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it firmly; sow thinly in drills about a quarter of an inch deep and one foot apart; cover with fine 
soil and finish by pressing the earth well upon the seed with a board laid lengthwise on the row 
and walking across it. When the young plants are strong enough, thin gradually, so that they 
stand three or four inches apart. Keep the surface of the ground open and free from weeds by 
frequent hoeing, taking care not to stir the soil too deeply or to collect it about the growing bulbs. 
Early Large Red, this variety ripens about ten days earlier than the Large 
Wethersfield, and is rather smaller in size but close-grained and heavy; 
it is mild in flavor, a good keeper, and in all respects an excellent variety 
Large Red Wethersfield, of large size, deep in color, and an excellent 
keeper.. 
Red Globe, a fine globe shaped onion of superior quality... 
Yellow Danvers, a very excellent variety of globular shape, flesh white and 
mild flavored, skin brownish yellow. It is very productive and a good 
keeper... 
White Portugal, a handsome onion of mild flavor, fine for early winter use, 
and much used for pickling when small. It is not a good keeper. 
White Globe, similar to the preceding in shape, skin white, mild and pleasant 
in flavor and keeps well...* • • 
New Queen, early, a silver-skinned variety of quick growth and remarkable 
keeping qualities. If sown in the spring it will produce onions from one 
to two inches in diameter early in the summer, and if sown in July it will 
be ready to pull late in the same year, and be sound and fit for use until 
the following summer.•,*•• *°5 
Giant Rocca, a splendid large variety from Naples, of globular shape, bright 
brown skin and delicate flavor. Bulbs have been exhibited weighing 
three and one-half pounds...• 
Mammoth Red Tripoli, grows to enormous size, mild flavor, and of good 
keeping quality........ 
Large White Italian Tripoli, a new and excellent variety of quick growth 
, and mild flavor........ *05 
New Neapolitan Marzajola, one of the earliest onions in cultivation ; it is a 
white-skinned Italian variety, and an excellent keeper. ... 
Yellow Dutch, one of the oldest varieties; the “Silver Skin ’’ of the Eastern 
States ; a good keeper and well flavored.05 
ONION SETS. 
The sets should be planted out as early in spring as the ground is dry enough to work; 
plant them in rows one foot apart, with sets three or four inches apart. Wh^n raised from sets, 
the onions can be used in the green state in June, or they will be ripened off by July. Sets arc 
produced by sowing the seed as early as the ground can be worked in the spring, very thickly in 
beds or drills; and about the middle of July, or whenever the tops die down, the small bulbs, or 
sets, are gathered and kept spread thinly in a cold, dry cellar or loft, until the following spring. 
The Potato and Top Onions are grown only from bulbs. 
White Onion Sets,.. 
Yellow Onion Sets.. 3 ° 
Potato Onions...*. 3 ° 
Top, or Button Onions.. 
ORACHE, or MOUNTAIN SPINACH. 
German, Garten melde. —French, Aroche .—Spanish, Espinaca. 
This plant flourishes best in a rich, moist soil, in open ground. The seed may be sown about 
the end of September, and again in the spring for succession, in drills six inches apart. When 
the seedlings are about an inch high thin them to six inches apart and those removed may be 
planted out at the same distance in a similar situation, and watered occasionally if needed, until 
established. The leaves must be gathered for use while young, otherwise they will be worthless 
and stringy. One ounce will sow one hundred feet of row. The leaves of the Orache are cooked 
and eaten in the same manner as spinach, to which it is preferred by many persons. 
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PARSNIP. 
German, Pastinake. —French, Panais .—Spanish, Pastinaca. 
Sow thick in April, in rows twelve inches apart and one inch deep, in a rich deep soil well 
manured the previous fall, or with fine dung early in March. When the plants are two or three 
inches high, thin out to five or six inches apart in the rows. Unlike carrots they are improved by 
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