OKRA, or Gumbo 
Mammoth Long Pod 
Plant in hills about four feet apart, putting six to eight seeds in a hill and 
after the plants are well started, cut out all but two. Gather the pods when 
quite green and about an inch and a half long. 
Plant dwarf, very early and productive. The pods are long, slender, deep green and remain 
tender much longer than most sorts. 
ONIONS 
fM IT TI TDp Onions require a rich soil and where manure is used it should 
be plowed under in the Fall so as to be thoroughly mixed 
with the ground before the seed is sown. Cultivate the ground thoroughly as early 
in the spring as possible. Sow in rows 14 inches apart, setting the drill so seed 
will be one half inch deep. Cultivate with wheel hoe as soon as rows can be seen 
which should be followed in a few days with a second hoeing, after which weeding should be carefully done. 
As soon as ripe the bulbs should be gathered into rows and the tops cut off when dry. Do not store in large piles. Store 
in crates allowing air circulation or spread in dry place. 
SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE 
SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE 
Yellow The O n ’ ons f rom Southport, Conn., generally command an extra price in 
JUUllipUl l A CHUW VJ1UUC New York markets because of their beautiful shape and color, due partly to the 
variety grown and partly to the favorable soil and extra care taken in handling the crop. The Southport Yellow Globe is of 
medium size, spherical, with small neck, very deep, rich yellow color, and of superior quality. We offer a strain of especially 
good quality and much superior to that usually sold. 
Southport Red Globe 
This variety 'is of the same general character and quality as the Southport Yellow 
Globe, but the color is a rich red. 
large 
RED 
WETHERSFIELD 
Southport White Globe 
handsome and uniformly globe 
shaped bulbs. The flesh is firm, fine grained, and of mild 
flavor. Sometimes called White Globe. To produce 
the beautifully white onions so much sought in every 
market, one must first of all have good seed. 
Second, grow well on rich lands. Third, ex- 
ercise great care in harvesting and curing the 
crop. In Southport they “cord” up the 
onions in long rows, the bulbs on the in- 
side and cover with boards su that the 
bulbs are well protected in the open air 
from rain or dew, which would be sure 
to discolor them. We have by years of 
careful selection and breeding developed 
a strain which has no equal in uniformity 
and beauty of shape and color. 
Large Red Wethersfield 
This is the standard Red Variety, and a favorite 
onion in the East, where immense crops are 
grown for shipment. Large, skin deep purplish- 
red; form round, somewhat flattened, flesh pur- 
plish-white; moderately fine grained, and stronger 
flavored than the other kinds. Very productive the Best 
keeper and one of the Mott Popular for General Cultivation. 
It is more inclined to form large necks if planted on unsuitable soil 
than the Danvers, but is the best variety on poor soil. 
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