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BEET — continued. s. d. b. d. 
♦Nutting’s Dwarf Red (Barr’s Selection), purple flesh , a pure stock , with roots of a medium size, 
the best for sowing latter end of May or June , and surpassing all others for favour o 4...1 o 
♦Nonpareil Dwarf Green Top (new), scarlet flesh , very dwarf, roots small and well formed 1 o 
White’s Black, very deep crimson flesh , roots large ; a fine sort for those who prefer a large beet o 4...1 o 
♦Turnip-shaped Dark Red Egyptian, rich in colour and flavour, valuable for shallow soils o 4...1 o 
Fine Red o 4 - ° 9 
The following, 6 d. & is. 6 d. per oz. : — Dwarf Waterloo, Delvoir Castle, Perfection Salad Beet, Sutton s Dwarf 
Red, Cattell's Bronze-leaved, Osborne's Dark Red, Lobjoit's Covent Garden, New Salad, Dwarf Victoria ; 
to these Beets we might have added many more names, but those described represent the best types. 
For Spinach and Sea-kale Beets, see page 54. For Garnishing Beet, see page 64. 
CARROT. 
Earliest French Short Horn, a favourite small carrot for soups, extremely early and of superior 
flavour ; the best sort for frames, forcing, late or autumn sowing o 4...0 
Early Scarlet Horn, an exceedingly useful and well-known variety for general use o 3...0 
Early Horn Improved (Carter), said to bean advance on the Early Scarlet Horn o 4 ..o 
New Early Flanders Scarlet, this variety is longer than the Early Scarlet Horn, quite as early, and 
possesses exceedingly fine qualities 0 4...1 
Early Nantes, a remarkably fine half long variety o 4...0 
Carentan Early Scarlet, flesh bright red throughout, about the same length as Scarlet Horn, and 
quite as early, a valuable variety 0 4-*-° 
New Long Dutch Scarlet, a fine variety, the roots generally without the yellow core, being of a 
uniform colour to the centre, a quality which will be appreciated by cooks o 4...0 
Covent Garden Long Surrey, the richest coloured and best for main crop — o 3...0 
James’s Intermediate Scarlet, a superior medium-sized variety, valuable for shallow soils o 3...0 
Red Intermediate Meaux, a very fine new strong-rooted variety of superior quality o 4...0 
Long orange 0 
Altringham, a very careful selection for garden culture o 3...0 
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10 ounces in 5 best varieties 3/6 | 5 ounces in 5 best varieties 2/- 
For Agricultural Carrots, see page 66. 
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Ayton Castle New Giant, a very superior large variety large packet 1 o 
Henry’ 8 Prize Giant, a very superior large variety ,, »» 1 0 
Monstrous Carentan, a first-class very large-growing variety, in the way of Musselburgh o 4...1 o 
London Flag, large and fine 0 4 - 0 9 
Musselburgh, this is a fine stock of this superior and greatly esteemed large variety o 6...1 6 
ONION. 
The Fruit Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society awarded to us in 1869 a special certificate for 
the largest and finest Collection of onions ever exhibited befo) e them. A report of these at the period will be 
found in the “ Gardeners' Chronicle" and the “ Journal of Horticulture In the " Gardeners it eekly Maga- 
zine,'' in connection 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 
was to ascertain if the Onion of the grocers was peculiar to Portugal, or had a representative in this country. 
From a very careful examination we 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, fames Keeping, and Pear-Shaped, 
a preponderance of the Pear-Shaped being amongst those grown by us from the Oporto seed. We also found that 
the Tripoli varieties of Onion produced with us under ordinary treatment much larger bulbs than the Oporto 
Onion , while the autumn-sown Trebons stood out prominently for size and symmetry, thus proving that those fine 
imported Onions of the grocers arc the result of a favourable climate, combi tied with the special attention which is 
given to the cultivation of this bulb in Portugal. Mr. Standish of Ascot by means of superior cultivation pro- 
duced from the Oporto seed as fine Onions as any imported. 
One of the subjects which ti e Royal Horticultural Society had in hand during 1875 and 1876 was the Onion. 
The result of the trial has been fully reported in the various gardening periodicals, v\here the subject has been 
dealt with in a broad and very satisfactoiy manner. This is one of the instances illustrating the important national 
woik which is progressing in connection with this Society, notwithstanding the conflicting interests which have 
kept it in an unsettled state for the last few years. From the results of this and similar experimental trials which 
are constantly going on at Chiswick under the able management of Mr. Barron, it is to be hoped that horticul- 
turists will rally round the Society more than they have hitherto done, so that by its operations at Chiswick, it 
will be able to carry out more fully the great national work tor which it was brought into existence. 
We have re-arranged our list of Onions, so as to have the allied varieties under their respective heads ; this 
we hope will be found serviceable to our customers in selecting. The first and second groups represent the Flat 
Onions ; the third the Globe-shaped ; the fourth the Italian Onions ; the fifth the Silver or White Skinned 
Onions. The last two groups are mostly sown in Autumn for early use ; when sown in Spring they should be 
used early in the Autumn. 
Trebons. The quality of this extraordinary Onion is matchless, and for Exhibition putposes it 
may fairly be called the Prize-taker, oti account of its great size and beautiful symmetry. 
It is valuable for Spring sowing, but sown in Autumn the Onions are much larger 
Taplin's Banbury Improved. This is an exceedingly fine selection of Spanish Onion, remarkable 
for its great, size and good keeping qualities 
The Oporto Onion. This is the well-known Spanish Onion of the Grocer. The seed offered has been 
received from Oporto, and is the produce of very select bulbs. When well cultivated, it 
attains in this country as large a size as in Portugal, and from English groivn specimens 
sent to us this Autumn, the roots have kept equally with those received by us from Portugal is. & 
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