DE JONG FLORAL AND SEED CO., PELLA, IOWA 



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ONIONS 



Grow your Winter's supply of Onions from the seed. They mature late in the season just before 

 Onions are usually stored for Winter and keep much better than Onions now and then, so be prepared 

 by growing a supply. They are a good side crop for the farmer, bringing in more money per acre than 

 most any other crop. A piece of ground that will grow a good crop of potatoes and is reasonably free 



most any other crop. A p 

 from weeds will produce a good yield 



Figure about four pounds of seed to the acre. 



Danvers Onion 



YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS. A standard vari- 

 ety, or large size; globular in form; skin yel- 

 lowish brown; flesh white, mild and well flav- 

 ored; very productive; one of the most popular 

 kinds in cultivation. Largely used for growing 

 sets. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz., 25 cts., lb. $2.25. 



EXTRA EARLY PEARL. This is one of the ear- 

 liest of all white varieties. It grows to a fair 

 size ; of pearly white color, flesh of a pure 

 snow-white and flavor very mild. It grows with 

 wonderful rapidity. A splendid keeper, suc- 

 ceeding everywhere, and requiring only thin 

 soil. Per pkt. 05 cts., oz. 25 cts. 



MAMMOTH PRIZE TAKER. This has proved to 

 be an excellent keeper of finest flavor, hand- 

 some shape and enormous size, many single on- 

 ions have been raised to weight 3 lbs., from 

 seed the first year. It is of the same type as 

 those immense imported onions which can be 

 seen in fruit stores and always command a 

 very high price. The Prize Taker grows al- 

 ways to a perfect globe shape, with bright, 

 straw-colored skin, the necks are very small 

 ind the oni<->n alwavs ripens up hard. Per pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 25 cts., lb. $2.25. 



MAMMOTH SILVER KING. This variety grows 

 to a remarkable size. Bulbs are of attractive 

 form, flattened, but thick through. Single bulbs 

 often attain weight of from 2 Vz to 4 lbs. each. 

 The skin is a beautiful silvery white; the flesh 

 is snow-white, and a particularly mild and 

 pleasant flavor. It matures early and is uni- 

 formly large and perfect form. Per pkt. 05 cts., 



oz. 30 cts., lb. $3.00. 



Wethersfield Onion 



LARGE RED WETHERSFIELD. The standard 

 sort; best for main crop. Large size, of a pur- 

 plish red color: round or oval shaped, fine 

 grained, pleasant flavored and productive. It 

 ripens in September, an excellent keener. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., 14 lb. 60 cts., lb. $2.00. 

 If 4 pounds or more are wanted ask for special 

 rates. 



SOUTHPORT LARGE RED GLOBE. Similar to 

 the Large Red in color and flavor, but quite dis- 

 tinct in form, being nearly globular: it is a 

 heavy cropper, and is much prized by many as 

 a market variety. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., 

 lb. $2.25. 



SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE. A laree globe- 

 shaped onion: firm, fine-grained, of mild-flavor, 

 keeps well. This is one of the handsomest on- 

 ions grown, of beautiful shape, clear white 

 skin and commands the highest market price. 

 Per pkt. 05 cts., oz. 30 cts., % lb. 80 cts. 



WHITE PORTUGAL, or SILVERSKIN. Very de- 

 sirable for family use; flavor mild; skin silver 

 white; of handsome appearance; highly es- 

 teemed for pickling, also for market in early 

 winter. This is the variety of which White 

 Onion sets are grown. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 

 cts., lb. S3. 00. 



WHITE PICKLING, or Hard Round Silver Skin. 

 Produce uniformly small, round and handsome 

 onions with an opaque white skin that does no 1 

 turn green by exposure to the sun. The onions 

 are very compact and hard, but at the same 

 time crisp and brittle: altogether the best pick- 

 ling onion. Per pkt. 05 cts., oz. 25 cts. 



ONION SETS 



Sets furnish large onions early, as well as the 

 first green onions for table use. Plant the sets 

 as early in the spring as possible, in shallow 

 drills, one foot apart, and two inches between 

 sets. Cover slightly. They can be used in a 

 green state in June, and are ripened off by July. 

 One quart of sets is needed for forty feet of drill. 

 PARCEL POST. If customers want their Onion 

 Sets prepaid, remit us the following amount for 

 postage. For the 1st and 2nd zones from Pel- 

 la, for pk. 10 cts., for 1 pk. 15 cts.; for the 

 3rd zone, for H pk. 15 cts.. for 1 pk. 25 cts. 

 WHITE BOTTOM SETS. Per pt. 15 cts., qt. 25 

 cts., Vi pk. 75c. pk. $1.25. 



WHITE MULTIPLIER SETS. These are of a 

 pure silvery white color, enoromously produc- 

 tive, frequently producting as many as twenty 

 bulbs in a single cluster, of excellent quality 

 and size for bunching green, or can be ripened 

 for use as pickling onions. Good keepers, hav- 

 ing kept perfectly sound for a year, but their 

 most important quality is extreme earliness. 

 Per pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., by express, % pk. 

 $1.00, pk. $2.00. 



YELLOW BOTTOM SETS. Per. pt. 15 cts.. qt 

 25 cts., by express. M> pk. 75c. pk. $1.25. 



RED BOTTOM SETS. Per pt. 15 cts., qt. 2 5 eta 

 by express, % pk. 75c, pk. $1.25. 



