20 SEED CATALOGUE 0/ L. L. IV/f A V ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 
Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen imZ^XTI "Northern Gro'wn" Seeds Are Best 
May's Northern Grown Heavy Yielding Onions 
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MAY'S YELLOW Globe SOUTH PORT ;;lo1' 
THIS YELLOW IS ONE OF ilw trio oj Soulhport Onions, and is in 
every w ay the equal of the other two. It is the most satis- 
factory of the varieties ever used for home use or for market. It 
is hardy, rehable and an enormous yielder, often yielding lOOO 
busliels'to the acre. The onions are uniformly deep and globular 
in shape; veritable globes of gold. They average 9 to 10 inches 
in circumference, with yellow skin and snow white flesh, firm, 
juicy and mild in flavor. They ripen down evenly and are of 
We have had many recommendations 
excellent keeping quality 
from growers of this onion 
and are sure that if you 
give this strain a trial we 
will receive your future 
orders for onion seed 
Packet lOc, ounce 
2Sc., M-pound 
SOc, pound 
$1.8S. 
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ONE OF THE most beaulijut onwns gruxn, being of symmetrical 
globe shape with a smooth satin-white skin, forming .a per- 
fect silver ball. It grows to a large size, averaging 7J/^ to 9 inches 
in circumference, and is solid and hea\'y; the flesh is purest while, 
close and fine grained, mild and of delicate flavor. It is a heavy 
cropper, yielding, under good culture, up to 900 bushels per acre. 
Our strain of thi? seed is grown from picked thin-necked bulbs, 
which ripen so uniformly and cure so thoroughly and well that 
the onionr keep almost as good as the red and yellow varieties. 
We guarantee this seed as 
MAY'S Red Globe Southport l^^f"* H ^'f"' °^ 
strong vitality, and to give 
WHITE 
GLOBE 
SOUTHPORT 
WHITE ONIONS ARE 
PREFERRED FOR FAMILY 
USE ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR MILD FLAVOR 
HIS IS THE handsomest of all the red onions and of immense 
size, averaging 9 to 10 inches in circumference. 
It is solid, heavy, a perfect globe shape, 
which is unifoi-m throughout the 
crop. It ripens evenly, about 
10 days after the Yellow 
Southport and 
yields the highest 
percentage of 
marketable 
onions, ri- 
pe n i n g 
down 
hard 
a n d j 
solid I 
and 
keeping 
w e 1 
the yield 
often being 
000 bushels 
to the acre. 
The flesh is very 
close grained and spa 
ling, cooking tender ano 
mild and its glossy, purplish-rC' 
color makes it so beautiful that it al- 
ways commands the best price on the 
market. Packet lOc, otmce 2Sc., J^-poimd 
75c., pound $2.00. 
most satisfactory re- 
sults. Packet lOc, 
ounce 25c., 
14 -pound 
75c., 
pound 
' 00. 
RED GLOBE 
SOUTHPORT 
A HANDSOME DAftK 
RED QL08E SHAPED 
ONION— IT YIELDS 
A HEAVY, UNIFORM CROP 
p/^-r-rrjIWI r\M |0|\| QPT^ These arc the product of seed and are used for "Green Onions*' or to produce larger onions, which they do much quicker 
IJ\J I I WIVI \J\^ \ \J\H vjc I o than can be Rrown from seed. Plant Bottom Onion Sets for first green onions for table use. They produce large onions 
ready for marlict or home use from four to si.\ weeks earlier than can be done by sowing seed. Red Bottoms. Quart 25c., peck $1.00, bushel $3.50. Yellow Bot- 
toms. Quart 25c., peck $1.00, bushel $3.50. White Bottoms. Quart 30c., peck $1.25, bushel $4.50. 
Notice. — Prices by the bushel are subject to fluctuation of the market, but the prices quoted on quarts, postpaid, will hold good through-out the season, or as 
long as our stock allows. Quarts sent by mail, postpaid; pecks and bushels by express at purchaser's expense. 
