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Tall Growing Okra. 



most productive of all Okras. It is a cross 

 between the Tall Growing and the White 

 Velvet varieties; commencing to bear when 6 

 inches high, producing a pod at the stem of 

 each leaf, and continues bearing until the 



French Market Dv/arf Proliiic. 

 plant reaches its maximum height, seven 

 feet. Pods are light green, nearly round, and 

 smooth. The cut is an exact reproduction of 

 a single plant. It will supersede all other 

 varieties for market and shipping. 



oisriONs. 



Ogn'on (Fr.), ZwiEBEL (Ger.), Ceboli^ (Sp.)> Cipoi.i.o (Ital.) 



The Prize Taker. 

 V/hite Queen. 



Louisiana or White Creole. 

 Crystal V/hite Wax. 



Red Bermuda. 

 White Bermuda. 

 Louisiana or Red Creole. 

 Danvers Yelloio Globe. 

 Bed Wethersjield. 



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 W est 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. Different 

 varieties of Italian kinds have been tried here, but none produce good bulbs, but the True 

 Red Bermuda, which is raised at Teneriffe and the coast of Africa. 



True Red Bermuda is a flat shaped Onion, 

 a little lighter in color than the Creole, 

 earlier', and does not shoot up like that kind; 

 comes in the market just after the shipping 

 from the West is exhausted and hits the 

 market at the proper time. We would recom- 

 mend the Bermuda for home use and home 

 market, but for shipping to distant markets 

 it is unfit, as it decays quickly, and when 

 dry peels off. The Creole has the preference, 

 even shot up onions sell for a better price 

 than the Bermuda. 



White Bermuda. This variety is of the 

 same shape, size and flavor as the Red Ber- 



muda; the only difference is in the color 

 which is pure white. Very good for family 

 use. 



Louisiana or Red Creole has been cultiva^ 

 ted here for a century — supposed to have 

 been brought here first from the south of Eu- 

 rope; we presume the bulbs produced but few 

 seeds. It is hard to say from what variety 

 this Onion originated; having been planted 

 here for so long it has become a distinct kind. 

 It is not as red as the Wethersfield, and not 

 as light as the Strassburg; in flavor it is simi- 

 lar to the two last named varieties, but much 

 stronger than the Italian kinds. In this 



Lawn Sprinklers, a Complete Line. 



