ST RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS’ (Il 
DREER’S CHOICE ONION SEED— Continued 
Southport White Globe. (See cut.) 
Pure white color, and of very mild 
flavor, also equally as good for keeping 
as the Yellow Globe. Excellent for use 
as a medium crop, but most valuable 
when grown for the main crop, as the 
flesh is remarkably firm and solid. Itis 
an enormous yielder, and asit is very at- 
tractive, always sells at high prices. Itis 
best to dry these onions in a shady place 
and give them plenty of air. Pkt., 10 
cts.; 0z., 50cts. ;41b., $1.55; Ib., $d. "50. 
White Portugal, or Silver Skin. 
Cne of the leading white sorts, beauti- 
ful shape and mild flavor. The bulbs 
are flat in shap2 and mature early. It 
is a splendid variety for the market 
gardener, and is largely used for grow- 
ing sets on account of its fine shape 
when small, and also for its good keep- 
ing qualities. It is also extensively 
used as a pickling onion, for which 
purpose it is well adapted. Pkt., 10 
cts.;0z., 50 cts.; +1b., $1.55; lb. $5.50. 
Mammoth Silver King. Produces 
Onions of extremely large size. It is 
flat in shape, and specimens have been 
grown to weigh as high as four pounds 
and measure four to five inches across. 
The skin and flesh is white and quite 
tender. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 60 cts.; } 
Ib., $1.65; lb., $6.00. 
White Queen, or Barletta. A rapid- 
growing variety and of mild flavor; pure 
white, small, and used as a pickling 
Onion, for which purpose it is very good, 
Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 65 cts.; d1b., $1.90; 
lb., $7.00. 
CHOICE ONION SETS 
Prices subject to market changes 
If by Parcel Post add as follows: To points East of the Mississippi 
River, 10 cts. quart ; West of the Mississippi River, 20 cts. quart. 
Onion Sets should be planted in rows 12 inches apart, with sets 2 
inches apart in the row. 1 quart will plant 100 feet. 
PER QT. 4 ots. 
White Onion Sets............. Se Aa age $0 40 $1 40 
Yellow Onion Sets.... .............-...... 35 1 20 
Red Onion) Setsi--2 ==. ig eee 35 1 20 
White Potato (Multiplier)................. 40 1 40 
Yellow Potato Onions................ ..... 40 1 40 
Shallotse esse aoe, oe SS er eee 50 1 80 
Garlicse i See See a ee 70 2 60 
Chives. (See Vegetable Plants, page 118.) 
When larger quantities of Onion Sets are desired, write for prices. 
OKRA, OR GUMBO 
Gombaud, FR. Quimbombo, SP. 
Culture.—This vegetable is extensively grown for its green pods, 
which are used in soups, stews, etc., to which they impart a rich flavor, 
and are considered nutritious. Sow the seed thickly in rich ground 
about the middle of May, or when the ground has become warm, in 
drills 3 feet apart, 1 inch deep; thin to 10 inches apart in drills, Cul- 
ture otherwise much like corn. : 
Perkins’ Long=Pod Okra. An exceedingly handsome variety of 
Okra. The pods grow 4 or 5 inches in length and are very tender, 
long, slim and of a beautiful deep green color. The habit of growth 
of plant is dwarf, and it is very productive. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 
cts.; } Ib., 30 cts.; lb., 85 cts. 
Dreer’s Little Gem. Makes a stocky growth of plant and is very 
productive. The pods are long, slender and of a light green color. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; 4 1b., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. 
improved Long Green. (See cut.) An ‘old-time favorite; very 
productive and bears long pods, which are of good quality. Pkt., 
_ 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; } Ib., 30 cts.; lb., 85 cts. 
White Creole (White Velvet). Pods free from ridges and very 
tender. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } Ib., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25. 
