MR. BARRON's report ON ONIONS. 
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XXXYI. Report on Onions Grown at Chiswick for Trial by the 
Pruit and Vegetable Committee of the Eoyal Horticultural 
Society, 1875. By A. F. Eareon. 
The seed for this trial was furnished by the following gentlemen, 
viz. .'-—Messrs. Barr & Sugden ; Messrs. Carter & Co. ; Messrs. Cut- 
bush & Son ; Messrs. Senary, Erfurt ; Messrs. Cutting & Son ; 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons ; Messrs. Yeitch & Sons ; Messrs. Vilmorin 
et Cie., Paris ; Messrs. Harrison & Sons ; Messrs. Stuart & Mein ; 
Messrs. Piccirillo ; Messrs. Hovey & Co., Boston ; Mr. Dancer; Mr. 
J. Perry ; Mr. A. Parsons ; Mr. E. Dean. 
The seed was sown on March 16th in well-pulverised, moderately 
rich soil, which had the previous season been well manured for 
Celery. The season was on the whole favourable for the growth 
of Onions, so that the trial was so far of a very satisfactory 
character. Altogether 155 samples were sown, representing 
ninety-eight different names, of which number twenty are here 
described as quite distinct. 
The report only extends to those varieties which have been 
proved to be well adapted for spring sowing and early autumn or 
winter use, the remainder of the Tripoli and Silver- skinned sections 
being again submitted for trial as autumn-sown Onions. 
1. White Spanish. 
Synonyms. — Banbury (Perry) ; Banbury Improved ; I^uneham 
Park ; Improved Nuneham Park ; Reading ; Improved Reading ; 
Naseby Mammoth (Carter & Co.) ; Oxonian Prize (JTutting & Son) ; 
Cutbush's A 1 ^ (Cutbush & Sons) ; Portugal ; Cantello's Prize 
(Waite, Burnell & Co.) 
This variety is the one most generally cultivated. The plant is of 
free growth, the neck of medium size, and ripens off early and well. 
The bulbs are large, a fair-sized specimen measuring about 12 
inches in circumference, and from 2 to 2^ inches in thickness. 
The shape is flattened, the base broad, flat, frequently a little 
hollowed and uneven, somewhat globular towards the stalk in the 
best forms. • Skin pale straw, falling- off readily and exposing the 
pale greenish-yellow outer flesh. The flesh itself is firm and solid, 
almost white, and of excellent quality. This variety keeps gene- 
rally in good condition up to the month of March. The Banbury 
and Xuneham Park forms were the most improved. 
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