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MAMMOTH PKIZETAKER ONIOX. 



MAMMOTH PRIZE TAKES. This h«s proved 

 to be an excellent keeper of finest flavor, hand- 

 some shape and enormous siz^^. many islng^e 

 onions havine been raised to weigh 5 lbs. ana 

 over, from seed the first year. It is of the same 

 type as those immense imported onions which 

 can be seen in fruit stores and alwavs com- 

 mand a very high price. The Prize Taker 

 grows always to a perfect globe shape, wiih 

 bright, straw-colored skin: the necks are very 

 small and the onions always ripen up hard. It 

 is a most excellent onion for the market gar- 

 dener and cannot be surpassed for the h' me 

 garden. Our seed is the genuine Americnn 

 grown. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz 15 ets.. lb. 50 cts.. 

 lb. $1.50. 



ITALIAN ONIONS. 



These varieties groTv to a monstrous size. 

 and are of a mild superior flavor. They require 

 a cleep. rich soil. The following varieties are 

 vei-y much liked by all who have tried them. 

 While we would not recommend the raising of 

 a large crop of onions bv sowing imported seed, 

 we believe the following varieties will be found 

 very desirable for early market and home use, 

 during the summer, autumn and early winter. 

 They are especially desirable for the Southern 

 States. 



MAMMOTH SILVER KING. This variety 

 grows to a remarkable size. Bulbs are of 

 attractive form, flattened, but thick through. 

 Single bulbs often attain weight of from 2^0 

 to 4 lbs. each. The skin is a beautiful sil- 

 very white: the flesh is snow-white, and of 

 a particularly mild and pleasant flavor. It 

 matures early and is uniformly large and per- 

 fect form. Per pkt. .5 cts., oz. 15 cts.. 14 lb. 

 r.O cts., lb. $1.75. 



MAMMOTH POMPEII OR COPPER KING. An 



extra large variety. Notwithstanding the 

 enormous size attained by specimens of this 

 variety, they retain their perfect shape and 

 fine quality. The skin is thin and of a beau- 

 tiful, handsome reddish-brown color; the flesh 

 is pure white, very fine grained, and remark- 

 ably mild and pleasant to the taste. Spoc!- 

 mens have been exhibited weighing over five 

 pounds. This variety is sure to attract great 

 attention at fairs or fruit stands. Per pkt. 5 

 cts., oz. 15 cts., 14 lb. 50 cts., lb. $1.75. 



MAMMOTH RED VICTORIA- Of distinct 

 oval round shape; can be grown to weigh 

 two to four pounds each. Skin very dark red, 

 flesh white or rose-colored; mild and sweet; a 

 good keeping varietv. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 

 cts., 14 lb. 60 cts., lb. $2.00. 



MAMMOTH WHITE VICTORIA. A beauti- 

 ful round variety with silver white, skin but 

 sometimes of a delicate light rose-color; flesh 

 juicy, sweet and milky white. A good keeper, 

 and double the size of the Large White Globe. 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., 14 lb- 60 cts., lb. $2.00. 



EARLY WHITE BARLETTA. This is a very 



early, small, pure white variety; flesh is firm 

 and mild in flavor. But its great merit over 

 all others is its extreme earliness. At matur- 

 ity the tops die down directly to the bulb, 

 leaving the most handsome little bulbs imag- 

 inable. Its extreme earliness and fine qual- 

 ity cannot fail to make it a favorite m every 

 garden. Both for table use and for pickling 

 it is most valuable. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz, 20 

 cts., Vi lb. 50 cts. 



WHITE PICKLING, or Hard Round Silverskin. 



Produce uniformly small, round and hand- 

 some onions with an opaque white skin that 

 does not turn green by exposure to the sun. 

 The onions are very compact and hard, but 

 at the same time crisp and brittle; altogether 

 the best pickling onion. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 

 cts., 1/4 lb. 50 cts., lb. $1.75. 



EARLY WHITE QUEEN. This early variety is 

 of very rapid growth, small, beautiful white 

 skin: excellent flavor, and will keep sound 

 until the following summer. Fine for pick- 

 ling or the table. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., 

 14 lb- 50 cts., lb. $1.75. 



GIANT ROCCA. A fine, globe-shaped variety, of 

 mild and delicate flavor, immense size, some- 

 times weighing three pounds, with light 

 brown skin. An excellent keeper. Per pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., 14 lb. 50 cts., lb, $1.50. 



ONION SETS. 



Sets furnish large onions early, as well as the 

 first green onions for table use. Plant the set* 

 as early in spring as possible, in shallow drills, 

 one foot apart, and four inches between sets. 

 Cover slightly. They can be used in a green 

 state in June, and are ripened off by July. One 

 quart of sets is needed for forty feet of drill. 



WHITE MULTIPLIER SETS. These are of a 

 pure silvery white color, enormously produc 

 five, frequently producing as many as twentj 

 bulbs in a single cluster, of excellent quality 

 and size for bunching green, or can be ripened 

 for use as pickling onions. Good keepers, 

 having kept perfectly sound for a year, but 

 their most important quality is extreme earli- 

 ness. The largest of the sets, if allowed tu 

 grow through the summer makes an onion of 

 fair size, which divides when ripening in the 

 fall, multiplving liberall.v for another season 

 Per pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., i/^ pk. 50 cts., pk. 

 $1.00. 



YELLOW BOTTOM SETS. Per pt. 15 cts.. qt. 

 25 cts. 



RED BOTTOM SETS. Per pt. 15 cts., qt, 25 cts. 



WHITE BOTTOM SETS. Per pt. 15 cts., qt. 25 



cts. 



TOP OR BOTTOM SETS. Per pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 

 cts. Price of Onion sets by peck or bushel on 

 application. 



