JAMES VICK , ROCHESTER , N. V 
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are planted the next spring and produce the clusters. 
The Potato Onion is exceedingly valuable. 
The Top Onion produces the small clusters shown in 
the engraving, on the top of the stem, where seed is pro. 
duced in the common kinds. These small Onions arc 
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. 
The Onion is usually a very profitable and satisfactory 
crop, and it is only occasionally that the market is over¬ 
stocked and the price low. It is useless, however, to 
try to grow Onions on a poor unsuitable soil or in a care¬ 
less manner. Three days of neglect when the weeds 
are growing rapidly will sometimes ruin a crop, and a 
week too late in sowing often makes the difference be¬ 
tween a good and bad harvest. Manure for Onions 
should be well rotted, and placed on or neai the surface. 
With proper manuring. Onions can be grown on the 
same land for a score of years, and it will become clean¬ 
er and better every year. 
AMERICAN VARIETIES. 
Onions, Wethersfield Red, one of the best varieties 
for a general crop; of good size; red, flattish, 
productive; heads and keeps well; per lb., 
£4.50; per oz., 4odls.,. t° 
Early Red, early ; good ; per lb., $5.00; oz., 45c. x° 
Danvers Yellow Globe, a fine, large, round 
Onion; very choice; per lb., $5.00; oz., 45c., . 10 
Large Yellow, a fine, large, flat Onion : forms 
bulbs readily ; per lb., $4.00 ; per oz.,35c., . . 10 
White Globe, a large, white Onion, as large as 
Danvers Yellow ; per lb. $6.00; per oz. 50 cents, io 
Silver-Skinned, true, white ; delicate ; early ; 
not a good keeper ; per lb., $3.50; per oz., 30c., 10 
NEW ITALIAN ONIONS. 
New Giant Rocca, of Naples, a splendid large 
Onion, of globular shape, and light brown skin ; 
sometimes weighing 3 pounds or more ; per lb., 
$3.50; per oz., 30c.,. 10 
Large Blood Red Italian Tripoli, more flat 
than the preceding, quite as large, and blood 
red; per ft)., $3.50; 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., $3.50 ; oz., 30c., i 0 
Early Flat White Italian Tripoli, beautiful 
white skin, very mild, of rapid growth, early; 
per lb. $3.50; per oz. 30 cents,. 10 
Marzajola, new, but probably the earliest 
Onion grown. In warm climates seed sown 
in autumn produces bulbs in March; pc/ 
lb., $3.5°; oz., 30c.,. 10 
New Queen, white skin, fine flavor, and the best 
keeper of the new foreign Onions ; early and 
small; per lb., $5.00 ; per oz., 45c.,. 15 
ONION SETS. 
Onion sets arc very scarce this season and prices are 
now higher than for two or three previous years, and the 
prospects are that they will go still higher. While we 
shall fill all orders at the quart rate, regardless of changes, 
those who order by the peck and bushel must be subject 
to the fluctuations of the market. The prices given 
below show the present rate, and we will fill orders at 
these prices as long as the market will allow us to do so. 
At bushel and peck rates, purchasers pay the freight 
or express. At the quart price we prepay postage. 
English Multipliers or Potato Onions, per 
bushel $6.00 ; peck, £1.65: quart,. 65 
Top, or Button Onions, per bush., $6.00; peck, 
$1.65; quart, . 60 
Yellow Bottom Sets, per bush., $9.00; peck, 
$2.40; quart,. 7 ° 
White Bottom Sets, per bushel, $9.50; peck, 
£2.50; quart,. 75 
PARSNIPS. 
Sow Parsnip seed as early in the spring as the ground 
can be made ready, in drills from twelve to eighteen in¬ 
ches apart, and about an inch deep. The Parsnip will 
bear frost without injury, and if we were to say it was 
the best root in the world for fatting cattle and pigs, it 
would not be far from the truth. We know large sec¬ 
tions of country where hogs are fattened entirely on 
Parsnips. The roots may remain in the ground for spring 
use, but in the North, if needed for winter, may be dug 
and covered, like potatoes. A slight covering will answer. 
Parsnip, Long Hollow Crown, one of the very 
best Parsnips grown, either for stock or the 
table ; per lb. £1.00; per.oz. to cents,. 5 
Carter’s New Maltese, claiming improvement 
over old sorts ; per lb. $1.00; peroz., 10 cents, 5 
PARSLEY. 
Parsley seed ger 
minates very slowly ; 
it should be started in 
a hot-bed, if possible. 
For out-door sowing 
always prepare the 
seed by placing in hot 
water to soak for 
twenty-four hours, in 
a warm place. When 
the plants are a few 
inches in height, set 
them in rows, three 
or four inches apart. 
Parsley lives through the winter, 
in the autumn. 
Parsley, Enfield Matchless, one of the most 
delicate of the curled sorts; per lb. $1.00; oz. 
10 cents,. 5 
Myatt’s Garnishing, large, finely curled, bright 
green; per lb. $1.00; oz. 10cents,. 5 
Cartel’s Champion Moss Curled, somewhat 
similar to Myatt's Garnishing, but very much 
superior, especially for garnishing purposes ; per 
lb. $1.00; peroz. 10 cents,. 5 
Covent Garden, the most elegant curled Parsley 
grown for garnishing purposes; per lb. J1.00; 
per oz. 10 cents,. 5 
Giant Curled, very large growth, finely curled ; 
per lb. 75 cents ; per oz. 10 cents,. 5 
PUMPKINS. 
The Pump¬ 
kin is now 
little used, 
except for 
agricultural 
purposes, the 
Squashes be¬ 
ing so much 
sweeter and 
drier, and 
finer grained 
for the kitch- 
c n. T h e 
farmer, how¬ 
ever, finds the Pumpkin a serviceable addition to his feed. 
Pumpkins, Large Cheese, large, skin reddish 
orange; flesh thick, fine and sweet; lb. $1.00; 
oz. 10 cents,. 5 
Cushaw, or Crook-Neck, solid flesh, fine and 
sweet; keeps well; per lb. $1.00; per oz. 10 < 5 ls. 5 
Connecticut Field, lb. 50 cents; oz. 10 cents, . 5 
