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Choice 
White Portugal, or Silver Skin. (See cut.) One of | 
the leading white sorts, beautiful shape and very mild flavor. 
The bulbs are flat in shape and mature early. 
variety for the market gardener, and is very largely used for 
It isa splendid | 
growing sets on account of its fine shape when small, and also | 
for its good keeping qualities. It is also extensively used as a 
pickling onion, for which purpose it is finely adapted. z., 
20 cts.; % lb., 65 cts.; lb., $2.25 ; 10 lbs. or more at $2.00 
per lb. 
Southport White Globe. Pure white color, mild flavor, 
and equally good for keeping as the yellow sort. It is an 
enormous yielder, sometimes producing as much as 1300 bush- 
els to the acre, and always sells at high prices. It is best to 
dry these onions in a shady place, and one where they will get 
plenty of air. Our seed of this splendid variety is very fine, 
having been raised from selected bulbs. Oz., 25 cts.; % Ib., 
80 cts.; Ib., $3.00; 10 lbs. or more at $2.75 per lb. 
White Pearl. One of the earliest varieties, pure white, 
mild flavor and attractive. Not a good keeper, but its quick 
growth makes it a good sort to grow for early market. O2z., 
15 cts,; 4% Ib., 55 cts.; lb., $1.85. 
White Queen This is the earliest onion grown; they 
are very mild, pure white, and splendid for pickling. They 
grow small and can be sown thickly. Seed of this onion 
sown outside in open ground in spring will quickly produce 
bulbs about one inch in diameter; these are set out in the fol- 
lowing spring and produce nice large onions. Oz., 15 cts.; 
XY Ib., 55 cts.; lb., $1.85 
Mammoth Silver King. This variety is noted for the 
extra large size onions it produces the first season from the 
seed. It is a large flat variety, averaging 5 to 6 inches in 
diameter. The skin is pure white and flesh remarkably ten- 
der and pleasing to the taste. Oz., 15 cts.; 1% Ib., 45 cts.; 
lb., $1.60. 
White Barletta. A small extra early white onion; simi 
lar to White Queen, and makes bulbs about 114 to 1% inches 
in diameter; in shape flattened on top. It is a good keeper 
and as apickling variety it is unexcelled. Being pure white 
the onion makes quite an attractive appearance when in the 
glass bottles. Oz., 15 cts.; 4% lb., 55 cts.; lb, $1.85. 
; New Onion Seed.—The seed we supply is all new, ; 
, being crop of 1906, and the vitality is strong. It is 
( grown from selected bulbs, and therefore will produce 
Onions of the true type. 
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DREER, 714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Oni io n Seed conrinuen. 
CHOICE ONION SETS. 
Prices subject to market changes. 
Postage on Onion Sets I0 cts. Per Quart Additional. 
Onion Sets should be planted out as early in the spring as the 
ground is dry enough to work; plant them in rows one foot 
apart, with sets 3 or 4 inches apart in the row. 
: Qt. 4 Qts. 
Yellow Onion Sets Us) DS) For prices 
White Onion Sets 20 70 . 
Red Onion Sets .. . 20 70 ae 
White Potato (Multiplier) . 20 70 Larger 
Yellow Potato Onions . : 15 55 Quantities 
Egyptian, or Perennial Tree 15 55 \ please write. 
Shallots 25 75 
Garlic. Lb., 20cts.; 5 lbs., 90 cts. 
OKRA, or Gombo—Ger. Safran. 
Perkin’s Long-Pod Okra. An exceedingly handsome 
variety of Okra which is a great improvement upon other varie- 
_ ties heretofore grown. The pods are very tender, long, slim 
and of a beautiful deep green color. Oz., 10 cts.; Y% Ib., 
15 cts.; lb., 45 cts. 
Dreer’s Improved Long Green Okra. A very 
desirable sort for market gardeners. The podsare produced 
abundantly and grow very long, and remain extremely tender 
for a long time; they are also entirely free from hard ridges. 
Oz., Io cts.; 4% Ib., 15 cts.; lb , 45 cts. 
Dreer’s Little Gem. The best of the dwarfsorts. Oz., 
Io cts.; Y&% lb., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts. 
White Creole. 0z., tocts.; Y% lb., 15 cts.; lb., 50 cts. 
PARSNIP_cGer. Pastinake. 
Large Sugar, or Hollow Crown. (‘See cut.) The 
roots are long, smooth, white, tender, sugary, and fine flavor. 
Oz., 5 cts.; 4% lb., 1§ cts.; lb., 50 cts.; 5 lbs.. $2.25. 
Student, or Guernsey. 0z., 5 cts.; ¥ lb., 15 cts.; 
lb., 50 cts. 
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