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ONION SETS. 
Onion Sets. 
Three Quarts of Seed to loo Yards of Row. 
Ten to Fifteen Bushels to the Acre, According: to Size. 
Purchasers desiring; Onion Sets In consid- 
erable quantity, are recommended to write 
for latest prices, whicli may be lower or 
liiglier than tliese. 
The growth of Onion Sets has for nearly a century been with us a specialty. Philadelphia sets are everywhere recognized as the best in form and in keeping 
qualities, beiii^' solid, brighter, atul in every respect better ripened than those grown elsewhere. We drilled m April, 1893, upon our own lands nearly 
four (4) tons of seed to produce .sets. 
LARGE OKIOKS KROltl SETS.— In all localities south of the latitude of Central Virginia or Central Kentucky we recommend that Onion .Sets 
of all varieties be planted in October and November, as by early Autumn planting,' there is a gam m size and early maturity. Plant iu row.i ai a 
sufficient distance apart in the row .so as to alibrd them rnura to produce full-sized bulbs. This will consume eight to ten bushels to tlic acre, oniuus 
produced by thi.s sy.^lem can be placed in market long before those grown directly from seed, and ihe higher price received for early unions warrants 
PliiUidelphia-grovvn Onion Sets may be relied upon to produce well-shapeil marketable bulbs. Many Western-grown sets often only produce scullions 
and nearly always show a disposition to run to seed. Such sets cannot bit cheap at any price; the more a man has the worse he is olT. ' 
Market gardeners in the New luigland States are beginning to learn the value of Phila(lelphia-gro\vn Onion Sets, as under fair conditions market 
gardeners can get a producUon of bOO buslicls to the acre from 15 bushels set out, and can obtam $1.50 per bushel for the product, or S'.tOO per acre. They 
mature si.x (6) weeks earlier lhan Ojiions grown from the black seeil, and consequently bring better prices. 
We grow every year the following varieties of Onion Sets, and have them ready for shipment from August 15tb : 
Landreths' Specialties. 
I^aiidrettis' Extra Early Gold Seal and 
I^andretliB' Extra Early Red Seal. 
We have two distinct varieties adapted to both Autumt\ and Spring 
planting in anv climate, hot or cold; desirable in every garden from 
Halifax to fialvcston. or from tlie .\tlantic to the Pacific. 
Kull-sized Onions from these sets raaliux' immediately aft(tr the 
Bloomsdale Kxtra Karlv Red and Bermuda, and two or three weeks before 
any other kinds, red or yellow. Tlie mature Onions are Hat and thin— one 
a bright straw color, like the Danvers; the other a deep red, like the 
Wethersfield. 
The flavor of each is mild and delicate as the famous French Shallot, 
and they are the best of keepers. 
Overtliree years' experience in an experimental way with these new 
Onions, Golden ami Red Seal, leads <is to believe that they will create a 
sensation amoug Onion growers who cater to an early market and we 
invite those interested to place their orders now. Each sort per qt. 35c. ; 
per bush. S7.(X). 
Extra Early Bloomsdale Pearl Sets.— The most remarkable 
Oniou ever introduced. Earliest of all. Pearli/ whilf, tmnsliicenl and 
waxy, growing with the rai>idily of a Radish. Vnrm flat: flavor so mild 
that it can bo eaten like an Apple :' keeping qualities fjood-. This wonder- 
ful variety, if plaiited on very rich bottom soil, will grow too large for 
market— five to six inches aavss. It .should accordingly bo planted on 
thiu soil. 
NoTU.— Bloomsdale Pearl Sets, as well as Bermuda Sets, to fully 
develop their merits, should be planted between September 15th and 1st 
of October, as, if kept longer, they sprout and lose part of their vitality. 
We only grow Pearl Sets on contract made before 15th of March of 
each year and for shipment 1st of Septemter. We are readv to register 
orders for crop of 18U1 of one bushel or more at .any time front the pr.'si nt 
until 15ih of March, 1891. Contrat^t price Sfi.OO per bushel, crates extra- 
cash before shipment. Planted Isl October llicij can be pulled Ut Mardi. 
Bloomsdale Autumn White Wax.— Form more flat than the 
Philadelphia Silver Skin, and of about the same size. Color a waxy 
white, quite distinct from tlie riiiladelphia Silver Skin. Maturity, two 
weeks earlier than the Philadelphia Silver Skin. Flavor very mild. A 
sort which may be considered as combining the qualities of the Bloom.9- 
d.ale Pearl and the Philadelphia Silver Skin, and therefore a desirable 
acquisition. Per qt. 30c. ; per bu.sh. SrG.OO. 
Wliite Bermuda (rxtiia u\rly).— Earlier in maturitv than the Ber- 
muda lied and more flat. Per qt. 30e.; per bush. SG.OO. 
R.ed Bermuda.— Below New Orleans, where thousand.? of bushels of 
largo Onions are grown every Winter and Spring for sliipment to Northern 
markets, the Red or Straw-colored Bernuida has been found verysuperior 
to the native Louisiana Yellow Creole— the Bermuda being earlier to 
develop full-sized bulbs, not to shoot to seed like the Creole, a better 
shipper and better seller. Per qt. 30c.; per bush. $6.00. 
Bloomsdale Extra Early Darlt Blood Red (specialty).- 
A variety ol unusually early maturitv; flat, medium size, deep red in 
color and an excellent keeper. This is a special .strain difficult to obtain 
elsewhere. Per <it. 25c. ; per bush. S5.00. 
Half Round Bullock Blood.— A hardy, solid, crisp, long-keepin? 
sort. Form thick or half round ; color purple red outside like buliof k 
blood, color inside snow white. Highlv recommended as a hardy sort 
for Autumn planting. Per qt. 25c. ; per bush. $5.00. 
Well=known Varieties. 
Dark Red Wethersfield (speclvlty) . per qt. 25c.; per bush. S5.()0 
Vellow 2.5c.; " 5.00 
Red " 25c.; " 5.00 
per bush.S7.00 
Banver.s Yellow (specialty) 
. . " 25c.; 
Vellow Strasburgr 
5.1)0 
Xop Onions (red), (28 lbs. per bush.) . . 
. . " 30c.; 
6.00 
6.01) 
Shallots 
MARKET GARDENING AND FARM NOTES. 
BY BURNET LANDRETH. 
Mr. Burnet Lfindretli was Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture at the Centennial International Exhibition. His book, though 
written lor the amateur or family gardener, is al.so intended for the more experienced persons who may be inclined to make a venture 
in gardenins for protit. Accordingly the writer begins with remark's upon subjects connected with growing vegetables for sale, and 
extracts from the last United States Census Bureau bulletin on truck farming. ' The chemistry of the garden, loc;ition and .soils, com- 
mercial lerlihzers, seed sowing, germination, transplanting and the rotation of crops are discussed, and the writer has a great deal to 
.say about hotbeds ami cold frames and market gardening under glass. Mr. Landreth makes practical suggestions concerning the pack- 
ing, crating and shipment of vegetables and fruit, especially in the case of potatoes, which now usually reach the Northern markets 
irom the South packed in .second-hand flour ban el.s. Would it not pay, suggests the writer, to put tbem up in half-barrel or one- 
bushel pea baskets, so as to better .'.dapt the quantity to family wants? Many families would consume a bushel of potatoes belbre 
they conld grow .stale, and thus, with smaller packages, a direct domestic market could be formed, without having the sale confined to 
middlemen, which always iiu rea.sfs the price of the product. 
''.\ Half Acre G.-irden," the Gra.ss Question and a Calendar indicating operations for the Northern and Southern States are feat- 
ures of this ii.seful and practical book, where the different branches of "Market Gardening" are treated with the greatest possible 
clearness.— P/nladelp/ita Public Ledger, March 10, 1S93 » r 
Our Patent Safety Crates, and Barrels for Onion Sets, extra, viz 
barrel (three bushel.s), 30 cts. 
Two bushel crate, 25 cts. ; one bushel crate, 15 cts. : half bushel crate. 12 cts.; 
Postage on Onion Sets, 15 cts. per qt. extra. 
