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5th. The Strasburg Onion. The seed of this is usually im- 

 ported from Holland every year, and hence it is sometimes 

 ealled the Butch Onion, and the Flanders Onion. The 

 Essex Onion is this kind produced from seed saved in that 

 county. Its shape varies from flat to globular, and may be 

 generally described as oval ; its size is large, and its colour, 

 when divested of its brown external coat, light red tinged 

 with green. The fibres of the root are matted and thick ; 

 the bulb in growing takes strong hold of the ground, being 

 full two-thirds below the surface; the skin is rough and 

 thick, which gives it a coarse appearance. This is a hardy 

 sort, keeps well, but is strong. The Deptford, Globe, and 

 James's Onion, which I shall next describe in succession, 

 appear to be sub-varieties, derived from it. The Strasburg 

 Onion is the sort most generally cultivated through the king- 

 dom, perhaps in double the quantity of all the others. It is 

 also often sown in the summer for early spring green 

 Onions ; it roots well, and is sufficiently hardy to bear the 

 severity of ordinary winters. 



6th. The Deptford Onion. Its shape is globular, its size 

 middling, and its colour pale brown, without any tinge of 

 red ; its skin is smooth and thin. It is mild when compared 

 with other hardy Onions, and it keeps better than the 

 Spanish. It is the Onion principally grown in the neigh- 

 bourhood of London, and next to the Strasburg Onion, is 

 most in use. 



7th. The Globe Onion. Is of globular shape, rather more 

 so than any other ; its size is large, and its colour pale 

 brown, with a tinge of red ; its skin is rough and thick. 

 It keeps well, and is mild flavoured, but the coarseness of 



