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ing up about half the bulk of the onion, are usually coarse 

 and tough, and slough off when boiled. The sweetest, ten- 

 derest, and most economical onions for this purpose of the 

 yellow sort are those that are from two to three inches in 

 diameter. 



THE QUEEN. 



Of the newer sorts, the ^'Queen," a white English variety 

 growing to from two to two and one-half inches in diameter, 

 is doubtless the earliest at present known ; so early that under 

 favorable circumstances it may grow to a market size about 

 as soon as those raised from Philadelphia setts. 



SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE. 



This is a large, globular, white variety, that is about as 

 round and, when cured in the shade, about as vdiite as a 

 snow-ball, being the handsom.est of all onions. It is too late 

 to be planted with safety in latitude north of southern Con- 

 necticut. 



MARZAJOLE, MAMMOTH TRIPOLI, NASBEY'S 

 MAMMOTH AND GIANT ROCCA. 



Are European varieties that grow to a mammoth size in 

 Southern Europe where for their mild flavor they are held in 

 high esteem. Grown in this country they are of a milder 

 flavor than our common sorts, but, though they grow larger, 

 do not attain to the size they acquire in Europe, and though 

 excellent for use in a green state are not good as keepers. 



There are usually the distinctions I have here stated be- 

 tween the late and early varieties ; but some times drought 

 and other causes will almost destroy these distinctions, ripen- 

 ing the very early and medium early sorts at the same time. 



