D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



O N I O N— Continued 



___, . r» . 1 A • A medium 



White Portugal, or American sized onion 



_., , , of mild flavor and with beautiful, clear 



Sllverskin white skin. A favorite with many for use 



when young as a salad or bunching onion and for pickles; 



it is also a good keeper and fine for fall and early wanter 



use. An excellent sort for gardeners who do not care to 



plant more than one variety. Pkt. Gc; Oz. 30c; 2 Oz. 55c; 



%Lb. $1.00; Lb. $3.76 

 --,, . ^1 , Yields abundantly, producing hand- 

 White lalobe some and uniformly globe shaped 



bulbs. The flesh is firm, fine grained, of mild flavor and 



as a table variety its clear white color is exceptionally at- 

 tractive. Sometimes-called Southport White Globe. 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 well 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 



uniformity and beauty of shape and color. Pkt. 5c; 



Oz. 30c; 3 Oz. 5oc; ^ Lb. $1.00; Lb. $3.00 



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Mammoth Yellow Spanish or Prizetaker 



White Portugal 



IMPORTED ONIONS 



The flavor of the Italian varieties is mild and they are in 

 every way well adapted to culinary purposes, The follow- 

 ing varieties have been tested in this country and have 

 given perfect satisfaction. 



QAn extra early, very white skinned variety of 

 Ueen especial value for pickling. If seed is sown 

 out of doors in spring it will produce bulbs about an inch 

 in diameter. If these bulbs are set out the following 

 spring, or if plants are grown under glass in winter and 

 set out in the spring, they will produce large onions. 

 This variety is the one most generally used in this country 

 for producing the small pickling bulbs. For this purpose 

 growers usually plant the seed thickly in drills fifteen 

 inches apart and use forty to fifty poimds to the a'cre. 

 Pkt 5c; Oz. 30c; 3 Oz. 35c; ^ Lb. 60c; Lb. $1.75 



Early Neapolitan Marzajola AatT^hitlYkin- 



ned variety desirable for early use and for pickling. 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 

 sow^n in autumn and large onions produced in March. 

 Know^n also as Early May. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; H Oz. 35c; 

 % Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 



Giant White Italian Tripoli puS^^whft^'^ ' rLt 



onion of mild and excellent flavor. Will produce a some- 

 what 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; Oz. 15c; 

 3 Oz. 35c; % Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 



Mammoth Silver King sem^bfing^She°wiliTe 



Italian Tripoli, but is larger, slightly later and rather a 

 better keeper, making it more desirable for the later fall 

 market. The skin is silvery white; flesh pure white, very 

 tender and mild flavored. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 3 Oz. 35c; 

 % 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 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. 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 com- 

 paratively early sowing, 



RED BOTTOM SETS. Treated precisely as top onions are, WHITE BOTTOM SETS. These do not keep as w^ell as the 

 setting them out in the spring instead of sowing seed. red or yellow, but produce beautiful white onions early in 

 Per Lb. 35c. postpaid: 100 Lbs. $14.00 the season. Per Lb. 35c; postpaid; 100 Lbs. $14.00 



YELLOW BOTTOM SETS. Like the preceding except in Prices by the 100 lbs. of all onion sets are subject to fluctu- 

 color and used in the same manner. Per Lb. 30c. post- ations of the market. The price per single pound will hold 

 paid; 100 Lbs. $13.00 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. 



