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when they will continue increasing in size, instead of 
producing seed, as is the case vyth American oflions. 
New Neapolitan Marzagole.—A large, beautiful, 
flat, white-skinned variety, said to be the earliest of 
all' and a good keeper. It can be sown in February or 
March, and will mature a crop very early in the season*, 
or sown in July, the crop will be matured the same sea¬ 
son. In the South, the seed can be sown in the autumn, 
and large onions produced in March. 
Giant White Italian Tripoli 
Giant White Italian Tripoli.—A large, white, flat 
onion of mild and excellent flavor, of most beautiful 
form, pure white skin, and will produce a somewhat 
larger onion from seed than our White Portugal; but to 
attain the full size, small bulbs should be set out the sec¬ 
ond spring. 
New Queen.—A silver-skinned variety, of quick 
growth and remarkable keeping qualities. If sown in 
February, it will produce onions one to two inches in 
diameter early in summer, which will keep good until 
the following summer ; and if sown in July, will be 
ready to pull late in autumn, and be sound and fit for 
use till the following autumn. Particularly valuable for 
pickles, as if sown thickly they will mature perfect, hard 
onions fromone-half to three-quarters of an inch in di¬ 
ameter. 
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Top Onion. 
BULBS. 
Top Set, or Button. —Produces no seed, but instead* 
a number of small bulbs or onions, about the size of 
acorns, on the top of the stalk. These little bulbs are 
used instead of seed, and will produce a large onion, 
maturing much earlier than from seed. The large onion 
produces the top onion, and the little top onion produces 
the large onion. 
Red Bottom Sets. — 
Produced by sowing the seed 
of the Large Red Wethers¬ 
field very thickly in the 
spring, and not thinning 
out. They mature under 
this method when about 
half an inch through. They 
are then used precisely as 
top onions are, setting them 
out in the spring, instead of 
sowing seed. 
Yellow Bottom Sets.— Identical with the preced¬ 
ing, except in color. They are used in the same manner 
and produced from black seed of the Yellow Dutch, or 
Yellow Danvers varieties. 
White Bottom Sets.—The seed of the White Sil- 
verskin or White Portugal varieties is used to produce 
th'» white set. They do not keep as well as the red or 
llow, but produce beautiful, white onions, early in 
_ne season. 
English Multiplier.— Esteemed by many as the best 
variety for early use. It is large-sized, of a mild, sweet, 
sugary flavor; very early, and a large producer. The 
large onion produces several small ones in clusters 
around the bulb, growing mostly on the top of the 
ground. 
Potato Onion. — Produces a quantity of young bulbs 
on the parent root, which should be planted early in 
spring, in rows eighteen inches apart, six inches apart 
in the row, and covered one inch deep. They should 
be earthed up like potatoes as they continue to grow. 
With this and the preceding variety, the large bulbs 
produce the small, and the small the large alternately. 
Any of the preceding six varieties can be recommend¬ 
ed as a small, early crop for family use and early home 
market, but not as a main crop y the increase of mar¬ 
ketable onions over the seed being too small. Of all 
the 'various >nodes of frofagat ion, soloing the seed for 
a main crof> deserves the first rank . Its chcapness % 
compared with other modes , the facility with which 
it is sowed , the early season when the crop may be 
gathered in y and the superior , fine bulbs which it 
produces % recommend it to general use. 
Onion Sets. 
