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Keport of the Horticulturist of the 
No. 3. NOCERA, Bliss, '83. 
Syn. Early Silver Nocera, BURE: Early Small Silver Nocera, Burr: 
Early White Nocera, VEG. GAR. ; Vil. : White Nocera, Burr : White 
Nocera Extra Early, A. de CI. : Fr., Ognon blanc hatif de Nocera, VIL. : 
O. blanc tres hatif de Nocera, A. de CI. : O. de Florence, Vil. : Ger., 
Friiheste Nocera Zwiebel, Vil. : Weisse fruheste von Nocera, A. de CI. 
Bulb strongly flattened; silvery white, the inner layers marked with 
bright green lines; well developed samples 2 to 3 in. in diameter, £ 
to 1 in. through the axis; neck small; — foliage very scanty. 
A very early variety, but the bulb does not keep well, and except 
by the greatest care in the selection of seed is quite liable to degen- 
erate. " In spite of all care taken in the choice of the seed a small 
proportion of bulbs of clear russet or buff color is almost always 
found." Vil. 
Correctly figured in Les pi. pot., p. 377 ; Veg. Gar., p. 362. 
No. 4. PHILADELPHIA WHITE, Greg., '83, '87. 
Resembles the White Portugal; bulb strongly flattened; white below, 
greenish white about the neck, wher^it is marked with green stripes; 
well developed samples 3 in. in diameter, 1J in. through the axis; — 
foliage medium. 
Recommended as a good variety for producing sets. 
No. 5. QUEEN, Hen., '85; Thor., '84, 87. 
Syn. Large White Italian Tripoli (incorrectly), Hen., '87: New Queen, 
Greg., '85, '87; Sib., '83, '85 ; VEG. GAR.; Vil.: Very Early White Heine, 
Vil., '84: White Pearl, Greg., '87: White Very Early Queen, A. de CI. T 
Fr., Ognon blanc tres hatif de la reine, VIL., '84. 
Bulb rather strongly flattened; silvery white; well developed 
samples 1J in. in diameter, 1 in. through the axis; neck and root circle 
very small; outer coat very thin, at maturity loosening from the bulb, 
exposing a greenish coat below; — foliage very scanty. 
One of the earliest of all varieties, but it is by no means productive, 
and is a very poor keeper. It is of Italian origin. Grown at the 
Station from Vilmorin's seed, the bulbs inclined to grow larger than 
the dimensions given in Les plantes potageres. 
Correctly figured in Les pi. pot, p. 376; Veg. Gar., p. 361. 
No. 6. SILVER-SKINNED, White (Not the Silver-Skin of BURR). 
Syn. Early Paris Silver-Skinned, VEG. GAR. : Early Silver-Skin, Burr: 
Early White Silver-Skinned, Vil. : Silver- Skin or White?, Land., '86: Very 
Early Paris Silverskin, A. de CI. : White Early Paris Silver-Skin, Vil., '84 : 
White Silver-Skin, Sib., '83; Fr., Ognon blanc hatif de Paris, VIL. : O. blanc 
