ONIONS. 



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when grown at the north than when grown in the south. What 

 is known as common garlic is the kind most generally used. 



Figure 56.— 1— French Shallots. 2— Top Onions (red) 

 4— Garlic. 5— Potato Onions. 



3— Jersey Shallops 



Fig-ure 57— Leek. 



LEEKS. (Allium porrum.) 



Said to be a native of Switzer 

 land. — Biennial. — The leek is closely 

 allied to the onion, which it resem- 

 bles in flavor, color of seed and flowei, 

 However, it does not form a bulb but 

 a straight bunch of leaves, that are 

 used almost entirely in a fresh or un- 

 cooked condition. The leaves are flat 

 instea(5 cr round and hollow, as is the 

 case with onions. As yet this vege- 

 table is little grown in this country, 

 except around the large cities. 



Cultivation. — Its requirements are 

 about the same, and it may be culti- 



vated in much the same way as the onion, but it ^s more 



