HENRY A. DREER, Inc. Philadelphia, Pa. 



Onion Seed 



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 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. 40c; oz. 70c; -} lb. S2.10; lb. $7.00. 



* 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. Has beautiful golden yellow skin and 

 pure white flesh of a pleasant sweet flavor. Pkt. 15c; 5 oz. 40c; 

 oz. 70c; \ lb. $2.10; lb. S7.00. 



568 Danvers Yellow Globe. Home gardeners throughout 

 the country 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 15c; § oz. 40c; oz. 70c; J lb. $2.10; lb. S7.00. 



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 

 harvest. Pkt. 10c; J oz. 35c; oz. 60c; i lb. $1.85; lb. $6.25. 



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, hotbeds, coldframes, 

 storage, pests, and diseases. 135 illustrations. 

 Postpaid for $2.00 



Ognon, Fr. 

 Cipolla, Ital. 



Cebolla, Sp. 

 Zwiebel, Ger. 



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 Wethersfleld. 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; -J oz. 30c; 

 oz. 50c; i lb. $1.50; lb. $5.00. 



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; J oz. 35c; oz. 60c; 

 } lb. $1.85; lb. $6.25. 



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. 15c; i oz. 40c; oz. 65c; i lb. $1.95; lb. $6.50. 



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; 5 oz. 25c; oz. 45c; 

 I lb. $1.35; lb. $4.50. 



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; i oz. 35c; oz. 60c; J lb. SI. 80; lb. $6.00. 



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. 15c; j oz. 45c; oz. 

 80c; i lb. $2.40; lb. $8.00. 



For Onion Sets 

 see page 65 



White Bunching Onion 



66 



Grow some of the useful Herbs offered on page 62 



