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Prizetaker Onion 
Best American Yellow Sorts 
578 Prizetaker 
105 days. The large size and handsome appearance 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 flavor. Large 
Onions are grown the first year from seed sown during the 
spring, thus making it a very desirable variety for the 
amateur. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 55c; oz. 95c; 2 oz. $1.75. 
* 587 Valencia 
The best of the large sweet Spanish Onions 
105 days. The Spanish type is valued for its excep- 
tionally mild sweet flavor and Valencia is without doubt 
the finest of them all. It grows to truly enormous size if 
conditions are any way near favorable. Has beautiful 
golden yellow skin and pure white flesh of a pleasant 
sweet flavor. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 55c; oz. 95c; 2 oz. $1.75. 
568 Danvers Yellow Globe. 110 days. Home gardeners 
everywhere prefer this type to practically all others. The 
bulbs from which our seed is grown are especially and 
carefully selected as to an even large size and perfect globe 
shape. It is a splendid keeper and has a reputation for its 
very mild flavor. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 45c; oz. 85c; 2 oz. $1.60. 
569 Early Yellow Globe. 95 days. Medium large, globular 
onions sometimes slightly flattened with deep yellow skin 
and thick cream colored flesh which is sweet and tender. 
_ Very reliable. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 45c; 0z. 85c; 2 oz. $1.60. 
586 Southport Yellow Globe. 120 days. A large, globular 
onion with yellow skin and white flesh of fine flavor. It is 
a late variety requiring a long season to come to maturity. 
Usually 120 days are needed from the time of sowing until 
harvest. Pkt. 15c; %4 oz. 55c; oz. $1.00; 2 oz. $1.85. 
Practical Vegetable Culture 
(Wilkinson). A splendid volume of 380 pages covering all 
phases of vegetable culture. Gives full information from 
sowing to reaping the harvest. Includes many garden plans 
of all kinds and sizes. Also information on greenhouses, hot- 
beds, coldframes, storage, pests, and diseases. 135 
illustrations. Postpaid for $2.00 
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A Dreer’s Reliable VEGETABLE SEEDS 
Onion Seed 
Cebolla, Sp. 
Ognon, FR. 1 
Zwiebel, GER. 
Cipolla, Ivav. 
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 use, 
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 
lasting well into the spring, far beyond the time that any of 
the white or yellow varieties could be kept in good condi- 
tion. They mature rather late, have solid flesh, and their 
flavor is stronger than any oi the others. 
580 Large Red Wethersfield. 110 days. A well-known 
variety with very large thick flat onions having a bright 
purplish red skin. Solid flesh, shaded pink near the skin. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 45c; oz. 80c; 2 oz. $1.50. 
582 Southport Red Globe. 120 days. 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 attractive red skin and white flesh. Pkt. 10c; 
Y, oz. 45c; oz. 80c; 2 oz. $1.50. 
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. 120 days. A well-known stand- 
ard sort of medium size, perfect globe shape, with pure 
white skin. White, fine-grained flesh of fairly strong flavor. 
Pkt. 15c; % oz. 55c; 0z. $1.00; 2 oz. $1.85. 
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. 15c; %4 oz. 55c; 
0z. $1.00; 2 oz. $1.85. 
590 White Portugal or Silver Skin. 100 days. Attractive 
large, flat, pure white onions. A good keeper, also valuable 
for pickling and bunching. Fine-grained flesh of mild and 
pleasant flavor. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 45c; oz. 85c; 2 oz. $1.60. 
594 White 
Sweet Spanish 
110 days. By far the largest 
of the Globe-shaped white 
varieties. It resembles in form - 
and size the pale yellow Val- 
encia except that the color of 
the skin is a pure transparent 
white. The flesh is firm yet 
tender and it has an excep- 
tionally mild and sweet flavor. 
Under favorable conditions in- 
dividual onions of astonishing 
large size can easily be grown. 
Even under average conditions 
they reach an exceptional size. 
Yet they are always of sweet f 
mild flavor. Pkt. 15c; %4 oz. F i \\ 
55c3 oz. $1.00; 2 oz. $1.85. 
White Bunching Onion 
For Onion Sets 
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