68 



\Barr and Stigdcn, 1871. 



"EZYIt— continued. , . 



per pkt. per oz. 



*Covent Garden Improved, dwarf topped, a fine variety, with beautifully-sliapcd small roots, of «. d. a. d. 



a rich colour, boils tender, and is of superior flavour ■ o 6 ..i 6 



*Covent Garden Lobjoit's Selected, recommended by the Royal Horticultural Society o 6...1 6 



Carter's St. Osjrth's, medium size, rich deep colour o 4...1 o 



Cattail's Dwarf Purple Top, a very good variety from Cattell o 4...1 o 



*Clayton's Selected Dwarf "Top, a nice small beet, very distinct o 6...1 6 



*Dewar's Improved Short Top, iJr////r7«/ rfa/vt re-rf, handsome short-necked roots o 4...1 o 



*Barr s Selected Compact-topped Pine Apple, beautifully-shaped roots, of a deep crimson 



uniform colour, boils tender and fine flavoured. We hold the finest and purest stock of this 



variety in the trade o 6...1 6 



Henderson's Pine Apple, an exceedingly fine variety o 4...0 9 



„ *Dwarf Waterloo, rich metallic crimson leaves, highly decorative i o 



*Dell's New Crimson- leaved Beet, //le leava are of a rich dark crimson colour, compact and * 



upright, slightly arched, and of a uniform medium height, more effective than Perilla o 6...1 6 



*Belvoir Castle, rich crimson-black leaves, with fine habit for the flower garden i 0...2 6 



*Nuttlng's Dwarf Red, medium-sized roots of dark red colour. Our stock is pure o 4...1 o 



*Stuart's Dwarf Top, a small symmetrically-formed variety of fine flavour o 4...! o 



White's Black, large root, almost black ; fine kind for those who like a large beet o 3...0 6 



*Tumlp-shaped Dark Red Egyptian, exceedingly rich in flavour and fine in colour o 6...1 6 



New Salad Beet, medium-sized, rich-coloured, and fine-flavoured o 6...1 6 



Fine Blood-red o 3...0 6 



For .Spinach and Sea-kale Beets, see page 54. For Garnishing Beet, see page 64. 



CASKOT. 



Earliest French Short Horn, a favourite small carrot for soups, extremely early and of superior 



flavour; the best sort for frames or forcing o 3-..0 6 



Early Scarlet Horn, an exceedingly useful and well-known variety for general use o 3 ..o 4 



New Early Flanders Scarlet, this variety is longer than the Early Scarlet Horn, quite as early, and 



possesses exceedingly fine qualities o 4...1 o 



New Long Dutch Scarlet, a first-class variety, most of the roots are without the yellow core, being 



of an uniform colour to the centre, a quality which will be greatly appreciated by cooks o 4...1 o 



Covent Garden Long Surrey (Long Orange), the richest coloured and best for main crop o 3...0 4 



James's Intermediate Scarlet, a superior medium-sized variety, valuable for shallow soils o 3...0 4 



Altrlngham, a very careful selection for garden culture o 3...0 4 



For Field Carrots, sec page 67. 



OUR OW.N- SELECTION. 



10 ounces in 5 best varieties 3 6 | 5 ounces in 5 best varieties 2 o 



i.z:ez. 



Ayton Castle New Giant, a very superior large variety o 4...1 o 



Henry s Prize Giant, a very superior large variety ; o 4...1 o 



Rouen, a first-class very large-growing variety o 4...1 o 



London Flag, large and fine o 3...0 6 



Musselburgh, a very superior and greatly esteemed large variety o 4...1 o 



ONzoir. 



The Fruit Comynittee of the Royal Horticultural Society awarded us in i86g a special certificate for 

 the largest and finest Collection of Onions ever exhibited before than. A report of these will be found in the 

 " Gardeners' Chronicle' and the " yournal of Horticulture." I?! the " Gardener^ Weekly .Magazine," in con- 

 nection with the report, will be found illustrations of the different types of Onions, from specimens supplied by us, 

 and grown at our Experimental Grounds. 



Our Collection of Onions represented the varieties cultivated in this country, and also in Germany, France, 

 Holland, and Portugal [the seed from Portugal being received from the British Consulate at Oporto) ; our object 

 being to ascertain if the Onion of the Grocers was peculiar to Portugal, or had a representative in this country. 

 From a very careful examination wc arrived at the conclusion that the Onion of the Grocers is fairly represented, 

 both as regards shape, size, and produce, in our brown-skinned varieties of Globe, James' Keeping, and Pear-Shapcd, 

 a preponderance of the Pear Shaped being amongst those grown by us frotn the Oporto seed. We also found that 

 the Madeira varieties of Onion produced with us under ordinary treatment much larger bulbs than the Oporto 

 Onion, thus proving that those tine imported Onions of the Grocers are the result of a favourable climate, combined 

 with the special attention which is given to the cultivation of this bulb in Portugal. Mr. Standish of Ascot by 

 means of superior cultivation produced from the Oporto seed as fine Onions as any imported. 



per pkt. peroz. 



5. d. s. d. 



White Spanish, the mildest in flavour, and most useful for main crop o 3...0 6 



Improved Reading, a large heavy cropping variety of White Spanish o 3...0 8 



Nuneham Park, an exceedingly large fine variety of White Spanish, in sealed packets i o 



,, this seed has been saved from the produce of sealed packets o 6...1 6 



Deptford, syns. Brown Spanish or Strasburg, similar to the above but brown, a good keeper o 3...0 4 



Improved Brown Spanish, an exceedingly fine firm large flat brown-skinned onion of superior 



keeping qualities, fine flavoured, and a heavy cropper o 4...1 o 



Danver's New Yellow Early, an exceedingly fine flavoured excellent keeping variety o 4...1 o 



Blood Red, a very useful hardy and excellent keeper, strongly flavoured o 4...0 8 



Brown Globe, a hardy useful good keeping variety o 3...0 6 



White Globe, a mild-flavoured and a good keeping variety o 4...0 8 



James' Long Keeping, this variety keeps longer than almost any other o 4...0 8 



Bedfordshire Champion, this is a very fine stock of White Globe o 4...1 o 



Pear-shaped, a fine oblong brown-skinned onion, good keeper, sold by some under the name of 



James' Keeping o 4...r o 



Oxhom, this is a very long and very distinct brown-skinned onion o 4...! o 



Giant Madeira Glo'be, sown in autumn attains an immense size, and the largest of any when sown 



in Spring, but must be used at once o 4...1 o 



Giant Rocca of Naples, a very large variety of Tripoli for spring and autumn sowing o 4...1 o 



Madeira Santa Anna, imported, and may be considered the Onion of the Grocers o 4...1 o 



Tripoli Flat Italian, extra fine, mild-flavoured large and handsome, forspring and autumn sowing o 4...1 o 



,, New White, an exceedingly fine pure white onion for autumn sowing o 6,..i 6 



„ Early White, highly recommended for its size and quickly attaining a large size o 6...1 6 



Red Sallon (new), resembles the Giant Madeira, but darker and stronger flavoured o 4. ..i o 



New 'Venetian Giant Tripoli, a very large variety for spring and autumn sowing i o 



