ODDS AND ENDS. 



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Extra Early Red. — Hardy, reliable, growing quickly to 

 fair size. A favorite sort for mucky soils, and much grown 

 for red sets. It keeps well. 



Silver Skin {White Portugal, Philadelphia White).— An 

 onion of medium size, handsome appearance, and mild 

 flavor. Largely grown for pickling and for white sets. 



Spanish King. — A very large, yellow, mild foreign sort, 

 vv'cU adapted for the new onion culture. 



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Pkizetaker. 



Prizetaker. — The best of the very large, mild onions, 

 and most suitable for the new system of onion growing. 

 It resembles the imported bulbs sold in our markets as 

 ''Spanish onions." 



Silver King. — A very large, white, mild-flavored variety 

 of the Italian type. Like all others of that class, it is not 

 a good keeper. 



White Victoria. — A large, white, handsome, mild- flavored 

 variety, well suited for the new onion culture. 



