LIST OF TESTED GARDEN SEEDS FOR 1915. 



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CURRIE'S PKIZETAKER ONION. 



ONIONS. 



AILSA CRAIG ONION Extra Selected Stock. 



Where known in this country, this Onion takes the lead of 

 all others, commanding a better price than any of the 

 famous Spanish or Bermuda sorts. There is no Onion 

 equal to it for exhibition purposes. It is a handsome 

 globe shape, the outer skin being a beautiful straw color. 

 The Seed should be sown indoors or in a hot-bed early 

 in spring and transplanted. By this treatment enormous 

 crops can be raised, a yield of over a thousand bushels 

 to the acre not being uncommon. The Onions grow to 

 a very large size, frequently weighing IVz to 3 lbs. each. 

 It is remarkably mild in flavor. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; Vi lb. 

 $1.10; 1 lb $4.00 



Carrie's Prizetaker — Our pure American-grown stock is 

 large and handsome. The skin is rich golden, while the 

 flesh is white, and so mild and sweet that it may be 

 eaten raw like an apple. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 2 ozs. 25c; Vi 

 lb. 40c; 1 lb. $1.35; 5 lbs. by express $6.00 



Yellow Strasbnrg, or Dutch — A good keeper, bulb flat and 

 of fair size, skin darker yellow than Danvers. Pkt. 5c; 

 oz. 15c; 2 ozs. 25c; Vi lb. 40c; 1 lb. $1.15; 5 lbs. by 

 express $5.00 



Large Red Wethersfield — One of the best market and 

 snipping sorts. It grows to a larger size, color of skin 

 dark red, flesh slightly tinged purple, stronger-flavored 

 than the white and yellow varieties! Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 

 2 ozs. 25c; Vi lb. 40c; 1 lb. $1.25; 5 lbs. by express $5.50 



White Bunching? Onion (White Lisbon) — An extra early 

 variety maturing large snowy white onions of very 

 fine quality, long before other sorts are ready. It is 

 not a good keeper, but for early bunching, or using 

 green it is unsurpassed. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; Vi lb. 65c; 

 1 lb $2.25 



White Welsh Onion — A hardy perennial variety grown 

 only as a green bunching Onion. It does not form the 

 usual bulb, but merely an elongated enlargement of the 

 stem. The leaves frequently are used for seasoning. 



Pkt. 5c; oz. 20e; Vi lb. 60c; 1 lb $2.00 



ITALIAN ONIONS. 



Mammoth Silver King; — Grows to an enormous size; 

 weighing 3 lbs. It matures early. The skin and flesh 

 pure white and remarkably mild. Pkt. 5c; oz 20c; 

 Vi lb. 60c; 1 lb $2.00 



Mammoth Red Victoria — A handsome, oblong-shaped 

 Onion of a large size, frequently weighing 3 to 4 lbs. 

 each. Skin dark red, flesh white, slightlv tinted rose, 

 of mild flavor and very tender. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; Vi lb. 

 70c; 1 lb $2.25 



Mammoth Pompeii (Red Garganus) — Grows to an enor- 

 mous size, often weighing from 4 to 5 lbs.; skin pale 

 reddish brown, flesh white, tine grained, very mild and 

 tender. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; Vi lb. 60c; 1 lb $2 00 



BERMUDA ONIONS. 



Much esteemed for their mild flavor. The Seed we offer is 



Teneriffe grown. 



Red Bermuda — Pkt. 5c; oz. 30c; Vi lb. $1.00; 1 lb $3.00 



White Bermuda — Pkt. 5c; oz. 30c; Vi lb. $1.00; 1 lb $3.00 



Crystal White Wax — Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c; Vi lb. $1.75; 1 lb... $6.00 

 PICKLING ONIONS. 



White Queen — An excellent white variety for pickling. 

 Remarkable for the rapidity of its growth. Pkt. 5c; 

 oz. 20c; Vi lb. 50c; 1 lb. $1.75; 5 lbs. by express $8.00 



Extra Early Barletta — Similar to White Queen, but 

 earlier. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; Vi lb. 50c; 1 lb. $1.75; 5 lbs. 

 by express $S.OO 



Silver Skin Pickling; — A splendid Pickling Onion of quick 

 growth and good keeping qualities. Sow thickly to pro- 

 duce nice, hard Pickling Onions. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 2 ozs. 

 35c; Vi lb. 60c; 1 lb. $2.00; 5 lbs. by express $9.25 



ONION SETS. 

 Price of Onion Sets subject to variation. Write for prices 



of large quantities before ordering. Plant in rows one foot 



apart and three inches in the row. One quart to 20 feet of 



drill. 



BOTTOM ONION SETS. 

 These produce green or bunch Onions in much less time 



than they can be secured from Seed, and permit the use of 



the land for a second or other crops. Prices subject to 



market changes, 



AVhite — Pint 10c; quart 15c (by mail, pint 15c; quart 

 25c); Vz peck 45c; peck 80c; bushel $2.75 



Yellow — Pint 10c; quart 15c (by mail, pint 15c; quart 

 25c); Vz peck 45c; peck 75c; bushel $2.50 



Red — Pint 10c; quart 15c (by mail, pint 15c; quart 25c); 

 Vz peck 45c; peck 75c; bushel $2.50 



White Multiplier Sets — Pure white, and mild in flavor. 

 Principal points in their favor are extreme earliness, 

 yielding the first bunch Onions of the season, long- 

 keeping quality and productiveness, each set often pro- 

 ducing several stalks and bulbs. Pint 15c; quart 25c 

 (by mail, pint 25c; N quart 35c). 



TOP ONION SETS. 

 Egyptian or Winter Top Onion Sets — Their main value is 

 extreme hardiness, producing young green Onions as 

 soon as spring opens. Pint 10c; quart 15c (by mail, 

 pint 15c; quart 25c); Vz peck 45c; peck 75c; bushel. .. .$2.50 



CHIVES— Schnittlauch. 



Very small, hardy Onions, used for salads. 

 Plants — Per clump 15c; by mail 25c; per dozen by express. $1.00 

 Seed — Per pkt. 10c; Vz oz. 30c; oz. 50c; Vi lb. $1.50; 1 lb... $5. 00 



