CURRIE BROTHERS CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS, 



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Curriers Choice Strain Watermelon 



ONION 



Cole's Early Watermelon 



Plant in hills 8 feet apart, selecting warm, rich ground. 

 When well grown thin out to two or three plants to each hill. 

 1 oz. to 30 hills ; 4 to 5 lbs. per acre. 



AILSA CRAIG — Has become immensely popular, and de- 

 servedly so as it possesses more excellent qualities than 

 any other Onion. It grows to a very large size, is 

 handsome in appearance and wonderfully mild in flavor, 

 being superior to the best of the Spanish varieties. The 

 skin is a beautiful straw color, flesh white and remark- 

 ably tender. We offer extra selected English grown 

 stock. Pkt., 10c; 1 oz., 25c; % lb., 75c; 1 lb., $2.50. 



MAMMOTH SILVER KING— Matures early and grows 

 to a large size. The skin and flesh are pure white. It 

 is remarkably mild and tender. Pkt., 10c; 1 oz., 25c; 

 % lb., 75c; 1 lb., $2.50. 



WHITE BUNCHING (White Lisbon)— Extra early, ma- 

 turing long before other sorts are ready. It is not a 

 good keeper, but is unsurpassed for early bunching green. 

 Pkt., 10c; 1 oz., 25c; % lb., 75c; 1 lb., $2.50. 



PICKLING ONIONS 



SILVER SKIN PICKLING— The standard pickling .-on. 

 ripens early and has good keeping qualities. Sow thickly 

 to produce nice, small, hard pickling onions. Pkt., 10c; 

 1 oz., 25c; % lb., 75c; 1 lb., $2.00; 5 lbs., by express. 

 $9.00. 



WHITE QUEEN — A favorite for pickles. It grows rapidly, maturing 

 early. It is flat and very solid. Flesh and skin pure white. Pkt.. 

 10c; 1 oz., 25c; % lb., 75c; 1 lb., $2.25. 



COLE'S EARLY — Is without a rival for earliness, ripens with 

 us in August. It is the best variety for the northern states, 

 where the seasons are usually too short for most sorts. They 

 grow to a fair size, usually about a foot long. The flesh is 

 bright red, remarkably solid, crisp and free from stringiness, 

 with a small seed cavity, and deliciously sweet throughout and 

 close to the rind. Pkt., 5c; 1 oz., 15c; % lb., 30c; 1 lb., 75c. 



BERMUDA ONIONS 



The seed we offer is Teneriffe grown. 

 WHITE BERMUDA— Pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 35c; % lb., $1.00; 1 lb., $3.00. 

 -Pkt., 15c; 1 oz., 40c; % lb.. $1.15; 1 lb., 



HARRIS* EARLIEST— Ripens very early and is one of the best 

 on this account to raise in the northern states. Fruit oblong 

 and marbled with light and dark green ; flesh bright red and of 

 good quality. Pkt., 5c; 1 oz., 15c; % lb., 30c; 1 lb., 75c. 



KLECKLEY'S SWEET — A popular oblong shaped sort, medium 

 early with solid bright red flesh, which is remarkably sweet and 

 tender. Pkt., 5c; 1 oz., 10c; % lb., 30c; 1 lb., 75c. 



HUNGARIAN HONEY— Early, perfectly rounc 

 with bright red flesh of a rich honey flavor. 

 15c; % lb., 30c; 1 lb., 85c. 



GRAYSTONE— This melon grows to an enormous size, is very 

 sweet and has a medium rind, richest scarlet flesh, blunt ended 

 round shape, smallest number of seeds and greatest amount of 

 solid heart. It frequently weighs fifty to eighty pounds on good 

 melon ground, a delicious home and local market melon, also a 

 fine shipper. Pkt., 10c; 1 oz., 25c; % lb., 85c. 



CITRON 



Fruit round and small, much used for preserves. 

 1 oz., 15c; % lb., 25c; 1 lb., 75c. 



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. 

 If more than one pound is wanted, add postage at Parcel Post 



YELLOW— 1 lb., 25c; (by mail, 32c); 5 lbs., $1. 

 $1.50; 1 bu., (32 lbs.), $3.50. 



WHITE— 1 lb., 35c; (by mail, 42c); 5 lbs. 

 $2.50; 1 bu., (32 lbs.), $4.00. 



10 lbs., 

 $1.50; 10 lbs., 



BERMUDA ONION PLANTS 



These are new, and especially suitable for home gardens. 

 Seed is sown early in Texas, and the plants are lifted, to be 

 replanted in Northern garden, to produce sweet, mature onions 

 of Bermuda quality. Ready April 1st. Per 100, 30c, post paid. 

 Per 1,000, $2.00 postage extra; weight about 6 pounds. 



Ailsa Craig Onion 



