C. C. MORSE & CO.— SEEDS— SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. 
ONIONS-Continued 
PRIZE TAKER 
variety, with light-yellow skin 
and white flesh of mild flavor. 
It is a heavy cropper and a fair- 
ly good keeping onion, and is very 
popular as a market variety. In- 
dividual bulbs often weigh two 
or three pounds. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; 
% l"b. 75c; lb. $2.25. 
RED WETHERSFIELD 
The best-known and most wide- 
ly used red variety. In shape it 
is flattish, but thick, with very 
firm flesh. Is hard and an ex- 
cellent keeper, as well as a heavy 
cropper. The color is a bright 
purplish-red. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; V4 
lb. 60c; lb. $2.00. 
Soutliport Yellow Globe. A fine, or- 
ange-yellow, globe-shaped var- 
iety. Is a heavy cropper and 
forms a long-keeping hard bulb. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; y 4 lb. 75c; lb. 
$2.50. 
Soutliport Red Globe. A large, globe-shaped, bright pur- 
plish-red variety. Is a late sort and an excellent 
keeper. A very handsome variety and of fine quality. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; V4 lb. 60c; lb. lb. $2.00. 
Soutliport White Globe. A pure white globe-shaped var- 
iety. Forms handsome hard onions with wax-like, 
pearl-white flesh. Is used a great deal for green 
onions, owing to the clear white stem. Pkt. 5c; o*. 
40c; Vi lb. $1.20; lb. $4.00. 
Red Bermuda. A very early flat variety, used largely In 
the South for planting in the fall and marketing in 
the spring. Is of mild flavor and ships well, but will 
not keep for winter. Bulbs are pinkish-straw color. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 30c; y 4 lb. 90c; per lb. S3.0O. 
WHITE PORTUGAL OR SILVERSKIN 
The best known and most largely used white onion. 
Is flat on the bottom and thick toward the top. Very 
hard and firm and an excellent keeper. Is largely 
used for white onion sets as well as for market 
onions and pickles. Pkt. 5c; oz. 35c; V4 !*>• $1-00; lb. 
$3.50. 
White Queen. A very early white onion. Rather small 
and does not keep well. Is of fine, mild flavor, and 
largely used for home-made pickles. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; 
V4 lb. 75c; crop doubtful. 
Red Wethersfleld Onion 
yellow onion 
Whit* Bermuda. A very early var- 
iety, used largely in the South 
as an early market onion, 
when the seed is sown in the 
fall and the onions har- 
vested in the spring. It is 
mild and of particularly fine 
'/ flavor. The color is a pinkish- 
straw, and the shape is flat. 
The seed we offer is grown in 
Teneriffe, Canary Islands, and 
is a fine pure strain. Pkt. 5c; 
oz. 35c; Vt lb. $1.00; lb. $3.25. 
White Italian Tripoli. A large, 
globe-shaped onion, with clear 
white skin and pearl-white 
flesh. Of mild, sweet flavor. 
Not a good keeping onion, but 
much esteemed as a garden 
sort. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; crop 
doubtful. 
YELLOW DANVERS 
This is the best known and 
the most generally used flat, 
It is the most hardy of all the varieties 
for California and will yield the surest and largest 
crops. Color bright orange-yellow; flesh white and 
firm. A good keeper, fairly early and of good size. It 
is also a good variety for transplanting to get early 
onions. One of the standard varieties on the San 
Francisco market, where it is often called "Silver- 
skin," although of a bright yellow color. Pkt. 5o; oz. 
15c; y t lb. 45c; lb. $1.50. 
Yellow Dutch, or Strasburg. The most popular and best 
variety for set purposes. Is similar to the Yellow Dan- 
vers. Flat in shape, color and size, but as a set onion 
it has the quality of ripening down earlier and more 
uniformly. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; V4 lh. 60c; lb. $1.75. 
Yellow Globe Danvera, Morse's Strain of Globe Danvers is 
specially selected on our farms to give an even ripen- 
ing crop. The bulbs are all of fairly large size, small 
at the neck and perfectly and regularly formed. 
Morse's Globe Danvers is the most popular onion for 
market and for shipping. Is almost ball-shaped, but a 
trifle flattened at both ends. It is a heavy cropper and 
a good, firm variety. Pkt. 5c; oz. 85c; $4 lb. 75c; lb. 
92.25. 
ONION SETS. See page 15. 
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