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ONIONS— Continued 
AMERICAN WHITE VARIETIES 
WHITE SILVERS KIN OB PORTUGAL. A SO UT IIP OUT WHITE GLOBE. Yield abun- 
mild, pleasant flavored variety, admirable for family dantly, producing handsome and uniformly globe- 
use; not so good a keeper as the dark-skinned shaped bulbs. The flesh is firm, fine grained and 
varieties . . .Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; &-lb. $1.25; lb. $4.00 of fine flavor . Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c, tf-lb. $1 25; lb. $4.00 
NEW HARDY WINTEB ONION. This variety can be sown in the fall, and will live over winter in 
the open ground, unprotected and will continue growing in the spring, when it will make handsome bunch 
onions from two to three weeks earlier than any onion sets. Think of this tremendous advantage! Be- 
sides saving you the trouble of planting onion sets this variety will be ready for market while your neighbors 
are waiting for their sets to get ready. 
When fully grown the onions somewhat resemble the White Bermuda in shape, only growing much 
larger. The keeping quality of this variety is very remarkable; one of our growers showed us perfect 
specimens from September, which are still in excellent, faultless condition in August when we inspected them. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 60c; M~lb. $2.00 
PLANT MORE ONIONS 
Onions yield heavily and can be very easily stored for 
winter use. The growing and eating of more onions would 
save vast quantities of meat and wheat which are so badly 
needed in starving Europe. 
AMERICAN RED VARIETIES 
SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE. A large globe-shaped onion, 
with small neck and rich red color, a splendid keeper and of 
extra fine quality. It matures a few days later than the 
Red Wethersfield . . . .Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; M-lb. $1 00; lb. $3.00 
LARGE RED WETHERSFIELD. The old standard sort; 
best for main crop. Large, deep red, thick, nearly round, 
fine grained, of pleasant flavor and a good yielder. It ripens 
in September and keeps well. 
Pit lCc oz 25c; M-Jb 75c; lb. $2 50 
ITALIAN VARIETIES 
Gigantic Gibraltar Onion 
This comparatively new and little known variety is particularly adapted for growing in warm climates. 
In appearance it is very similar to the well-known "Prizetaker" Onion; will grow larger under favorable 
conditions. The handsome globular shaped bulbs have a light straw colored skin, while the flesh is white 
and very mild. The ripe onions are excellent keepers and surpass, in this respect, most of the other varieties, 
if properly handled. Experiments have shown that of onions harvested in August, fully 95 per cent were 
in fine marketable condition in January, free from split and rotting. 
These onions are excellent for marketing purposes as well as home use. The growing crop withstands 
dry weather to a remarkable degree. Most highly recommended Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c; M-Va. $1.50. 
GIANT ITALIAN TRIPOLI. A large, beautiful 
pure white onion of mild, excellent flavor. Will 
produce a somewhat larger onion from seed than our 
White Portugal, but to attain their full size the plant 
should be started very early in a hot bed and set 
out in rich soil. . . Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c; ^-lb. $1.50. 
EARLY WHITE QUEEN. Succeeds well every- 
where. The bulbs are small, flat, beautifully white 
and of excellent flavor, but the principal recom- 
mendation is the marvelous rapidity of their growth- 
It will produce ripe onions in 100 to 110 days from 
date of sowing. Both the White Queen and the 
Extra Early Barletta are highly recommended for 
pickling purposes Pkt. 5c; oz. 50c; M-lb. $1.50. 
MAMMOTH SILVER KING. We have im- 
ported seed of this truly mammoth variety. The 
onions are of attractive shape with silvery white 
skin and flesh of a most agreeable flavor. It reaches 
a larger size than any of the flat white varieties. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c; M-lb. $1.50. 
EL PASO. A variety from Mexico. It grows 
there to a diameter of 6 inches, weighing two-thirds 
of a pound, flavored very mildly. Our seed of this 
variety comes direct from Mexico. Skin of the 
onion generally white, but sometimes mixed with 
red and yellow Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c; M-lb. $1.50. 
EXTRA EARLY BARLETTA. It is fully two or 
three weeks earlier than the Early White Queen, 
which heretofore has been the earliest variety under 
cultivation. The onions are of a pure paper-white 
color, very mild and delicate in flavor, from one 
inch to one and one-half inch in diameter and three- 
fourths of an inch in thickness. 
Pkt. 100 ; oh. 50o ; M-lb. $1.50. 
