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beet — continued. 
•Turnip-shaped Dark Red Egyptian, rich in colour and flavour, valuable for shallow soils 
Fine Red 
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The following, 9</. to is. (id. per 02. : — Dwarf Waterloo, Belvoir 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 pa^e 53. For Garnishing Beet, see page 63. 
CARROT. 
Earliest French Short Horn, a favourite small carrot for soups, extremely early and of superior 
flavour ; the best sort for sowing early and in frames, or for 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), a tine variety of 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 o 4...1 
Early Nantes, a remarkably fine half long variety o 4...0 
Carentan Early Scarlet, fl<ish bright red throughout, about the same length as Scarlet Horn, and 
quite as early, a valuable variety o 4...0 
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 
Long Red Valery, an exceedingly fine improved variety of fames's Intermediate Scarlet o 4...0 
Red Intermediate Meaux, a very fine new strong-rooted variety of superior quality o 4...0 
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Altrlngham, a very careful selection for garden culture o 3...0 
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OUR OWN SELECTION. 
10 ounces in 5 best varieties 3/6 | 5 ounces in 5 best varieties 2/- 
For Agricultural Carrots, see page 65. 
LEEK. 
Ayton Castle New Giant, a very superior large variety large packet i 
Henry's Prize Giant, a very superior large variety ,, ,, i 
Monstrous Carentan, a first-class very large-growing variety, in the way of Musselburgh o 
London Flag, large and fine o 
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ONION. 
The Fruit Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society awarded to us in a special certificate for 
the largest and finest Collection of onions ever exhibited befote them. A report of these at the period will be 
found in the " Gardeners' Chronicle" and the" yournal of Horticulture.'* In the " Gardeners' lleekly Maga- 
cine," in connection with the report, will be found illustrations of ike different types of Onions, from specimens 
sjipplied 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 frojn 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 oui prominently for size and symmetry, thus proving that those fine 
imported Onions of the grocers are the tesult 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 pro^ 
duced from the Oporto seed as fine Onions as any imported. 
One of the subjects which the Royal Horticultural Society bad in hand during 1875 and 1876 was the Onion. 
The result of the trial has been fully reported in the various gardening periodicals, where the subject has been 
dealt with in a broad and very satisfactory manner. This is one of the instances illustrating the important national 
work 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 for 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 tu o groups are mostly sown in .\utumn for Spring and early Summer use ; when sown in 
Spring they should be used early in the Autumn. 
Trebons. The quality of this extraordinary Onion is matchless, and for F.xhibition purposes // peroz. 
may fairly be called the Prize-taker. It attains a great size, and is beautifully symmetrical' 
It is valuable for Spring sowing, but when .u>wn in Autumn the Onions grow much larger ... 
Taplln's Banbury Improved. This is an exceedingly fine selection of ike II 'kite Spanish Onion, 
temarkabie for its great size and good keeping qualities 
The Oporto Onion. This is the well-known Spanish Onion of Ike Grocer. The seed offered is front 
Op»r!o, and the produce of very select bulbs. When well 'culiivaied, the Onion grows as 
large in this country as in Portugal. English grown specimens sent to us laU Autumn kept 
equ.illy with those received by us from Portugal. Sown in Spring or Autumn is. ic 
1. THE WHITE SPANISH ONION. ITS VARIETIES AND ALLIES. 
White Spanish of Bedfordshire 
Improved Reading . 
Cantello’s Prize ... 
Nuneham Park 
Naseby Mammoth 
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most generally cultivated and the most useful \ 
variety, wkenwell grown these on ions attain a large -j 
size and are mild and Juicy, and when carefully j 
harvested keep through the spring months. L 
Danver's YellOW^^ I These iomtwhat reumhle each other; the German attains the i 
larger size, but does ml keep so long; both are valuable varieties. \ 
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