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Large Growers of Sets Should Write for Special l*riees on Seed. 
Seed can be sown in hoi beds and transplanted to rows twelve inches apart, the plants four inches 
apart in the row. When handled in this way the larg ■ varieties, such as Prize Taker or Silver King, are 
generally used. The seed can he sown in the open ground in rows twelve inches apart and thinned to 
three inches apart for large Onions. If grown for Sets seed should he sown thickly and not thinned. Onions 
require rich soil and constant cultivation. The soil should be well prepared before the crop is planted. Early 
Green Onions can best be obtained by planting Sets, either Potato Onions or the small Onions, raised from 
seed. Potato Onions can be planted in the Fall and Spring, about two inches deep, the regular Sets early 
as possible in the Spring. If not used as Green Onions, they will mature much earlier than Onions from 
seed. If large Onions are desired, sow five to six pounds per acre; for pickling Onions, fifteen pounds per 
acre, and for Sets, 4 0 to CO pounds per acre. 
THE GREAT YELLOW PR1ZETAKER ONION.— 
This variety has become famous all over the world, 
not only for its enormous size, but for the beautiful 
formed and attractive Onions it produces, which fre- 
quently measure 12 to 15 inches in circumference and 
from three to five pounds in weight, produces large 
Onions same season. Excels in size, yield and keeping 
qualities; highly recommended. For prices see col- 
ored pages. 
LARGE REI) WETHERSFIELD.— The standard red 
.arlety and a great favorite. The bulbs are large, 
lattened hut thick, with deep purplish red skin and 
tight purplish white flesh, rather strong, but of pleas- 
ant flavor. Very productive, and Is a fine keeper. 
One of the best for poor and dry soils. For prices 
see colored pages. 
YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS.— The bulbs grow 
medium to large size, of uniform globe shape, with 
a small neck, and ripen very evenly. The skin is rich 
coppery yellow, with mild creamy white, crisp flesh, 
nf excellent flavor. An excellent keeper, and a splen- 
did shipper. It Is the variety most generally grown. 
cither for sets or for large bulbs. For prices see 
Colored pages. 
x WHITE PORTUGAL or AMERICAN SILVERSKIN. 
— A mild and pleasant Onion of somewhat flattened 
shape when matured, but gobular when sown thickly 
for sets or pickling. It is very popular for family 
use. and one of the best for pickling, also for slicing 
or boiling. A favorite when young as a salad or 
hunching Onion, excellent for Winter. Largely 
grown for sets. For prices see colored pages. 
SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE.— This grows to a 
very large size and is a perfectly globe shaped Onion. 
Color is a clear, pure white. This variety is used by 
market gardeners for bunching. 
Potato Onions 
Valuable for bunching or an early crop of bulbs. 
The smallest sets make fine bulbs; the large bulbs, 
when planted, immediately multiply, . each .bulb pro- 
ducing from six to twelve stalks for bunching. 
Onion Sets 
For prices see colored pages. 
Okra or Gumbo 
Sow the seed late in the Spring in very rich soil 
warm, as if cold and moist the seeds will invariably 
When canned, it Is also one of the most delightful ve 
tomatoes. 
PERKINS’ PERFECTION MAMMOTH GREEN 
PODDED. — This extraordinary variety Is not only the 
most productive known, but forms enormous-sized 
pods, and is earlier than any other variety. It is a 
large cropper, and is not only very highly prized by 
growers, but owing to its great tenderness is pre- 
ferred by canners, who preserve it hermetically for 
Winter use. For prices sec colored pages. 
in drills two feet apart, observing that the ground is 
ot; when the plants are up, thin out to a foot apart, 
getables for Winter use, especially when canned with 
-A tall-growing variety. 
For prices see colored 
TALL or LONG GREEN.- 
producing long, thin pods, 
pages. 
WHITE VELVET or CREOLE. — An entirely dis- 
tinct variety, the pods are round and smooth, but 
covered with a fine fibre resembling velvet. We re- 
gard It as one of the finest varieties. For prices 
see colored pages. 
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