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Currie Brothers' Horticultural Guide. 



Spanish and Italian Onions. 



All the Spanisli and Italian Onions 

 are ven sweet and mild flavored; 

 very much milder than the American 

 sorts, and for that reason are in 

 great demind during tlie summer 

 and fall months, 

 commanding large 

 prices. All the 

 varieties are of 

 veryliandsome ap- 

 pearance, growing 

 and maturing rap- 

 idly from seed, 

 hut the Italian 

 sorts are poor 

 keepers, and iive 

 would advise gar- 

 deners to experi- 

 ment on a small 

 scale at first. The 

 Spanish varieties 

 are somewliat bet- 

 ter lieepers; none 

 of them, liowever, 

 retain their firm- 

 ness lil\e the Dan- 

 vers or Wethers- 

 field Large Eed, 

 and for niain crop 

 "we would advise 

 planting the old 

 well-tried Ameri- 

 can onions. 



Spanish King (Prize Tak- 

 er)— Tliis is the largest and 



handsomest onion we have 



ever grown, eclipsing in 



size and appearance the 



most wonderful of the 



Spanisli and Italian varie- 

 ties, many of the bulbs 



weighing from 3 to 3% 



pounds each. The skin is 



a rich golden color, while 



the flesh is white, and so 



mild and sweet tliat it may 



be eaten raw like an apple. 



This variety will take a 



leading place among the 



many valuable sorts now 



in general use, and we 



have no doubt will at all 



times command ready 



sales. For many years this 



onion has been imported E.A.HLY white pearl, 



in large quantities and sold in many of the first-class grocery 



stores throughout the country at a very high price, so that its good 



quaUties are well known to many in tliis as well as other sections. 



Pkt.,5cts.; oz.,25cts.; Mlh., 85cts.; lib $2 75 



Early White Pearl— A splendid Italian onion of mild flavor, bulb 



flat, skin and flesh pure white, Pkt., 5 cts.; oz.,20cts.; J^lb., 60 



cts.; lib 2 00 



ONION SETS. 



Sets should be planted out as early in 

 '^^^ n^aiL '^'^® spring as tlie ground will permit. Plant 



>^^»«'^ »rfliWi0(r*w {jjgjjj jjj roiivs one foot apart, with sets three 



\ >Wk ^^^■ifim ■ W '^^ ^^^^ inches apart. 



Add 10 cts. per quart if to be sent by mail. 

 1 quart to 10 feet of drill. 



WhiteOnion Sets— Quart 30 



Yellow Onion Sets— Quart 25 



oxioN SETS. .j-jjp^ ^j. Button Onions— Quart 25 



Price of Onion Sets subject to variation. Write for prices of large 

 quantities before ordering. 



CHIVES— Schnittlauch. 



Very small, hardy Onions, used for salad. Per doz., 25 cts. ; per 100. . 85 



P.ED VICTOKIA. 



Mammotli Red Victoria — A handsome oblong- 

 shaped onion of large size, frequently weighing 

 three to four pounds each, under favorable cir- 

 cumstances, from seed the first year. Skin dark 

 red, flesh white, slightly tinted rose, of mild 

 flavor and very tender. Pkt., 5 cts. ; oz., 25 cts. ; 

 J4 lb., 70 cts.; lib 



Mammoth Pompeii (Red Garganus) — Grows to 

 an enormous size, single onions often weighing 

 from four to five pounds, skin pale reddish 

 brown, flesh wliite, fine grained, yerj' mild and 

 tender. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; ^ lb., 60 cts.; 

 lib 



2 25 



1 80 



Queen— An excellent white variety, remarkable 

 for its keeping qualities and the rapidity of its 

 growth. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; Mlh.,60cts.; 

 lib 1 90 



Mammoth Silver King— Grows to an enormous 

 size, single onions grown from the seed the 

 first season frequently weigh three poimds. 

 It matures early. The skin is silvery white, 

 the flesh is pure white and remarkably mild and 

 tender. Pkt. , 5 cts. ; oz., 25 cts. ; ^ lb., 75 cts. ; 1 lb . 2 40 



SII.\EK KING. 



