D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, 



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ONIONS... 



^ Continued^ 



Mammoth Yellow Spanish 



OR PRIZETAKER. 



An immense globular onion. Skin yellowish-brown; flesh 

 white, mild and lender. If started very early in hot beds it 

 will produce a mammoth onion the first season. Pkt. 5c; 

 Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; \ Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25. 



WHITE PORTUGAL, OR AMERICAN SILVERSKIN. a 



large, flat onion of mild flavor; fine for early winter use, and 

 much esteemed for pickling. It is the best keeper of the 

 white varieties. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; ^ Lb. 40c; 

 Lb. $1.50 



ROUND WHITE SILVERSKIN. This is uniformly early, 

 small, rovmd, hard, crisp, tender and very handsome variety, 

 with an opaque white skin, which does not turn green upon 

 exposure to the sun. An excellent sort for use in bvmching, 

 for pickles or as large onions. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; 

 ^Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25 



MAMMOTH YELLOW SPANISH, OR PRIZETAKER. 



\]| /HITP fiiriRP Yields abundantly, producing handsome 

 yy 111 1 L< ULUUL. and uniformly globe shaped bulbs. The 

 flesh is firm, fine grained, and of mild flavor. Sometimes 

 called Southport White Globe. To produce the beautiful!}' white ^!^ 

 onions so much sought after in every market, one must have^ first of 

 all. good seed. Second, grow them well on rich lands. Third, exercise 

 gieat care in harvesting and curing the crop. In Southport they 

 '"cord" up the onions in long rows, the bulbs on the inside, and cover 

 with boards so that the bulbs are well protected in the open air from 

 rain or dew, which would be sui-e to discolor them. 



Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c: 2 Oz. 25c; % Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 



WHITE SILVERSKIN FOR BUNCHING. 



The bulbs are comparatively small and very white, 

 rapidly when young. Verj' valuable for bimching. 



Grow 



Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 20c; ^ Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 



WHITE GLOBE. 



ITALIAN ONIONS 



GIANT WHITE ITALIAN TRIPOLI. 



GIANT WHITE ITALIAN TRIPOLI, a large, beautiful, 

 pure white, flat onion of mild and excellent flavor. Will pro- 

 duce a somewhat larger onion from seed than our White 

 Portugal; but to attain their full size the plants should be 

 started very earlv in a hotbed and set out in rich soil. 

 Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 20c: H Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 



MAMMOTH SILVER KING. An enormously large, flat 

 onion, resembling the White Italian Tripoli, biit is larger, 

 slightly later and a better keeper, making it better suited for 

 fall and early winter market. Skin silvery white, flesh pure 

 white, very tender and mild flavored. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 

 2 Oz. 25c; % Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25 



GIANT ROCCA. An immense onion. Globular in form; 

 skin light brown: flesh mild and tender. It will produce a 

 large onion fi'om seed the first season, but to attain the largest 

 growth, very small bulbs or sets sliould be set out the secontl 

 spring, when they will continue increasing in size, instead of 

 producing seed, as is the case with American onions. Pkt. 5c: 

 Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 20c; ?4 Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 



The following varieties have been tested in this country, 

 and have given perfect satisfaction. The flavor of the 

 Italian varieties is mild and they are in every way well 

 adapted to culinary purposes. 



QUEEN. A silver skinned variety, of quick growth and 

 remarkable keeping qualities. If sown in earlj- spring it will 

 produce onions one to tw o inches in diameter early in sum- 

 mer, and if sown in July. will, w ith favorable weather, be 

 ready to pull late in autumn, and be sound and fit for use 

 until the following summer. Particularly valuable for pickles. 

 If sown thickly, they will mature perfect, hard onions fi'om 

 one-half to three-quarters of an inch in diameter. Pkt. 5c; 

 Oz. 15c: 2 Oz. 25c: h Lb. 40c: Lb. $1.25 



EARLY NEAPOLITAN MARZAJOLA. a beautiful, flat. 



white skinned variety, one of the earliest of all, and a good 

 keeper. It can be sown in February or March, and will ma- 

 tiu-e a crop very early in the season, or if sown in July, the 

 crop will mature the same season. In the South the seed can 

 be sown in the autumn, and large onions produced in March. 

 Known also as Earlv Ma v. Pkt. 5c: Oz. 10c: 2 Oz. 20o: 

 hl^h. 30c: Lb. $1.00 



OrSIOIN SETS 



Prices by the bushel are subject to fluctuations of the mar- 

 ket. The price per quart will hold good through the season, 

 or as long as our stock lasts. If ordered sent by mail, add 

 15 cents per quart for postage. 



RED BOTTOM SETS. Used precisely as top onions are, 

 setting them out in the spring, instead of sowing seed. 

 Qt. 20c; Bushel $3.00 



YELLOW BOTTOM SETS, identical with the preceding, 

 except in color, and used in the same manner. Qt. 20c; 

 Bushel $3.00 



WHITE BOTTOM SETS. They do not keep as well as the 

 red or yellow, but produce beautiful white onions early in the 

 season, qt. 20c; Bushel $4.00 



To raise onion- sets from seed, use good ground prepared 

 as for large onions, and sow the seed very thick in broad drills 

 forty to sixty pounds per acre. If the seed is sown thin, the 

 bulbs will not only be too large for sets but will not be of the 

 right shape, and if sown thick on poor laud, they willbenecky 

 or bottle-sliaped. When onion seed is sown for sets, the seed 

 may be planted somewhat later than for large bulbs, but fine 

 crops are more likely to come from early sowing. 



