spring and summer crops. 



The Hallow Crown, or Siagar, is the kind generally culti- 

 vated ; it iDossesses all the good qualities for which other varieties are 

 recommended. 



PEAS. 

 Pois, (Fr.) Erbse, (Ger.) Gutsante, (Sp.) 

 EAELIEST. 

 Extra Early, 2i feet. 1 Early Tom Thumb, 1 foot. 



Early Washington, 3 feet. ! Laxton's Alpha, 3 feet. 



