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



O N I O N— Continued 



•iiri.. D . 1 A medium sized onion of mild flavor 



White rOrtUgal, or and with beautiful, clear white skin. 

 A movi^n n ^il v«»rclrir« -^ favorite with many for use when 

 American OUVerSKin y^ung ^s a salad or bunching 



onion and for pickles. It usually matures about ten days 



earlier than White Globe and is fine for fall and early winter 



use. An excellent medium early sort for gardeners who do 



not care to plant more than one variety. Bulbs nearly round 



when of bunching size, somewhat flattened when mature. The 



best flattened wliite onion for northern latitudes. Pkt. 5c; 



Oz. 25c; 2 Oz. 40c; 'A Lb. 75c; Lb. $2.25 

 ■yiTi •- /^l v. ^^ most desirable medium early or main 

 Wnite VjlOOe crop variety for the home garden. Yields 



abundantly, producing medium to large, handsome and finely 



shaped, clear white bulbs. The flesh is firm, fine grained, 



quite mild in flavor and is more attractive than the colored 



sorts when cooked. Sometimes called Southport "V\Tiite Globe. 



Bulbs globe-shaped, full at the shoulder, rounded at the base, 



keep well and are desirable for shipping. To produce the 



beautifully white onions so much sought in every market, one 



must 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 weU protected from rain or dew 



which would be sure to discolor them. We have by years of 



careful selection and breeding developed a strain which has 



no equal in uniformitv and beauty of shape and color. Pkt. 5c; 



Oz. 25c; 2 Oz. 40c; V4 Lb. 75c; Lb. $2.50 



IMPORTED ONIONS 



They are particularly adapted to southern latitudes where , 



they are sown in the fall" or early spring. The best results are 



obtained by sowing in beds or boxes and transplanting. 



V~^t^^ r^^Ur D»^l^<.t.» ^" extremely early maturing White Portugal 



CjXtra tarly Darletta variety, very white with silvery 

 tinge and particularly desirable foi picldihg. Bulbs very small and quite similar to Queen. If seed is sown out of doors in 

 spring in the usual manner and plants thinned about two inches apart they will produce bulbs one to two inches in diameter. 

 It these bulbs are set out the following spring, or if plants are grown under glass in ■^^^nter and set out in the spring, they 

 ■nill produce large onions. This variety and Queen are the ones most generally used in this country for producing the small 

 pickling bulbs. For this purpose if the seed has been sown eight to ten seeds to the inch of drill, no thinning will be required. 

 Growers usually plant the seed thickly in drills fifteen inches apart and use forty to fifty pounds to an acre. Pkt 5c- Oz 2Sc- 

 2 O2. 40c; 1/4 Lb. 75c; Lb. $2.25 



QA very early, very white skinned variety of especial value for pickling. TVTien allowed to reach full size the bulbs 

 Ueen are quite flattened but as grown for pickles are nearly round. The large sized bulbs attain a size of about two inches 

 in diameter. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 20c; 2 Oz. 35c; V4 Lb. 60c; Lb. $2.00 



Queen 



Fai-lir lMaQr««-.lif »i IV/I '1 An early and productive flat, white-skinned variety, desirable for early use and used 



t.ariy l^ieapOllian IViarzajOla tor pickling, it can be sown in February or March and will mature a crop 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. 20c; 2 Oz. 35c; Vi Lb. 60c; Lb. $1.75 

 /-•• . -ii/l-'f I* 1* T " 1' A large, pure white, flat onion of mild and excellent flavor. This medium early and pro- 

 vjiani Vy nite Italian l ripOlI ductlve variety will produce a larger bulb from seed than "V\1iite Portugal, but to at- 

 tain full size the seed should be sown verj' early in a hotbed and the young plants set out in rich soil. When grown under proper 

 conditions the bulbs are often three to four inches across, with pure white ski'n. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 20c; 2 Oz. 35c; V4 Lb. 60c; Lb. $1.75 

 «* .1 o'l If This variety produces a very large onion, resembling Giant White Italian Tripoli, but of larger 



IViammOin OUVer ^ing size, sllghtly later maturing and rather a better keeper, making the sort more desirable for 

 the fall market. A very productive flat variety with bulbs often four to five inches across, the largest of the white onions. The 

 skin is silvery white. The flesh is white, very "tender and mild flavored. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 20c; 2 Oz. 35c; V4 Lb. 60c; Lb. $1.75 



ONION SETS 



To raise onion sets from seed, use good ground prepared as for large onions and sow tlie seed very thick in broad drills, using 

 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 land they will be necky or bottle shaped. Onion seed sovra for sets may be planted 

 somewhat later than if a crop of large bulbs is desired. 



RED BOTTOM SETS. Tre'ated precisely as top onions are, 



setting them out in the spring instead of sowing seed. 



Per Lb. 25c. postpaid: 100 Lbs. $10.00 

 YELLOW BOTTOM SETS. Like the preceding except in 



coloi- and nseil in the same manner. Per Lb. 25c. postpaid; 



100 Lbs. $10.00 



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

 red or yellow, but produce beautiful white onions early in 

 the season. Per Lb. 30c. postpaid; 100 Lbs. $12.00 



Prices by the 100 lbs. of all onion sets are sub.iect to fluctuations 

 of the market. The price per single pound will hold good 

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

 T7(e 100 pound x>rices of Onion Sets are by freight or express at purchaser's expense for transportation. 



