Dreer’s Reliable 
Ognon, FR. 
Cipolla, ITAL. 
bulbs of immense size may be produced. 
Best American Yellow Sorts 
As a class the following may be termed the best general purpose 
Onions for home and market purposes. 
568 Danvers Yellow Globe. Home gardeners through- 
out the country prefer this type to all others. Realizing the 
importance of getting a true-to-type strain, the bulbs from 
which our seed is grown are especially and carefully selected 
as to an even large size and perfect globe shape. Of good 
size and a splendid keeper, while the flesh is very mild flavored. 
Pkt. 10c; 3 oz. 25c; oz. 40c; } lb. $1.10; lb. $4.00. 
570 Gigantic Gibraltar. Light straw-colored skin and 
white flesh, which is mild and tender. Will produce large 
round onions five inches in diameter and weighing up to 2 lbs., 
if seed is started early under glass and grown in rich soil. 
Pkt. 10c; 3 oz. 20c; oz. 30c; + Ib. 90c; lb. $3.00. 
577 Philadelphia Yellow Dutch or Strasburg. A 
very popular home garden Onion. Well flavored flesh; bright 
straw-colored skin and somewhat flattened shape. Its excellent 
keeping qualities make this a favcrite sort. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 
4 Ib. 75c; lb. $2.50. 
578 Prizetaker 
The large size and handsome appearance of this Onion make 
it equally desirable for the home garden or for market. The 
true Prizetaker Onion is globe-shaped, has pale yellow skin, 
and white flesh, which is very mild and of delicate flavor. No 
sets are required, as the large Onions are grown the first year 
from seed sown during the spring, thus making it a very 
desirable Onion for the home garden. It also is a good variety 
for sowing under glass in February for transplanting. When 
started in this manner immense bulbs can be raised to per- 
fection. Pkt. 10c; } oz. 20c; oz. 30c; ¢ Ib. 90c; Ib. $3.00. 
586 Southport Yellow Globe. A very large, handsome, 
globular, very productive, yellow variety of mild flavor. The 
outer skin is pale yellow and the flesh creamy white. This is 
one of the latest to mature, requiring about 100 days to reach 
full size. Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 25c; oz. 40c; + 1b. $1.10; Ib. $4.00. 
587 Valencia 
The best of the large sweet Spanish Onions 
The Spanish type of Onion is valued for its exceptionally 
mild and sweet flavor and Valencia is without doubt the finest 
of them all as it grows to truly enormous size if growing con- 
ditions are anywhere near favorable. It is also known as 
Denia or Riverside Sweet Spanish. In some ways it resembles 
the popular Prizetaker but the onions gre considerably larger 
and consequently heavier in weight. The skin is a beautiful 
golden yellow but the flesh is pure white. It has a mild, 
pleasing sweet flavor. Their shape is round and when mature 
they have a thin neck. With proper culture they will develop 
into magnificent specimens of the prize-winning type. 
Pkt. 15c; oz. 35c; 3 1b. $1.00; Ib. $3.50. 
Dreer’s Onion Seed 
One ounce of Onion seed for 100 feet of drill, 5 to 6 pounds for an acre. 
Culture—Large Onions are easily grown from seeds in one season provided the gardener has a 
rich piece of ground and is willing to do the necessary hand weeding and transplanting of the young 
Onions. Seeds may be sown very early in the spring in rows 18 inches apart, and as soon as seedlings 
are 3 to 4 inches tall they should be thinned out to stand 3 to 4 inches apart in the row. Several appli- 
cations of Bovung or wood ashes scattered on both sides of the row and hoed into the soil will benefit 
the developing roots immensely. Pull when tops begin to die down, cure, and sell, or store in a cool, 
dry place. By sowing seed of the Spanish type, such as Prizetaker and the Southport Globes, under 
glass in February or March and transplanting in April to open ground 3 to 4 inches apart in the rows 
Onions have remarkable tonic qualities 
VEGETABLE SEEDS 
Cebolla, Sp. 
Zwiebel, GER. Health Value of 
Fresh Onions 
Calories per lb. 220 
Vitamins A, B, C, G 
Proteins 1.6% 
Carbohydrates 9.9% 
Fats .38% 
Calcium .034% 
Iron .00048 % 
The Leading White Sorts 
The white-skinned onions are much milder in flavor than yellow 
or red ones but they do not keep so well. 
574 Mammoth Silver King. The largest of the foreign 
varieties. Produces large, flat bulbs within 120 days from 
seeds. White skin and pure white, mild, well-flavored flesh. 
Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 20c; 0z. 30c; 4 Ib. 90c; lb. $3.00. 
584 Southport White Globe. A well known and popular 
standard sort of medium size, perfect globe shape, with pure 
white skin. White, fine grained flesh of fairly strong flavor. 
Late in ripening and one of the best keepers among white sorts. 
Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 25c; oz. 40c; 4 Ib. $1.10; lb. $4.00. 
588 White Bunching. 
This variety does not form 
bulbs and it is grown ex- 
clusively for green onions 
or scallions. Sow the seed 
thickly in rows and earth 
up gradually to blanch the 
stalks as far up as possible. 
Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 20c; 0z. 30c; 
+ Ib. 90c; Ib. $3.00. 
590 White Portugal or 
Silver Skin. Large, flat, 
pure white onions ready 
for use within 75 days after 
sowing. Widely used for 
growing sets on account of 
its fine shape when small. 
A good keeper, also valu- 
able for pickling and / 
bunching. Pkt. 10c; bey 
102. 25c; 02. 35c; tb. $1.00; Ca 
Ib. $3.50. 
592 White Queen or Barletta. An early small Onion 
round when young 
but flat as it grows 
larger. Splendid for 
bunching and pick- 
ling. Pkt 10c; 
4 oz. 20c; oz. 30c; 
4 Ib. 90c; 
Ib. $3.00. 
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