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SEEDS AND IMPLEMENTS 



ONION SETS 



Yellow^ Danvers and >Vhlle Sliver Skin at Lowest Market Prices, 



CHOICE CROWN ONION SETS. 



ONION SETS. 



Three quarts will plant loo yards of row ; lo bushels 

 will plant an acre. 



Prices Subject to Change. 



Onion sets, both rare-ripes and tops, are placed on the 

 surface, in shallow twelve-inch drills, about four inches 

 apart, and lightly covered. Potato onions are planted in 

 spring or fall, as they will survive the winter. By this 

 process early ouions may be obtained several weeks earlier 

 than from seed. 



WHITE OMON SETS, Per qt. 15c. 

 YELLOW ONION SETS, Per qt. 15c. 



For sets in quantity, get special quotations, as prices 

 vary during the season of planting. 



OKRA, OK COMBO. 



Safram—Quimbombo — Othro. 



Select warm, rich soil and plant in rows two feet apart, 

 thinning plants a foot apart in rows. The pods are used 

 to thicken soups, being gathered young. Okra is pre- 

 served for winter use by slicing the pods into rings and 

 drying them upon strings hung up and exposed to the air. 



Wbite Velvet.— Pods round, smooth, free from seams, very prolific. Price per packet, 5c. Per 

 ounce, loc. Per pound, see. 



. Dwarf Green Prolific, or Density.— A very dwarf and prolific variety. Pods green, smooth 

 and thickly set. Price per packet, 5c. Per ounce, loc. Per pound, 50c. 



PARSLEY. 



(Petersilie.) 



I oz. to 150 feet of drill. 



Sow in rows i foot apart and i inch apart. 

 The seed is slow to germinate and should be 

 given the most favorable conditions. A deep, 

 rich loamy soil is required. For winter use a 

 few plants placed in a box inthe cellar will 

 give a supply. 



PARSNIPS. 



(Pastinake.) 

 I oz. to 150 feet of drill. 

 Sow as early in the spring as 

 the weather will permit in drills 

 fifteen inches apart and half an 

 inch deep, in rich, well-manured 

 ground, well dug. Cultivate 

 similar to carrots, and thin out 

 to six inches apart in the rows 

 to creep. To keep well in the 

 ground over winter, draw a little 

 earth over the tops. 



Hollow Crown, or 

 Liarg'e Sugar. — The best 

 variety in cultivation for 

 general use ; roots white, 

 1 smooth, of intermediate 

 length, sugary, of excellent 

 flavor. Packet, 5c. ^ 

 pound, 15c. Pound, 40c. 



Extra Dark Moss Curled.— The large leaves are very 

 hieavily crimped and curled, being quite moss-like in appearance and 

 of peculiarly rich extra dark green coloring. Very productive, and 

 most^ attractive as a garnish, both on account of this deep-green 

 coloring and fine mossy appearance. Packet, Sc. J^ pound, 15c. 

 Pound, 50C. 



Fine Double Curled.— Plants of dwarf, compact growth, and 

 the 3^oung leaves have the edges heavily crimped, being of quite moss 

 like appearance. Packet, 5c. ^ pound, 15c. Pound, 50c. 



