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ing handsome and uniformly globe-shaped bulbs. The flesh is firm, fine-grain- 

 ed, of a mild flavor, and, in many respects, superior to the ordinaiy Silver Skin 

 Onion. 



NEW FOREIGN ONIONS. 



The following varieties have been tested in this country, and so far as we 

 have been able to learn, have given perfect satisfaction. While we would not 

 recommend the risking of a large crop of onions by sowing imported seed, we 

 believe the following varieties will be found very desirable for early market and 

 home garden use. The flavor of the Italian varieties is milder, and they seem 

 every way well adapted to culinary purposes. 



New Giant B,OCCSL,—An im- 

 mense-sized onion, having attained 

 nearly four pounds weight. Globular 

 in foi-m ; skin, light brown ; flesh, 

 mild and tender. It will produce a 

 large onion the first season from seed, 

 but to attain the largest growth, the 

 bulbs should be set out in the Spring 

 of the second season, when they will 

 continue inci-easing in size, instead of 

 producing seed, as is the case with 

 American onions. 



Giant White Italian Tripoli. 

 — A large, white, flat onion of mild 

 and excellent flavor, of most beauti- 

 • ful form, pure white skin, and 

 will produce a somewhat larg- 

 er onion from seed than our 

 White Portugal ; but to attain 

 the full size, the bulbs should 

 be set out the second Spring. 



New Queen. — A silver- 

 skinned variety, of quick 

 growth and remarkable keep- 

 ing qualities. If sown in 

 it will produce onions one to 

 two inches in diameter early in Summer, 

 which will keep sound until the following 

 summer, and if sown in July, will be ready 

 to pull late in Autumn, and be sound and 

 fit for use till the following Autumn. 



CoTent Garden, Pickling. — An 

 extremely small onion, globular in form, 

 and used exclusively for pickling. This is 

 the variety used so extensively by Messrs. 

 ONION— New Queen. Crosse & Blackwell of London, whose 



pickles have gained a world-wide reputation, and are found in almost every 

 store in the United States. The seed should be sown very thick. 



ONION 



-Giant White Italian Tripoli. 



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