KITCHEN GARDEN SEEDS. 
NEW AND SELECT VARIETIES FOR 1896. 
We have much pleasure in drawing the attention of Amateurs and others to the special varieties of 
Vegetables, &c., mentioned on these pages, and which we can recommend as of sterling merit in the 
production of really fine specimens for Exhibition and other purposes. 
ONION — ALLAN'S RELIANCE. (From a Photograph.) 
ONION- ALLAN’S RELIANCE. 
We have much pleasure in introducing this fine Onion to the notice of our Customers. It has been 
grown and selected by Mr. Allan of Gunton Park Gardens for many years past, and, as will be seen 
from our illustration, is now brought up to the very highest type of a White Spanish Onion, and which, 
besides its splendid size and keeping qualities, is unsurpassable for exhibition or general crop. We 
cannot do better than by giving the description of Mr. Allan and others, who have grown it of late 
^ ear8. Price Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. per pkt. 
Mb. Allan says : — “ Allan’s ‘ Reliance ’ < )hion was a very lino stork when I took it in hand twenty-six years ago. evon then winning 
prizes whenever shown. Selecting the bulbs lor seed for the above number of years, 1 have tixed the shape and colour. No stock in 
existence can surpass it for trueness; it keeps well, owing to its firmness and density, and may bo grown to the largest size il is possible 
to grow an Onion, if sown early and given special cultivation. I'nder ordinary cultivation, other kinds which have been grown on 
the same piece of ground are a long way behind it in weight of crop and size of bulb.” 
M u. John Cbawhobd, Coddington 1 tall Gardens, a well-known authority on Onion growing, says : “ I have been a grower and 
exhibitor of Onions for many years, and am acquainted with most of the best strains in cultivation. Hy far the best is one which recently 
came under my notice at Gunton Park, lls size, weight and general symmetry is all that can be desired, and throughout a large 
plot which I saw growing at Gunton last Autumn, it was difficult to discern the least difference between the bulbs, so true were they. 
One striking feature of this choice strain is the exceptionally small nock, which is always a sure guarantee for early maturity and 
long keeping.” 
Mb. F. IIanson, The Gardens, Somerlcytou Hall, says: — "I am highly pleased with the ‘Reliance’ Onion, and consider it ono 
of the very best varieties in cultivation, its size and form being all that can be desired, and its heavy cropping and good keeping 
qualities will commend it to every one.” 
Mu. II. G. Oclee, Blickling Ilall Gardens, says: — “I have grown your ‘Reliance’ Onion for sovcral years, and can safely say 
it is the best type of White Spanish I have ever grown, both for size and keeping qualities.” 
