R. & J. FARQUHAR COMPANY, BOSTON. VEGETABLE SEEDS. Zo 
ONION. Cetboiia, (Sr.) 
Farquhar’s Selected 
Yellow Globe Danvers 
Onion. 
Culture. The Onion had been cultivated as an article of food from the earliest times, and is perhaps at the present day more universally grown than any 
other vegetable. A good crop is impossible unless the soil is very rich and kept clean. Use well-rotted manure freely, and get the crop in as early as possible in 
Spring, even should the weather be cold and unpleasant. Sow in drills one foot apart and cover about one-third of an inch, treading or rolling after sowing so that 
the hot, dry atmosphere may not destroy the sprouting seed. When three inches high, thin to two inches apart. Stir the ground freely without disturbing the young 
plants and keep free from weeds. One ounce of seed to 100 feet of drill; 4 to 5 pounds an acre. 
Farquhar’s Selected Yellow Globe Danvers. Yellow Globe Danvers. (Eastern Grown.) This favorite Onion of 
globular shape, mild flavor and an excellent keeper has long been 
a popular variety for the main crop. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 35 cts.; 1 lb., $1.00 
Yellow Globe Danvers. (California Grown.) 
Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 25 cts.; + lb., 75 ets. 
(Eastern Grown.) The finest type of this favorite American 
variety, which is more extensively grown than any other Onion. 
It is of smooth, globular form, with small neck, consequently 
ripening very early. The solid character of Farquhar’s Yellow 
Globe Danvers makes it one of the best keeping sorts as well as 
the most popular for. market purposes. Southport Yellow Globe. Handsome, with mild flavor; 
Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 75 cts.; 4 Ib., $2.50 one of the best. Pkt , 10 cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; $ lb., 75 cts. 
Ailsa Craig e A handsome globular variety, growing to an enormous size, 
Onion with pale yellow skin, flesh white, a good keeper and valuable for exhibition 
Ailsa Craig. purposes. ae site es Pkt., 25 cts.; oz., $1.00 
Cranston’s Excelsior. A favorite exhibition variety of large size. 
Pkt., 25 ets.; oz., $1.00 
Southport Red Globe. Of beautiful shape; splendid quality and a 
long keeper ann Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; + lb., $1.00 
White Portugal, or American Silver Skin. Splendid when young as a 
salad Onion and for pickles. Early; mild-flavored and excellent for first 
crop ent a Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 40 cts.; + Ib., $1.00 
Southport White Globe. A handsome Onion. Flesh firm, fine-grained, mild. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z.,40 cts.; + lb., $1.50 
Farquhar’s Improved Queen. The earliest of all Onions, particu- 
larly valuable for Summer use. It is of small size, somewhat flat and silvery 
white color. It is highly prized for slicing on account of its very mild flavor, 
and being small is popular for pickling. 
Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 60 cts.; + Ib., $2.00 
Queen. Very early; small flat white onion; useful for pickles. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 50 cts.; + Ib., $1.75 
Adriatic Barletta. Extremely early, small, silvery-white skin, flesh white and 
mild, invaluable for pickling. Pkt., 1N cts.; oz., 50 cts.; + Ib., $1.75 
Prizetaker. Color yellow, flesh white; globular; of immense size; 
medium early mild. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; + Ib., $1.00 
