h bright-green lines. The leaves are
very small. Sometimes the bulb has only a single leaf, frequently but
two; and, if there are more than four, the plant has not its true
character.

It is an excellent sort for pickling; and is the smallest and earliest
variety known,--being fifteen or twenty days earlier than the Early
Silver-skin: but it is very liable to increase in size, and to
degenerate. Very little known or cultivated in this country.

EARLY RED WETHERSFIELD.

A sub-variety of the Large Red Wethersfield, and the earliest of the red
onions. Form and color nearly the same as the Large Red; bulb small,
measuring about two inches and a half in diameter, and about an inch and
a half in depth. It is close-grained; mild; a good keeper; forms its
bulbs, with few exceptions, and ripens, the last of July; being three or
four weeks earlier than the Large Red. Cultivated to a limited extent in
various places on the coast of New England, for early consumption at
home, and for shipment to the South and West.

This variety and the Intermediate are very liable to degenerate: they
tend to grow larger and later, approaching the original variety; and can
be preserved in a pure state only by a careful selection of the bulbs
set for seed.

EARLY SILVER-SKIN.

Blanc Hatif. _Vil._

This is a small early variety of the Silver-skin, measuring two inches
and three-fourths in diameter, and an inch and three-fourths in depth.
The neck is small, and the skin silvery-white. It is much esteemed for
its earliness and mild flavor, and is one of the best of all varieties
for pickling. When cultivated for the latter purpose, it should be sown
and treated as directed for the Silver-skin.

FUSIFORM, OR COW-HORN.

Corne de Boeuf. _Vil._

This is a large onion, growing from eight inches to a foot in length. It
tapers rather regularly from the base to the top, and is frequently bent
or curved in the form of a horn; whence the name. Skin copper-red. It is
late, lacks compactness, is very liable to degenerate, decays soon after
being harvested, and must be considered more curious than useful.

INTERMEDIATE RED WETHERSFIELD.

An early variety of the common Large Red. Bulb of medium size,
flattened; neck small; color deep purple.

It is rather pungent, yet milder than the Large Red; keeps well; and is
grown to a considerable extent, in certain localities in New England,
for shipping.

JAMES'S KEEPING.

James's Long Keeping.