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XV. On the Cultivation, and the Varieties of the Portugal 

 Onion. In a Letter to the Secretary. By James Warre, 

 Esq. F. H. S. $c. 



Read February 3, 1818. 



Dear Sir, 



A. s I frequently have recommended gardeners in England 

 to transplant their Onions, in order to improve their quality, 

 and increase their size, I observed, with pleasure, in a Report 

 of the Horticultural Society of Edinburgh, that Mr. Mac 

 Donald, of Dalkeith, had there practised that process, with 

 great success, and had exhibited a specimen, which was much 

 approved of by that Society. 



I now do myself the honour of offering to the Horticultural 

 Society of London, a sample of Portugal Onion seed, from 

 Viauna, in the province of Minho, and of communicating, at 

 the same time, an account of the different sorts and qualities 

 of the Onion in Portugal, and of the practice, there adopted, 

 in its cultivation. 



There are several kinds, or varieties, of Onion, in Portugal. 

 Those imported into this country, are principally from Oporto, 

 Lisbon, and Setubal. 



Onions from Oporto. These, generally, are grown* from 

 Viauna seed : they are not so large, or mild, as those in 

 many other places, but are a sound, firm bulb, that keeps 

 well. 



Onions from Lisbon. A fine, large, mild sort, usually in- 

 clining to the shape of a cone. 



