[Illustration: WHITE QUEEN ONION.]
GIANT YELLOW ROCCA.--This variety is similar to the Giant
Red Rocca described above, except in color, which is a clear golden
yellow. It is this variety which is the real “_Spanish Onion_,”
so generally sold at the fruit stands in the cities.
BURPEE’S MAMMOTH SILVER KING.--This I believe to be the handsomest
variety of onion grown, as I think the white-skinned varieties the
most attractive. The bulbs are slightly flattened, but are very thick
through, averaging five to six inches in diameter, and have been grown
to the enormous weight of over four pounds to the single bulb, while
two-pound bulbs are frequently produced under fair culture. The skin is
a beautiful silvery white; the flesh is even whiter, while the flavor
is very mild and pleasant, the Italians eating them as we do apples.