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Carters Pearl Pickler Onion. 
Carters Pearl Pickier (see Photograph ). — This is the genuine miniature Onion that is piescrved in 
white vinegar, and found on the tables at the leading hotels. 
Price is. and 6d. per packet ; 2s. per ounce. 
ONIONS FOR SPRING OR AUTUMN SOWING. 
THESE VARIETIES, IF SOWN IN SPRING, WILL PRODUCE A GOOD CROP, BUT THE ONIONS WILL NOT BE 
SO LARGE AS IF SOWN IN THE AUTUMN AND TRANSPLANTED. 
Carters Autumn Giant.— A very large white-skinned Onion, mild and agreeable flavour. 
Price 6d. and IS. per packet; IS. 6d. per ounce. 
Carters Golden Globe Tripoli.— A large variety, similar in size to the Giant Kocca. The skin is of a transparent 
golden-straw colour, and it will be found invaluable in exhibition collections. 
Price 6d. and IS. per packet ; IS. 6d. per ounce. 
6d. per ounce. 
Carters Record.— A large growing variety. 
Price 6d., is,, IS. 6d., and 2 S. 6d. per packet; 3s 
Carters Selected Ailsa Craig — See Photograph , page. 65. Pcr0 ,.— d . 
Carters Giant White Tripoli Especially suitable for culinary purposes and exhibition; 
heavy soils ; ripens very early 
Giant Rocca. — A fine large Onion. The original variety ” 3 1 '- & 1 0 
Carters White Emperor.-Unquestionably the finest form of flat Onion in cultivation, with silvery white skin and flesh 
of a most agreeable mild flavour. Included in the Champion Gold Medal Collection of Vegetables, Slnewsbuiy, 1912. 
Price 6d. and is. per packet ; IS. 6d. per ounce. 
“Your White Emperor Onion is by far the best I know for autumn sowing. I have a splendid lot now fit for use.-Mr. T. Clu>stone, 
Gardener to Viscount Downe, Dingley. 
VARIETIES CAN ALSO BE SUPPLIED : — 
Per oz. — s. d. 
per packet 3d. & 6d. o 9 
„ 3d. & 6d. 1 o 
Per oz. — s. 
a rather tender Onion on 
.per packet 6d. & is. 1 
THE FOLLOW INC. 
Globe Tripoli 
Large Red Genoa 
Large Red Italian 
autumn-sowing 
Per oz. — s. d. 
... per packet 3d. & 6d. o 10 
... ,, 3d. & 6d. o 10 
,, 3d. & 6d. o 9 
Giant Lemon Rocca, 6d. and 
Lisbon ... 
Red Mammoth Tripoli 
Silver-Skin 
s. per packet ; is. 6d. per ounce. 
3d. & 6d. 
■ the soil in too fine a condition. February 
The Cultivation of Onion . — The ground cannot well be too rich for this crop, nor I . - 
and March arc the chief Seasons for sowing. The soil must be made firm before the operation is undertaken in either beds or drills. 
The seed should be sown thinly and covered lightly, the drills 12 inches apart, and the young Onions thinned out to about 6 inches 
a, art accord ng to the v" riety. 7 In very dry wcathJr a good watering is very beneficial. Growers of Onions for exhibition generally 
rw; is also a sure means of checking the onion grub, so troublesome ,n some districts. Some of the larger growing 
varieties are generally sown in autumn and transplanted in spring, when under fair conditions enormous exhibition specimens are 
obtained. 
Address for all 
C ort •espondcnce , 
RAYNES PARK , LONDON \ S. IV.—ig/j. 
