ONIONS. 
ONli-FOURTH NATURAL SIZE. 
The Onion must have a clean and very rich soil. Use j 
well rotted manure freely, and be sure to get the seed | 
in as early as possible in the spring ; thin but early, and, [ 
keep the soil mellow and clear of weeds. Sow in shal- \ 
low drills, not less than a foot apart, and thin out when i 
the young Onions arc about the size of quills. In doing ! 
this, do not disturb those that remain more than possi- : 
ble. As Onions gro\y on top of the ground, they maybe ! 
allowed to remain pretty thick, no matter if they crowd 
each other. In hoeing to destroy weeds and keep the \ 
ground mellow, do not cover the young bulbs with earth. 
Our American Onion seed, this year, is all of our own ; 
growing, every Onion examined before planting, and we j 
believe it to be the purest and best in the world. Fig. 
i, Wethersfield Red ; fig. 2, Early Red ; fig. 3, Danvers ! 
Yellow ; fig. 4, Large Yellow ; fig. 5, White Globe. 
ONE-FOURT^l NATURAL SIZE. 
In cold or mucky soils, where the Danvers and Weth¬ 
ersfield varieties will not form bulbs, the Early Red 
should be tried, and will often succeed while others fail; 
it is an excellent variety and a good keeper. The New 
Italian Onions, of which there arc several admirable 
varieties, arc of a sweet, mild flavor, and grow’ very large, 
often from one to four pounds. They seem to do won¬ 
derfully well at the South. Our engravings ^boveshow 
two of the best, Giant Rocca and Blood Red Tripoli. 
It has been found difficult 
to grow Onions from seed in 
the South, while from Sets 
good crops are grown, and 
quite early. These Sets arc 
little Onions grown the pre¬ 
vious year, and taken up 
when as large as Peas. Set 
out In the spring they very 
soon form good large Onions. 
sets, natural size. Thcir size and ap p ea rance 
are shown in the engraving. 
There are two other kinds of Onions that arc not 
grown from seed, the Potato and Top Onions. The 
Potato Onion grows in clusters, under ground, as exhib- 
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POTATO ONIONS. — HALF NATURAL SIZE. 
ited in the engraving. These little bulbs are planted in 
the spring and produce large Onions. The large Onions 
are planted the next 
spring and produce the 
clusters. The Potato 
Onion is exceedingly 
valuable. 
The Top Onion pro¬ 
duces the small clusters 
shown in the engraving, 
on the top of the stem, 
where seed is produced 
in the common kinds. 
These small Onions are top onions.—half nat. size. 
planted in the spring and the result is full grown Onions, 
and these large ones, with one year's growth, produce 
the clusters on the top for seed. 
AMERICAN VARIETIES. 
Onions, Wethersfield Red, one of the best varieties 
for a general crop ; of good size; red, roundish, 
productive; heads and keeps well; per ft>., 
$1.00; per oz., 10 els.,. 5 
Early Red, early ; good ; per It)., $1.50 ; oz., 15c. 5 
Danvers Yellow, a fine, large, round Onion; 
very choice; per lb., £j. 50 ; per oz., 15c., . . 5 
Large Yellow, a fine, large, flat Onion: forms 
bulbs readily ; per lb., $1.25; peroz., 15c., . . 5 
White Globe, a large, white Onion, as large as 
Danvers Yellow ; per lb. $4.00 ; per oz. 40 cents, 15 
Silver-Skinned, true, white; delicate; early; 
not a good keeper; per lb., #1.50 ; peroz., 15c., 5 
NEW ITALIAN ONIONS. 
New Giant Rocca, of Naples, a splendid large 
Onion, of globular shape, and light brown skin ; 
weight as exhibited at the Royal Horticultural 
Society, of London, 3 pounds 9 ounces ; per lb., 
$3.00; per oz., 30c., . 10 
Large Blood Red Italian Tripoli, more flat 
than the preceding, quite as large, and blood 
red ; per lb., $3.00 ; per oz., 30c., . 10 
Large Flat White Italian Tripoli, very pure 
white skin, flat, very mild flavor; and as large 
as either of the above; per lb., $3.00 ; oz., 30c., 10 
Early Flat White Italian Tripoli, beautiful 
white skin, very mild, of rapid growth, early ; 
per lb. $3.00; per oz. 30 cents,. 10 
Marzajola, new, but probably the earliest 
Onion grown. In warm climates seed sown 
in autumn produces bulbs in March ; per 
lb., $3.00; oz., 30c., . 10 
New Queen, white skin, fine flavor, and the best 
keeper of the new foreign Onions ; early and 
small ; per lb., $6.00 ; per oz., 50c.,. 15 
