FEWER — BUT BETTER, • VARIETIES 



Mountain Danvers Onion 



Outstanding feature: Very early maturity 



SPECIFICATIONS: 

 Color purity 99% Disinfectant: Dipdust (Bayer) 



Type purity 97% Days to maturity: 100 



Germination 98% Color: Bright yellow 



Date of Test: October, 1927 Size of mature bulb: 3 Va inches 



MOUNTAIN DANVERS (Stokes), grown privately 

 for us on the western slope of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains at an elevation of 5,000 feet, has already 

 established itself firmly with the large commercial 

 growers. The fact that it will mature a hard, uniform 

 bulb fully ten days ahead of Yellow Globe Danvers is of 

 great importance to those who seek to take advantage of the 

 early markets or who have at times lost a large part of 

 the crop on a short season. The factor of earliness in 

 Mountain Danvers is partly due to the high latitude 

 and partly due to the fifteen years of careful selection 

 by our grower. The illustration on this page gives a 

 definite idea ' of the type which is a medium globe. 

 Mountain Danvers (Stokes) has been saved from selected 

 bulbs which were grown definitely for seed purposes. 

 This is in no sense by-product seed and must not be 

 confused with such stock that can be sold at much 

 cheaper prices. Our strain shows a high purity both 

 in type and color. It has been known to yield 600 

 sacks per acre. 



Price delivered: Packet 10c, oz. 25c, V 4 lb. 85c, 

 $3.00, 10 lbs. @ $2.75 per lb.„ 50 lbs. @ $2.50 per lb. 



Sou thport Yellow Globe (Stokes) 



Outstanding feature: The true globe type. 



SPECIFICATIONS: 

 Color purity 98% Date of Test: October, 1927 



Type purity 96 % Disinfectant: Dipdust (Bayer) 



Germination 90% Days to maturity: 115 



Size of mature bulb: 3 inches 



Southport Yellow Globe (Stokes) is recommended to all onion 

 growers as a very worthy strain and one that can be classed with 

 the best obtainable at any price. Color purity, the true globe 

 shape and excellent keeping qualities are the important points of 

 recommendation. The bulbs will average 3 inches or more in 

 diameter. The color is a rich golden-yellow. The inside flesh 

 is creamy white, mild, tender and sweet. Onion growers large 

 and small can plant this stock with great confidence. 



Price delivered: Packet 10c, oz. 20c, Vi lb. 75c, 



lb. $2.50, 10 lbs. @ $2.35 per lb,, 50 lbs. @ $2.25 per lb. 



Yellow Bermuda (Stokes) 



Outstanding feature: Excellent keeping quality 



Color purity 95 % 

 Type purity 96 % 

 Germination: In transit 



SPECIFICATIONS: 



Disinfectant: Dipdust (Bayer) 



Days to maturity: 115 

 Size of mature bulb: 3x1*4 inches 



This onion is also erroneously called White Bermuda. It is in 

 fact a straw colored onion and should not be confused with Crystal 

 Wax. Our seed is imported direct from the Canary Islands and 

 will be found a most excellent stock. This onion is recommended 

 for southern California, Texas, Louisiana and Florida. 



Price delivered: Packet 10c, oz. 40c, l / 4 lb. $1.25, 



lb. $4.00, 10 lbs. <& $3.75 per lb., 50 lbs. <&) $3.50 per lb. 



Riverside Sweet Spanish (Stokes) is a very profitable variety in 

 many aistricls. 



Four pounds 

 will plant 

 an acre 



Mountain Danvers is 

 the earliest and best 

 keeping onion on our 



list. 



White Portugal (Stokes) 



Outstanding features: Mild flavor and clear, 

 white skin 



SPECIFICATIONS: 

 Color purity 99 % Disinfectant: Dipdust (Bayer) 



Type purity 98% '~ Days to maturity: 100 



Germination: 98% Size of mature bulb: 3x1 3^ ins. 



Date of Test: October, 1927 



White Portugal (Stokes) is grown for us in the high altitudes 

 of Montana. This is an exceptionally pure stock of the Silverskin 

 type. Its mild flavor and clear white skin will make it a general 

 favorite. White Portugal (Stokes?) will develop to about 3 inches 

 in diameter with a depth of l 1 ^ inches. It is the mildest onion 

 we offer and is a favorite for pickling and for bunch green onions 

 when young. It is perhaps the best keeper of the White Onions 

 and for fall and early winter use it is particularly recommended. 



Price delivered: Packet 10c, oz. 25c, V 4 lb. 85c, lb. $3.00, 

 10 lbs. @ $2.75 per lb., 50 lbs. @ $2.50 per lb. 



Riverside Sweet Spanish (Stokes) 



Outstanding features: Extra-large globe, mild 

 flavor, good shipping qualities 



SPECIFICATIONS: 

 Color purity 98 % Disinfectant: Dipdust (Bayer) 



Type purity 97 % Days to maturity: 115 



Germination: In transit Size of mature bulb : 4 inches 



We this year replace Prizetaker with Riverside Sweet Spanish, 

 an onion which develops a slightly larger globe,- has a smaller neck 

 and in some localities ripens earlier. Riverside Sweet Spanish, 

 named in honor of Riverside County, California, has already es- 

 tablished an important place in trie commercial markets. We 

 consider it to be the same as the European variety. Gigantic 

 Gibraltar and very similar to Valencia or Denia. Riverside 

 Sweet Spanish is being grown very largely in the southwest, but 

 it is also recommended for general use except in the more northerly 

 districts. It makes one of the handsomest onions on the market 

 and it has already established a reputation for having an extremely 

 mild flavor. The fact that it has good shipping and keeping 

 qualities is greatly in its favor commercially. It will ripen down 

 very evenly. Yields have been reported of from 25 to 50 tons 

 per acre. 



Price delivered: Packet 25c, oz. 50c, V 4 lb. $1.75, lb. 

 $6.00, 10 lbs. @ $5.75 per lb., 50 lbs. @ $5-50 per lb. 



<5* u Sl i cce f s in the . 8e davs often lies in taking advantage of that narrow margin between "very *ood" and "excellent. 

 otoKes seeds may give you that margin. To know your onions, you must know your onion seed. 



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