
HENRY A. DREER, Inc. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

Prizetaker Onion 
Best American Yellow Sorts 
578 Prizetaker 
The large size and handsome appearance of this Onion make it 
very desirable for the home garden. This true Prizetaker Onion 
is globe-shaped, has pale yellow skin, and white flesh, which is 
very mild and of delicate favor. Large Onions are grown the first 
year from seed sown during the spring, thus making it a very 
desirable variety for the amateur. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; } lb. 85c; 
lb. $2.75. 
* 587 Valencia 
The best of the large sweet Spanish Onions 
The Spanish type of onion is valued for its exceptionally mild 
sweet flavor and Valencia is without doubt the finest of them all. 
It grows-to truly enormous size if conditions are anyway near 
favorable. 
of a pleasant sweet flavor. 
568 Danvers Yellow Globe. 
the country prefer this type to practically all others. 
bulbs from which our seed is grown are especially and carefully 
selected as to an even large size and perfect globe shape. Dan- 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; ¢ Ib. 90c; lb. $3.00. 
Home gardeners throughout 
vers Yellow Globe is a splendid keeper and has a reputation for | 
its very mild flavor. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; ¢ Ib. 85c; lb. $2.75. 
586 Southport Yellow Globe. A large, globular, very 
productive, onion with yellow skin and white flesh of fine flavor. 
It is a late variety requiring a long season to come to maturity. 
Usually 100 days are needed from the time of sowing until the 
crop can be harvested. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; } lb. 85c; lb. $2.75. 
Practical Vegetable Culture 
(Wilkinson). A splendid volume of 380 pages covering all 
phases of vegetable culture. Gives full information from sowing 
Includes many garden plans of all kinds 
to reaping the harvest. 
and sizes. Also information on greenhouses, hotbeds, coldframes, 
storage, pests, and diseases. 135 illustrations. 
Postpaid for 
$2.00 
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Has beautiful golden yellow skin and pure white flesh 
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Onion Seed 
Cebolla, Sp. 
Ognon, FR. 
Zwiebel, GER. 
Cipolla, ITAL. 
One ounce of Onion seed for 100 feet 
of drill, 5 to 6 pounds for an acre. 
Culture —Seeds may be sown 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. 
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 bulbs of immense size may be produced. 
The Best Red Onions 
The red-skinned Onions are by far the best winter keepers last- 
ing well into the spring, far beyond the time that any of the white 
or yellow varieties could be kept in good condition. They mature 
rather late, have solid flesh, and their flavor is stronger than any 
of the others. 
580 Large Red Wethersfield. A well-known variety with 
very large thick flat onions having a bright purplish red tint. 
Solid flesh, shaded pink near the skin. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; } Ib. 
85c; lb. $2.50. 
582 Southport Red Globe. The Southport Globe Onions 
are all very popular and this splendid red-skinned variety is no 
exception. The onions are perfectly round and have an attrac- 
tive red skin and white flesh. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; } Ib. 85c; 
Ib. $2.50. 
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. 
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. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; $ lb. 90c; Ib. $3.00. 
588 White Bunching. This variety does not form bulbs 
and it is grown exclusively 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: oz. 25c; 1b. 75c; Ib. $2.25. 
590 White Portugal or Silver Skin. Large, flat, pure 
white onions ready within 75 days. A good keeper, also valuable 
for pickling and bunching. Fine-grained flesh of mild and pleas- 
ant flavor. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; } lb. 85c; Ib. $2.75. 
594 White 
Sweet Spanish 
This is by far the largest of the 
Globe-shaped white varieties, It 
resembles in form and size the 
pale yellow Valencia except that 
the color of the skin is a pure 
transparent white. The flesh is 
firm yet tender and it has an ex- 
ceptionally mild and sweet flavor. 
Under favorable conditions in- 
dividual onions of astonishing 
large size can easily be grown. 
Even under average conditions 
they reach exceptional size. Yet 
they are always of sweet mild 
flavor. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; } Ib. 
90c; lb. $3.00. 

For Onion Sets 
see page 65 
White Bunching Onion 

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