22 IvANDRETHS' DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF VEGETABI.E SEEDS. 
PERSIAN EVIELONS.— Continued. 
Ijandreth$' Wo. S . Verv early, half oval, large netting covering the 
fruit, distinctly ribbed, i'acket, lo cents ; ounce, 30 
cents. 
LandretHs' Wo. 4 Green fleshed, chunky form, early, very saleable in 
market. Packet, 10 cents ; ounce, 30 cents. 
tiandretts' Wo. 5 Heavy netting, form oblong, thick fleshed, desirable 
sort. Packet, 10 cents ; ounce, 30 cents. 
Landreths' Wo. 6 . . ^ Egg shaped, very early, green fleshed, salmon heart; 
so exceeding productive as to fill a barrel in one 
- ; place. Packet, 10 cents ; ounce. 30 cents. 
tiandreths' Wo.'? . . . . . . . - . Globular, intermediate ripener, green flfsh, golden 
cavity, heavy nettiug, strong rind. Packet, 10 cents; 
ouuce, 30 cents 
Landreths' Wo. 8 I^arge round sort, fully ribbed, early, green fleshed. 
Packet, 10 cents ; ounce, 30 cents. 
Ijandreths' Wo 9 Productive, early, oval in form, greeti fleshed, well 
covered with netting, medium size. Packet, 10 cents; 
ounce, 30 cents. 
Hiandretlis' Wo. 10 ........ . An oval fruit, larger than Acme, entirely covered with 
netting, vigorous vine. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 30 
cents. 
Landreths' Wo. 11 An early Nutmeg form, good table size, strong net- 
ting; a good market sort. Packet, 10 cents; ounce. 30 
' cents. 
Ijandretlis* Wq. 12 . . ... . , . An excellent sort, very showy, completely covered 
with netting, golden between ribs, similar to a small 
Acme; a good seller. Packet, cents; ounce, 30 cents. 
ONION SEED— AMERICAN VARIETIES. 
£jxtra Early Bloomsdale P earl . Earliest of all onions, growing quick as a radish, large, 
flat, waxy, mild in flavor. 
Bloomsdale Extra Early Ked . . Broad, flat, deep red, very early. 
Extra Early Flat Bed ..... Medium size, deep red, earlier and flatter than 
Wethersfield. 
Bloomsdale Gold Seal ...... An Extra Early Yellow .sort, flat and thin, a good 
keeper ; should be better known. 
Bloomsdale Red Seal A thin flat variety, deep red, very early and valuable; 
keeps well and should be generally sown by all 
market gardeners. 
Bilverskin An early, flat sort, long cultivated at Philadelphia. 
Bloomsdale Large Yellow Str as- A reliable Yellow sort, not as pungent as Wethersfield. 
burg. 
Yellow Dutch Ah early flat Yellow variety. 
Large Bed Wethersfield . ... . There are many types of this; ours is the large early 
form. 
True Yellow Globe Danvers . . Straw color, long keeping, oval in fcrm, solid. 
Bloomsdale Globe Danvers . . . Oval in form, maturing in 84 days, very showy, solid, 
a good keeper, flat on bottom, pointed on top. 
Bouthport Red Globe ...... A heavy round Red Globe variety, good cropper, good 
shipper. 
Bouthport Yellow Globe . ... A favorite Yellow Globe variety, solid; an excellent 
keeper. 
Bouthport White Globe . . . '. . A large solid, heavy, white, showy Globe sort. 
ONION SEED— IMPORTED VARIETIES. 
White Bermuda . The true stock, li^ht straw colored, waxy, exceedingly 
early, flat, mild in flavor as an apple. 
Bed Bermuda ........... I^ight red color when ripe, exceedingly early, flat, 
very mild in flavor; the true stock. 
Italian Queen ..; Srnall. very early, white, flat. 
Extra Early Barletta Exceedingly early, flat, a white wax. 
Red Garganus ........ ^ . . A mammoth red-skinned globular sort. Same as 
Mammoth Pompeii. 
Mammoth Silver King A mammoth white-skinned variety. Same as Giant 
White Garganus. 
Giant Red Rocca A large red, solid, oval bulb of foreign origin. 
White Rocca . . ... , , . . . . . A white-skinned variety, bulbs round and oval. 
Prize-Taker . . . . . . ... . . . A mammoth Yel ow sort, very showy. 
Large White Plat Tripoli .... A silvery- white flat sort, quite mild. 
ONION SETS. ' 
Silver Skin. ...... G^rown from the Philadelphia Silver Skin seed stock; 
thoroughly matured, consequently will keep with- 
, ; . ;, out rotting. 
Yellow . . . i . Grown from the True Flat Strasburg seed; will keep 
a long time. 
Red . , . i - Grown from the Wethersfield seed. 
Bermuda Red These are not entirely red, but red to straw-colored. 
Bermuda White . . These are not entirely white, but pale straw-color. 
Bloomsdale Pearl Opalic, white, waxy and flat. Must be planted in 
October or November. Remarkably early, large, 
, ' ' "^V showy, and in every way desirable as an early 
' ■ = ., spring onion. 
Bloomsdale Red Seal . . . . '. Flat and Red, large and early of maturity. 
Bloomsdale Gold Seal ' . .; . . '. ; Flat and Yellow; like the Red Seal, only yellow. 
Potato Onions : Red. Must be planted in October or November. 
Early to mature. 
