CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



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We deliver all seeds offered on this page free to any post-office 

 in the United States, 



PR1ZETAKKR The Lar S est in size - Th e Most Handsome in Shape. 



rnUiLlttftMV. The Mildest in Flavor. 



Our Pure American-Crown Stock of this is the largest and 



handsomest Onion we have ever grown, eclipsing in size and appearance 

 the most wonderful of the Spanish and Italian varieties, many of the 

 bulbs weighing from 3 to 3% lbs. each. The skin Is a rich golden color, 

 while the flesh is white, and so mild and sweet that 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 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 

 qualities are well known to many in this as well as in other sections. 

 Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 16 cts.; % lb., 40 cts.; 1 lb., $ 1.35; by express, 5 lbs $6.25 



Yellow Strasburg, or Dutch— A good keeper, bulb flat and of 

 fair size; skin darker yellow than Danvers, flesh white, solid and mild- 

 flavored. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; Vi lb., 35 cts.; 1 lb 1.15 



Large Red Wethersfield — A large cropper, and one of the very 

 best market and shipping sorts. It grows to a large size, color 

 of skin dark red, flesh slightly tinged purple, stronger-flavored than 

 the white and yellow varieties, and coarser grained. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz. 15 

 cts.; % lb.. 40 cts.; 1 lb., $1.25; 5 lbs., by express 5.50 



PICKLING ONIONS. 



Queen — An excellent white variety, remarka- 

 ble for its keeping qualities and the rapidity 

 of its growth. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; X lb. 

 65 cts.; lb. $2.00, by express, 5 lbs $ 9.50 



Silver Skin Pickling— a splendid Pickling 

 Onion of quick growth and good keeping 

 qualities ; by sowing early in spring and 

 again in July two crops a year can be raised. 

 Sow thickly to produce nice, hard Pickling 

 Onions. (See cut on preceding page.) Pkt., 

 5 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; 2 ozs., 40 cts.; % lb., 75 cts.; 

 lib., $2.50; 5 lbs., by express 11.50 



ITALIAN ONIONS. 



ONION SETS. 



Prizetaker Onions grown from our 

 seed were awarded First Premiums 

 at the Wisconsin State Pair in 1896=8, 

 against a large field of competitors. 



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

 ties before ordering. Sets should be planted out as early in the spring as the 

 ground will permit. Plant them in rows one foot apart, with.sets three or four 



inches apart. One quart to 20 feet of drill. 



White Onion Sets — Pint, 



15 cts.; quart 25 



Yellow Onion Sets— Pint, 



15 cts.; quart 25 



Egyptian, or Top Onions 



— This variety never forms a 

 large bulb; their only value is 

 their extreme hardiness, pro- 

 ducing young green onions as 

 soon as spring weather opens. Pint, 15 cts.; quart... 25 



White Top Onion Sets— The finest, earliest and 

 best Onion for the market-gardener or for home use. 

 The bulbs are silvery-white, globe - shaped, very 

 •weet and mild flavored. Pint, 20 cts; quart 35 



Yellow Top Onion Sets (True Summer)— These 

 differ from the Egyptian or Top Onions in that they 

 form large bulbs of good flavor and keeping quali- 

 ties. Pint, 20 cts.; quart 30 



White Multiplier Onion Sets. 



Pure white in color, and much used for green Onions, 

 or they can be allowed to ripen off for pickling. 

 Their principal qualities are extreme earliness and 

 long keeping qualities. Pint, 20 cts.; quart 30 



Shallots, or Yellow Multipliers— Pint.is cts.; 

 quart 25 



CHIVES, ^djttittirtudj. 



Very small hardy Onions, used for salad. Per doe. 25 



cts.; per 100 85 



Mammoth Silver King— Grows to an en- 

 ormous size; single onions grown from the 

 seed the first season frequently weigh 3 lbs. 

 It matures early. The skin is silvery white, 

 the flesh is pure white and remarkably mild 

 and tender. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 2 ozs., 35 

 cts.; % lb., 65 cts.; 1 lb 



Mammoth Red Victoria— a handsome, 

 oblong-shaped Onion of large size, frequently 

 weighing 3 to 4 lbs. 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., 

 onion sets. 15 cts.; % lb., 40 cts.; 1 lb 



Mammoth Pompeii (Ked Garganus) — Grows to an enormous size, 

 single Onions often weighing lrom 4 to 5 lbs.; skin pale reddish-brown, 

 flesh white, fine grained, very mild and tender. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 

 Vi lb., 60 cts.; 1 lb 



Early White Pearl— A splendid Italian Onion of mild flavor. Bulb 

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

 lib 



2.00 



1.50 



2.25 



2.25 



GARLIC. 



German, Jfnoblaiid). French, Ail. 



The sets should be planted in well-enriched soil early 

 in spring, the rows one foot apart, and about three Inches 

 between the plants in the row. Harvest same as Onions. 

 Sets— % lb., 16 cts.; 1 lb.., 35 



PBIZETAKBB. 



