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WHAT ONIONS SHALL I RAISE? 



Having described the standard varieties, a beginner may 

 query in his mind as to what variety would be most profitable 

 and most reliable for him to cultivate. 



The Danvers onion is the handsomest shaped, yields as 

 much as any othet sort, and more than any ot the flat varie- 

 ties, per acre. In the town of Marblehead, over nine 

 hundred bushels have been raised on one acre of land. 

 It is an onion very popular in the Eastern market and in 

 Eastern Massachusetts is raised to almost the exclusion of any 

 other variety. The Large Red onion is quite a favorite in 

 the west, and is considered by some dealers to be the best 

 variety for shipping purposes, though the Danvers is also 

 shipped largely. Those who live in the latitude where the 

 onion is difficult to mature from the seed in one year, affirm 

 that the Red onion will mature farther south than any other 

 variety. 



After all, whatever suggestions may be offered, the local 

 demand will do most for settling this point. Aside from this, 

 I would recommend the Early Red Globe Danvers as, on the 

 whole^ the most desirable sort. The Red Globe is somewhat 

 hardier than the Danvers. 



ONION SETTS OR BUTTON ONION. 



In that portion of the United States south of the vicinity of 

 New York City, onions from seed raised as far south as the 

 Middle States cannot be relied on to mature the first year, 

 owing to the extreme heat of the climate forcing the forma- 

 tion of the bulb and drying down the top quite early in the 

 season. But if the seed was grown in the Northern States 

 from carefully selected stocky it will mature onions the first 

 season when ])lanted in the Southern States, as I learn from 



