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GEO. COOLING & SONS, BATH 
MAIZE or INDIAN CORN. 
Cultivation. — Sow in bottom heat in April and grow on in single pots and plant out in June, 3 feet apart, in a warm and sunny 
position, and water freely if the weather is dry. The green cobs boiled whole are delicious. The following are the best varieties 
for the English climate. Per oz.— s. d. Per oz.— s. d. 
EARLY SWEET CORY, earliest variety, 3 ft. 0 4i KENDALL’S CHANT, very early, large cobs ... 0 (5 
EXTRA EARLiT PREMO, the earliest of all STRIPED JAPANESE, very ornaiuenial, each 
Sugar Corns 0 hi leaf broadly striped with white 0 6 
ONION. 
Cultivation. — To grow onions successfully the ground cannot be too rich; if possible, heavily manure 
and trench deeply a piece of land specially in the autumn, and leave in ridges during the winter to soften. If 
large Onions are required early sowing is necessary ; the first or second week in February is not too early, but 
for ordinary crops March is the best month. Sow thinly 
in drills about a quarter of an inch deep and nine inches 
apart, keep clear of all weeds by hoeing, and if growing 
for exhibition thin well and give an occasional watering 
of liquid manure. To produce small pickling Onions 
the seed should be sown very thickly and on poor soil. 
Sow Tripoli, and other winter varieties during July and 
August. 
COOLING’S IMPROVED WHITE 
SPANISH. This has been grown in our 
own seed grounds from selected bulbs 
for several years, and is far superior to 
that generally sold as White Spanish, 
being larger in size, more solid, and hand- 
some in shape ; we have gi-own it side by 
side with Reading, Nunehani Park, and 
others, and found it far superior, and Oz. 
consider it the most useful Onion in s. d. 
cultivation for general crop 1 6 
AILSA CRAIG, a splendid Onion for ex- 
hibition ; globular in shape, grows to 
an immense size ; a dozen bulbs have 
weighed 30 and 34 lbs. . . . per pkt. 6tl. 1 6 
BANBURY IMPROVED, an excellent 
Onion of the White Spanish h.h\A ... 10 
For Spring' Sowing. 
codling’s IMUROVED white SPANISH. 
BEDFORDSHIRE CHAMPION, very dis- 
tinct, globe shaped, and a heavy cropper 
CRANSTON’S EXCELSIOR, fine globe-shaped onion, straw colour, of good keeping qualities, pkt. 6d. 
GIANT ZITTAU, handsome globular shape, fine yellow colour, remains sound until June ; very valuable 
JAMES’ LONG KEEPING, one of the best for general crop 
NUNEHAM PARK, a fine select variety of White Spanish type 
READING, a very early variety, very similar to White Spanish 
ROUSHAM PARK HERO, of handsome shape, grows to an immense size, light straw colour, very mild 
in flavour, and a capital keeper 
SILVER SKIN (imported), the best for pickling 
THE QUEEN, if sown in February will produce Onions one or two inches in diameter early in summer 
UP-TO-DATE, a perfectly formed Globe Onion of large size and gieat weight. The bulb is very solid, 
and it is one of the best of keepers ... ])ei' pkt. (id. 
WHITE SPANISH, good ordinary stock 
0 8 
1 6 
0 8 
0 8 
0 8 
0 8 
0 10 
1 0 
I 0 
1 0 
0 6 
Varieties for Autumn Sowing. Peroz.-s. d. 
COOLING’S PRIZEWINNER, the best winter Onion, large size, globular in shape, ami of great weight 1 6 
MAMMOTH WHITE, bulbs of immense size, silvery white, particularly mild in flavour; unsurpassed 
for exhibition purposes 1 0 
GIANT ROCCA, a very handsome variety, one of the mildest flavoured kinds ; gi’ows to an immense size 0 8 
TRIPOLI, Red Flat Italian, very large, earlier than Giant Rocca, good keeper 0 8 
Giant White Italian, mild flavour, handsome in appearance 0 8 
LEMON COLOURED GIANT ROCCA, an Italian variety ; it grows considerably larger than the Giant 
Rocca; the skin is of a bright straw colour 1 0 
WHITE LISBON, best variety for drawing young in spring ‘ ... ... 0 0 
Potato or Underground Onions (Bulbs), per lb. 6d.; 14 lbs. 5s. 6d. 
From Mr J. Knight, Reading, — “The Seeds had from you last season turned out very well. The Onions 
were an immense size.” 
