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O. Rouge Pale d'Alais. — A southern variety, suitable for sowing 

 in autumn. It is tolerably like the Xiort Pale Red Onion, but is 

 thicker in the bulb. 



O. Paille Gros de Bale. — A rather handsome, half-early variet}', 

 with a flat, well-shaped bulb, and a very fine neck, intermediate in 

 colour between the White Spanish and the Strasburg Onion. 



Bedfordshire Champion Onion. — A fine English variety. 

 Bulb nearly spherical, and of the colour of the sulphur-coloured 

 White Spanish Onion. It is a little thicker than the Xaseby 

 Mammoth and its allies, which are mentioned farther on. 



Dark Red Brunswick Onion. — Bulb very flat, rather small, 

 seldom exceeding about 2h in. diameter, and about an inch or less 

 thick, hard and firm, of such a deep red colour that it verges on 

 black ; neck fine ; leaves short, rather slender, and a dark, slightly 

 glaucous, green. This is a moderately productive kind, but keeps 

 rem^arkably v/ell. 



Ognon Cabosse. — Bulb very fiat and rather firm, with a very fine 

 satiny skin of a slightly coppery or salm.on-pink colour. The neck is 

 very fine, and the disc or plate from which the roots issue is remark- 

 ably sm.all, This fine v?.i-:ety is well adapted for sowing in autumin. 



Cantellos Prize Onion. — Intermediate between the White 

 Spanish and the Strasburg Onion, it comes near the numerous 

 English varieties v.hich are referred to the Deptford Onion. 



Ognon Rouge de Castillon. — A handsome red fiatOnion of large 

 size, v.-hich is brought to Bordeaux in considerable quantities in 

 autumn. It is tolerably like the Meziir^s 0?i2o?2, but is often 

 larger — mere about the size of the Flat Tripoli. Like most large 

 tender-neshed Onions, it keeps badly. 



Chamois Glatte Wiener Zwiebel. — A handsome copper>' pink 

 variety, with a fine neck and somev/hat irregular shape. The 

 _ j^*^ Zittau Giant Onion appears 



ilKS^ Vz^^^^fcr improved form, of it. 



— A small handsome Onion, coppery yellow in colour, with ver>' 

 thin silky outer coats : the bulb is very fiat, less than an inch in 

 diameter. It is much grown near Com.o, in Lombardy. It is a 

 quick grower and keeps v.cll. It is sold during the winter in long 

 hanks like the Stravr-coloured Vertus Onion. 



O. Paille de Chateau- 

 Renard. — The bulb of this 

 variety is move, of a copper}' 

 or salmon colour than a true 

 yellow, which its name would 

 appear to indicate. It bears 

 a great resemblance to the 

 Lescure Onicn 



Ccmo Flat Yellcv,- Or.icr.. 



Como Flat Yellow Onion. 



