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feet. Pods are light green, nearly round, 

 and smooth. The cut is an exact repro- 

 duction of a single plant. It will super- 

 sede all other varieties for market and 

 shipping. 



Perkin's Mammoth Long Podded. Very, 

 prolific pods are an intense green in 

 color, of unusual length, 9 to 10 inches. 



very slim and do not get hard, as is the 

 case with other okras. 



Dwarf Green Prolific. This is a distinct 

 variety, very dwarf in growth, but enorm- 

 ously productive, producing pods with- 

 in an inch or two of the ground and clear 

 to the top. 



ONIONS. 



For Price List See Red Pages in Back of Book. 

 Ognon (Fr.), Zwiebel (Ger.), Cebolla (Sp.), Cipollo (Xtal.) 



Red Bermuda (Teneriffe grown). | The Prize Taker. 



White Bermuda (Teneriffe grown). j White Queen. 



Louisiana or Red Creole. j Louisiana or White Creole. 



Danver's Yellow Globe. | Crystal White Wax. 



Red Wethersfield. Australian Brown. 



CULTURE. — The cut on next page represents a well-grown Onion raised from 

 Louisiana or Creole seed. The Onion is one of the most important vegetables 

 planted in this section. Thousands of barrels are annually shipped from here to 

 the West and North. If sown at the proper time, with ordinary cultivation, they 

 will always produce a crop and meet with ready sale. The seed is not a sure 

 crop every year and some years it sells very high. 



Red Wethersfield. This is a beautiful 

 large, handsome globe-shaped red Onion. 

 Earliness, productiveness and keeping 

 qualities. It has perfect form, skin deep 

 purplish-red; flesh purplish-white; fine- 

 grained; produces enormous Onions. 



Danver's Yellow Globe. Brownish-yel- 

 low color; bulbs quite flat and of good 

 size; largely grown for sets. In the 

 Southern States they can be planted in 

 Autumn and will continue growing dur- 

 ing the entire winter. 



Australian Brown. An early and very 

 hardy variety which does especially well 

 in the South. Should be planted early, 

 on low, wet grounds to get large bulbs. 

 The skin is thick and the color is a rich 

 brown. Is especially noted as a long 

 keeper, as it keeps well into spring, and 

 much longer than other varieties. 



Red Bermuda. Genuine 

 seed imported direct from the 

 Island of Teneriffe. A very 

 early pale red onion grown 

 extensively in the Bermudas 

 and Southern parts of the 

 United States for early ship- 

 ping to Northern markets. 

 • Grown in our climate, the 

 bulbs are smaller, but mature 

 early and retain much of the 

 extremely mild, sweet flavor 

 of the imported ones. 



White Bermuda. This va- 

 riety is of the same shape, 

 size and flavor as the Red 

 Bermuda; the only difference 

 Is in the color, which is pure 

 white. 



The Prize Taker. One of the largest 

 Onions, more flat in shape than either 

 Danver's or Wethersfield, and of yellow- 

 ish red color. Flesh is firm and solid, 

 of a transparent white and of excellent 

 mild fiavor. 



White Queen. (Italian Onion). This is 

 a medium sized, white variety from 

 Italy, very early and flat; can be sown 

 as late as February, and good sized bulbs 

 will yet be obtained. It is of mild flavor 

 and very fine when boiled and dressed 

 for the table. 



Louisiana or White Creole is similar in 

 shape and hardiness to Frotscher's Red 

 Creole Onion, but silvery white in color, 

 the veins clear and distinct. Its mild, 

 pleasant fiavor and splendid keeping 

 qualities make it a favorite White Onion 

 for shipping. 



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