D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



O N I O N Continued 



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A very 

 handsome 



MAMMOTH YELLOW SPANISH, 



no noi'/CTAl/CD onion of the largest size and 

 UK rKIZrCl AIVCIV nearly globular in form. Skin 

 is yellowish-bro'n-n: flesh white, mild and tender. It is 

 one of the best of the large, Em-opean sorts. If started 

 very early in hotbeds it will produce a mammoth onion 

 the first season. %,t.^ Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 



^ Lb. 30c; 



Lb. $1.00 



White Portugal, or 



Mammoth 

 Yellow 

 Spanish, or 

 Prizetaker 

 Onion. 



White Portugal Onion. 



A medium sized onion of 

 mild flavor and with beau- 



American Silverskin f ^l^Te Z^^ 



for use when young as a salad or bunching onion and 

 for pickles: it is also a good keeper and fine for faU 

 and early winter use. An excellent sort for gardeners 

 who do not care to plant more than one variety. 

 Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; % Lb. 40c; Lb. $1,50 



WHITF fil ORF ^'ields abundantly, producing 

 TT ill 1 L. VJLV/UL/ handsome and uniformly globe 

 shaped bulbs. The flesh is firm, fine grained and of 

 mild flavor. Sometimes called Southport White Globe. 

 To produce the beautifully white onions so much 

 sought in every market, one m^ust first of all have 

 good seed. Second, grow them well on rich lands. 

 Third, exercise great 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 in the open air are well protected 

 from rain or dew which would be sure to discolor them. 

 TVe have by years of careful selection and breeding 

 developed a strain which has no equal in uniformity 

 and beauty of shape and color. Pkt. 5c; Oz. loc; 

 2 Oz. 25c; 3^ Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 



IMPORTED ONIONS 



The flavor of the Italian varieties is mfld, and they are 

 in every way weU adapted to cuhnary purposes. The fol- 

 lowing varieties have been tested in this country and have 

 given perfect satisfaction. 



Round White Silverskin ™^u^ 



early. 



is a uniformly 

 round, crisp, tender 

 and very handsome variety with an opaque white skin, 

 which does not turn green upon exposure to the sun as 

 quickly as other sorts. An excellent sort for use in bimch- 

 ing. for pickles or when fully mature. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 16c; 

 2 0z. 25e; ^ Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 



EARLY NEAPOLITAN MARZAJOLA. A beautiful, flat, 

 white skinned variety . one of the earliest and a good keeper. 

 It can be sown in February or March and will mature a 

 crop very early in the season. In the south the seed can 

 be sown in autumn and large onions produced in March. 

 Known also as Early May. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; 



% 



Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25 



MAMMOTH SILVER KING. An enonnous onion, resem- 

 bhng the White Italian Tripoh. but is larger, shghtly later 

 and a better keeper, making it more desirable 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. $1.50 



GIANT WHITE ITALIAN TRIPOLI. A large, beautiful, 

 pure white, flat onion of mild and excellent flavor. WiU 

 produce a somewhat larger bulb from seed than our White 

 Portugal but to attain full size the seed should be started 

 very early in a hotbed and the plants set out in rich soil. 

 Pkt. 5c; O-^. 15c; 2 Oz. 2oc; h Lb. 40c: Lb. $1.25 



Q_ _ -^ _ ^_ A very white skinned variety of especial value 

 UCCIl for pickling. If seed is sown out of doors in 

 spring it will produce bulbs about an inch in diameter, ma- 

 turing very early. If these bulbs are set out the following 

 spring or i"f plants are grown under glass in winter and set 

 out in the spring they wiU produce large onions. Pkt. 5c; 

 Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; ^ Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 



ONION SETS 



To raise onion sets from seed, use good ground prepared as for large onions and sow the seed very thick m broad 

 drills, using forty to sixty pounds per acre. K 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 land, they will be necky or bottle-shaped. 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 

 comparatively early sowing. 



RED BOTTOM SETS. Treated precisely as top onions are, 

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

 Per Lb. 30c, postpaid: 100 Lbs. $8.00 



YELLOW BOTTOM SETS. Like the preceding, except 

 in color, and used in the same manner. Per Lb. 30c, post- 

 paid; 100 Lbs. $7.50 



WHITE BOTTOM SETS. These do not keep as weU as the 

 red or yellow, but produce beautiful white onions early in 

 the season. Per Lb. 35c, postpaid: 100 Lbs. $9.00 

 Prices by the 100 lbs. of all onion sets are subject to fluctua- 

 tions of the market. The price x>er single pound wiU hold 

 good throughout the season, or as long as our stock lasts. 



The 100 pound prices of Onion Sets are by freight or express at purchaser's expense for transportation. 



