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Bolgiand's Reliable Onion Seeds. 



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1 OZ. WILL, sow 100 FEET OF DRILL. 

 G LBS. TO THE ACRE. 



TRUE AMERICAN GROWN, Reliable Onion Seed, 

 that which can be trusted, is of the most impor- 

 tance to both the grower of large Onions and those 

 who grow sets. We have never yet placed in the hands 

 of any Onion grower seed which did not, from first to 

 last, give entire satisfaction. We have made it a point 

 to sell our customers no Onion Seed except it be from 

 the most reliable sources possible. Our seed is grown 

 from the earliest, most evenly developed, choicest 

 bulbs, critically selected by the hand of an expert, is 

 unsurpassed, no matter what price you pay. There has 

 been no branch of our business which has so thor- 

 oughly rewarded us for our extreme care. JUST 

 THINK, FARMER, if you plant inferior or poor, com- 

 mon, imported Onion Seed (you may even be per- 

 suaded to pay big prices for it — that is not always a 

 protection), you have thrown to the wind your time, 

 labor, fertilizer, and the use of your LAND for one 

 long year, without any returns. We do not ask our 

 customers fancy prices because we have reliable seed, 

 but we make our prices reasonable, so that every 

 grower can secure his entire supply of garden seed 

 from us, and have something left to provide the other 

 necessities and pleasures of life. Our Reliable Onion 

 Seed will produce large-sized and fully developed 

 Onions in one season in any section of the United 

 States; and it will produce them as easily and more 

 cheaply tTian from sets. If our seed is planted thickly, 

 it will yproduce enormous crops of finest marketable 

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r THE EARLV YELLOW CRACKER. 



It is the earliest of all our yellow sorts, and is an 

 excellent kind to raise where the seasons are short. 

 It is the best of all the yellow Onions in quality, but 

 needs to be harvested as soon as it dies down, and 

 handled as carefully as an apple. Plits., 5c. and 10c. 



OZ., 15c. 1/4 Lb., 50c. 1/2 Lb., 80c. Lb., $1.50. 



WHITE SILVER SKIN ONION. 



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BOLGIAXO'S EXTRA SUPERIOR 



HITE SILVER SKIN ONION SEED. 



THIS superior stock of White Portugal Onion Seed, Northern grown, 

 is almost exclusively used for growing sets, which is the strongest 



proof that it is the best from which to grow the large white Onions. 

 This most delicious Onion has greater popularity today than ever. Its 

 delicate, mild flavor, its stately form and large, handsome size, its pure 

 white color, make it a most desirable variety for the table, the most 

 profitable for market and shipping. Plants are of an extremely thin 

 neck type, and sure to ripen early. Bulbs are perfect in form and quite 

 thick through. They are fine-grained, crisp and mild. Bulbs should 

 b^ havested as soon as ripened and dried in the shade to preserve their 

 ajlvery white skin, the attractiveness of which makes them command 

 »he highest market prices, and removes the necessity for peeling them. 



Plft., 5c. Or... 15c. 1/4 Lb., 50c. 1/2 Lb., 90c. Lb., $1.60. 



Bolgiano's Extra Superior 



YELLOW 



GLOBE Quickly. 



\ DANVERS 



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EXTRA EARLY LONG-KEEPIXG AUSTRALIAN BROWN OIVION. 



This most wonderful Onion is extra early, and it will keep almost indefi- 

 nitely hard, solid and most attractive for market, both as to form and 

 appearance. Every seed produces a good-sized Onion weeks earlier 

 tl^n Red Wethersfield. Skin is a clear, amber brown. PUt.s.. 5c. aiirt 

 lie. Or.., 15c. 2 Oks., 25c. 1/4 Lb., 50c. 1/2 Lb., 80c. Lb., .$1.50. 



x/sOUTHPORT LARGE RED GLOBE ONION.— Produces very large, 

 handsome, globe-shaped bulbs direct from the seed the first season; are 

 excellent keepers, and have glossy, purplish-red skin: they mature a 

 little later than Red Wethersfields. The fiesh is fine-grained, mild and 

 tender. Pkts., 5c. and lOe. Oz.. 15c. 2 Ozs., 25c. 1/4 Lb., 40c. 



I 1/2 Lb., 65c. Lb.. $1.25. 



»/sOrTHPORT LARGE AVHITE GLOBE ONION.— This most attrac- 



^ve Onion commands the higrest market price, and is easily produced 



Trom seed the first year. Flesh firm, fine-grained, of mild flavor; an 



excellent keeper; has beautiful form, and clear, white skin. 



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BOLGIANO'S YELLOW 

 GLOBE DANVERS. 



Pkts.. 5c. and 10c. Oz., 15c. 2 Ozs.. 25c. 1/4 Lb., 40c. 

 1/2 Lb., 65c. Lb., $1.25. 



CULTURE OF ONION SEED Use any good soil; prefer- 

 ably a rich, sandy loam, previoasly cultivated. Fertilize liber- 

 ally with rotted manure, or with artificial manures. Drill in 

 seed to depth of 'A inch, at the rate of 4 or .5 pounds to the ^ 

 acre for large Onions; 60 to 80 pounds per acre for sets, or use 

 sets at the rate of 6 to 10 bushels to the acre, or start Onion 

 seed in frames, under glass, and transplant to open ground, 3 

 inches apart in the row. This excellent plan is often referred 

 to as the " new Onion culture." Onions are quite hardy and 

 may be planted early. Frequent shallow culture is best, and 

 the same soil may be used year after year, without rotation 

 ef crops, if well fertilized annually. Winter storage demands 

 dryness, coolness, good ventilation, and freedom from sudden 

 changes. Spread 18 inches of straw on barn or garret floor, 

 then 6 to 10 inches of Onions, then 2 feet of straw; or keep on 

 shelves in a dry, cool cellar. Set large Onions in open ground 

 In September. Protect wuh litter during Winter. 



Tbe Leading- Standard Variety of the Colored Onion. 



OUR Reliable Choice Strain of the Yellow Danvers Onion 

 has handsome form, with very thick bulb and small neck; 

 very early; enormous cropper; keeps perfectly, and is 

 such a market favorite as to find ready sale at prices 5 or 10 

 cents per bushel above other varieties. Our stock has pro- 

 duced as high as 100 bushels per acre, and we have never had 

 sufficient to supply the large increased demand each year. 

 Onion is of large size, remarkably solid and heavy; yields as 

 much per acre as any variety grown; is delicious in its young- 

 est state; is one of the safest, surest keepers, and best flav- 

 ored "Winter variety. Pkt., 5c. Oz., lOc. 2 Ozs., 15c. 

 1/4 Lb., 25e. 1/2 Lb.. 40c. Lb., 75c. 



SOUTHPORT LARGE YELLOW GLOBE Produces bulbs 



more perfectly globe-shaped and larger than Globe Danvers, 

 but later in ripening; excellent keeper; easily grown from 

 seed the first year; has a beautiful pale straw-colored skin; Is 

 a heavy cropper, handsome in appearance, large size, and 

 sells rapidly in the markets. Pkts.. .5c. and lOc. Oz., 15c. 

 2 Ozs.. 25c. 1/4 Lb.. 40e. 1/2 Lb.. 65c. Lb.. $1.25. 



