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flat onion at mild and excellent flavor, and will 
produce a somewhat larger onion from seed than 
the the White Portugal. 
Queen. A silver skin- 
ned variety, of quick 
growth and remarkable 
keeping qualities. If sown' 
in early spring it will pro- 
duce onions one to two 
inches in diameter early 
in summer, and if sown in 
Julj', will with favorable 
weather be ready to pull 
late in autumn, and be 
sound and fit for use until 
the following summer. 
Particularly valuable for 
pickles, as if sown thickly 
they will mature perfect 
hard onions from one-half to three-quarters of an 
inch in diameter. 
Large Red Italian Tripoli This has the same 
characteristics as the White Tripoli; except in color 
however. 
linlbs. 
Top Sets or Buttons 
Produce on the top of the 
stalk instead of seed, a 
number of small bulbs or 
onions, about the size of 
acorns, which, if planted, 
will produce a large onion 
maturing earlier than from 
seed. The large onion 
produces the top onion, 
and the little top onion produces the large onion. 
Bottom Sets. These are 
produced from seeds sown 
thickly in beds or drills. When 
the tops die down the small 
bulbs are gathered and spread 
out and kept in a cool dry 
place for future planting, and 
should be set, when the ground 
is in condition, in rows one 
foot apart and three or four inches distant. 
White Portugal, or Silver Skin. 
White Portugal or Silver Skin Mild flavor and 
handsome; much grown for pickling; poor keeper 
for market but good for White Sets. 
Parsnip. 
The value of the Parsnip for the table depends 
solely on the careful selection of the best roots and 
most thorough cultivation. As the seed is slow 
to germinate, too much care cannot be taken with 
planting. The soil must be warm and mellow. The 
earth should be firmly pressed over the seed. It 
should be covered to the depth of half an inch. 
Sow in drills 15 to 18 inches apart and thin out to 6 
inches in the row. 
Hollow Crown or Long Smooth. Boots 
oblong, ending somewhat abruptly, with a small 
tap root; grows mostly below the surface; has a very 
smooth, clean skin, and is easily distinguished by 
the leaves arising from a cavity on the top or 
crown of the root. 
Student. A half long variety of delicious flavor. 
Pepper. 
Grown largely for pickles. Sown in hot bed early 
and transplanted to the open ground when the 
weather is favorable. They should be planted in 
warm, mellow soil, in rows eighteen inches apart. 
They may also be sown in the open ground when 
the danger of frost is past, and the soil is warm and 
weather settled. 
Golden Dawn- In size and 
shape it resembles the Large 
Bell. It is very productive; 
colors bright golden yellow; 
excellent quality, being distin- 
guished from all others, on 
account of its mild flavor and 
beautiful appearance. 
Ked Cayenne- A long, slim pod, rather pointed, 
and when ripe, of a bright red color. Extremely 
strong and pungent, and is the sort used for com- 
mercial purposes. 
Sweet Mountain- Plants very vigorous and pro- 
ductive, growing upright with moderately large 
leaves. Fruit large, long, smooth and handsome, 
being when green of a bright deep green color, en- 
tirely free from purple tinge, and when mature of a 
rich red. Flesh thick, sweet and mild flavored. 
Well suited to use as a stuffed pickle. 
Large Squash. Fruit large, flat, tomato shaped, 
more or less ribbed; skin smooth and glossy; flesh 
mild, thick meated, and pleasant to the taste, al- 
though possessing more pungency than the other 
large sorts; very productive, and the best variety 
for pickling. 
Large Bell, or Bull Nose- 
A very large sort of inverted 
bell shape, suitable for filling 
with cabbage, etc., and for a 
mixed pickle. Flesh thick, 
hard and less pungent than 
most other sorts, and one of 
the earliest varieties. 
Chili- Used in the manufac- 
Large Bell, or ture of pepper sauce. Pods 
Bull Nose. sharply conical, brilliant scar- 
let and exceedingly pungent 
when ripe. Bequires a long, warm season, and 
plants should be started quite early in hot bed. 
Parsley. 
Used lor garnishing 
and seasoning soups, 
meats, etc. Succeeds best 
in a mellow, rich soil. 
Sow thickly, early, in row's 
1 foot apart and % inch 
deep; thin out the plants 
to stand flinches apart in 
the rows. The seed is 
slow of germination, tak- 
ing from three to^ four 
weeks to make its^ ap- 
