VAUGHAN'S BOOK FOR FLORISTS— CHICAGO AND NEW YORK. 









ONION 



SEED 







VAUGHAN'S PEDIGREE. 



Our strains of Globe Onions arc right! We see to it 

 that Seed t)nions are selected with the greatest care, 

 and none are planted except they are of the true type. 

 Thin necks, globe shape and clear colors are what wc 

 aim for. 



VAUGHAN'S IDEAL WHITE GLOBE. 



This is the handsomest i.f 

 form, pure white, hard, sni 

 evenly and is a good keeper, 

 encrs in Chicago and the \v 



all Onion.5. It is i,[ the true globe 

 all necked, ripens very early and 

 ■\Ve supply the largest market gard- 

 >st. Xo market gardener or Onion 



VAUCHAN-S IDEAL WHITE GLOBE. 



grower can afford to plant inferior stock, with only cheapness cf 

 price to recommend it. when seed like ours is to be had. the 

 results of a few ounces often paying twice the first cost of the 

 best seed. 



PRICK: Eastern Grown, 07... tac; »/, lb., 85p; lb., $3.00; 5 lbs.. 

 $14.50; 10 lbs., !(!>R.flO. 



PKK'K: Western Seed, <>/.., "iOe; 1/4 lb , TOr; lb. $2.50: ,-> lbs., 

 SIJ.OO; 10 lbs.. $23.00. 



SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE. 



Southport Yellow Globe. ™'^'" '^■""P' '"Se round onion. 



' It is sure to satisfy the one who buys 

 a packet, or the one who sows 30 pounds for carload shipments. .\ truly 

 grand Onion whose large, golden yellow spheres make a beautiful appear- 

 ance, sacked or barreled for the market. Finest of all yellow Onions for 

 keeping. Our Eastern strain of seed is from a grower of twenty-five years- 

 experience, who n.akes a specialty of this variety. There is no better. 



PRICE: Eastern Orono, az., 30c; V4 lb., .lOe; 

 10 lbs., $15.00. 



PRICE: Western Seed, oz 

 10 lbs., I$n.60. 



lbs., $-.75; 



V, lb.. 40e; 111 



Southport Blood-Red Globe. Blood-reu C.lobe has a beau- 



— ^— — — ^— — ^— ^— tiful red skin, and a better lot ol 



seed cannot be found. The Onions are of immense size, very solid and 

 firm — qualities which make them fine sellers and excellent keepers. 

 Our market gardener cu.stomers regularly grow crops yielding SCO to 1,000 

 bushels from this seed. Our grower is an expert, who carefully selects 

 this seed from large, fine colored, solid bulbs, well ripened and cured, and 

 who rejects all thick necked ones. 



PRICK: Eastern (irWn, 01., 20c; V. ll>., .Vie: lii.. Sl.(iO: .5 lbs., $7.75; 

 10 lbs., $15.00. 



PRICE: Western Seed. 07... 15<-; V, lb., lOe: lb.. SI.40; 3 lbs., $6.76; 

 to lbs., $18.00. 



OHIO YELLOW GLOBE-SHOWING EVENNESS OF TYPE. 



Ohio Yellow Globe. 



Globe Danvers, being earliei 

 uniform as to size and color 

 Ohio Grown Seed of this type is an extra 



illustration.) The best of all yellow Onions, 

 rely distinct from the old type of Yellow 

 .smaller necked, of perfect globe shape, 

 nd a greater cropper. Vaughan's Special 

 selection as to color, shape 



and yield of this already fine sort, 

 superfine strain of Yellow Onion Seed, 

 lb. .11.50. By express, 5 lbs., *l.iSi 10 I 



Regarded by seed growers the 

 Oz.. ISc; i 07... 2Bc; % lb.. 40c: 

 S.,il4.00. 



Ohio Red Globe. 



y uniform Red Globe Onion, similar in shape 

 Ohio Yellow Globe. Lake County Seed grown 

 <)7., 16c: % lb.. 4dc: lb.. $1.60; 5 lbs., $7.76; 10 IbN.. 



Australian Brown Globe. ^ ^^^y early maturing variety. The 

 — — — — bulbs are of good size, very solid and 

 heavy. The keeping quality Is excellent, one of the very best. The 

 Onions ar<' thin necked, and ripen evenly in all soils. Oz., 15o; 14 lb., 

 35c: lb., $1.40. 



White Bermuda.''"''"'' Tenerirre Grown. Much planted In the South, 

 ■ especially in Texas. In the North the bulbs do not 

 grow very large, but are of very mild, sweet flavor, and are the earliest 

 of all Called White, but really of a light straw color. Ol., ISc; % lb., 

 60c, lb., $i.25. 



Red Bermuda Teneriffe Seed, ^''""o'' 'i^" a^'o^p except in 



■ eolor. Oz., 15c: »4 lb.. 60c: lb., $2.25, 



Crystal White Wax Teneriffe Seed. ^ i "'' 'TKe, oariy 



— — — inulurlng, :iat variety. 



I'opular In the South like the White Bermuda. In the North. It Is 



uxcellent for the home garden on account of the mild, sweet flavor. 

 0«., 80e; V, lb., 90c: lb., $3.25. 



Prizetaker Onion. 



aughan's Selected Stock. The handsomest, 

 — — — — . largest yellow Globe Onion. A fair keeper, of 

 finest flavor, handsome shape and enormous size, many single Onions 

 weighing flve pounds or more having been raised from seed the first year. 

 It Is cf the same type as those Immense Imported Onions which can be 

 seen in fruit stores, and always commands a very high price. The 

 Prizetaker always grows to a perfect globe shape, with a bright straw- 

 colored skin; the necks are very small, and the Onions always ripen up 

 16g: % lb.. 40c; lb.. $1.50; 5 lbs., $7.25. 



Vaughan's Apple-5haped Red Globe. 



hard. Aineiican grown 

 10 lbs., $14.00. 



This is the most per- 

 fect market type of 

 Red Globe Onion. Ideal for enclosing the most bulk in the most compact 

 shape. Its color Is absolutely the darkest blood-red. Its size Is equal 

 to any of the largest types of Red Globe. Fifteen years ago this Onion 

 was first planted In the West, under the name of E'xtra Early Red Globe. 

 Since that time, grown on rich land, carefully selected for size, shape 

 and color. It has been improved a little each year, until we believe It 

 now tho very best of its clns.«. Oz., 20c; Vt lb., 45c; lb.. $1.60; 5 lbs.. $8.00. 



Mammoth Silver Kins:. "^^^^ mammoth variety is one of the 

 largest in existence, averaging from 15 

 to -1' inches in circumference, often weighing from i; '4 to -1 pounds each, 



fine shape, being 



flatt 



tun s early, and is uniformly of lar 



ed but thick. The skin Is a beautiful silver-white, flesh snowy, 

 uler and of nilld sweet flavor. Its striking size, handsome appearance 

 d mild flavor recommend It to the fancy market. Oz., 16c; 2 oz., 26c; 

 lb., 40r; lb., $1.50; 5 lbs., $7.«6. 



DlfTeront market and localities prefer different Onions. Globe Onions 

 are generally the moat popular and yield better than the other sorts. 

 In certain portions the country certain colors are In the highest favor. 

 Vaughan's Ideal White Globe, Southport Blood Red, our special Ohio 

 Globes and Apple Shaped Red Globe are Ideals of their kind. Every 

 bag of seed Is test d as to vitality. 



