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THE GRAND JUNCTION SEED CO., Grand Junction, Colorado 
A Seed Field of Mountain Danvers Onion, Grown at Mile High Farms. 
The Western Slope of Colorado is the largest producing section of 
northern or mountain grown onion seed. 
This seed is producing heavier yields of earlier maturing, better quality 
onions in every large commercial onion growing section in the country. 
Why not buy your seed direct from the producers? 
All our bulbs are grown from our selected stock seed, the bulbs are 
sorted and stored over Winter. The bulbs are then re-sorted and set out in 
the Spring to grow to seed. This method assures all varieties being true 
to color and type and free from any thick necks or Onions that will not 
keep properly. 
Continued mountain growing of all varieties gains earlier maturity, bet¬ 
ter keeping qualities, a deeper colored skin, an even thin-necked type and 
increased size and yield. 
Mountain Grown 
Onion Seed! 
Early maturity is indeed a 
feature of Mountain Grown 
Onion Seed. Most of the Onion 
Seed used by the seed trade is 
grown at a low altitude in Cali¬ 
fornia, and some seed is im¬ 
ported from Europe. European 
seed of the globe varieties is 
not adapted to this country. It 
will not ripen down properly, 
but forms scallions or thick 
necks as many planters have 
found out. 
California grown seed is very 
good, but does not ripen as 
early as Mountain grown seed. 
For instance, our Mountain 
Danvers originally selected 
from the Yellow Globe Danvers 
is now fully a month earlier 
than that variety, and in addi¬ 
tion, a much better keeper. 
Other varieties which have been 
grown in this section long 
enough to gain exceptionally 
early maturity and long keep¬ 
ing qualities are the Mountain 
Red Globe, Mountain Sweet 
Spanish and Mountain Yellow 
Globe. 
Culture. One ounce to 200 feet of drill; 3 to 6 pounds per acre. Soil 
for Onions should be well drained, very rich or fertilized, well pulverized 
at the surface and above all free from weeds. In weedy soil the work of weeding 
the Onions will be more than the crop is worth. Sow the seed thinly in drills one- 
half inch deep and rows 14 inches apart. Keep the ground open and free from 
weeds but do not ridge up to the growing bulbs. 
FALL SOWING. We recommend sowing a part of your acreage the middle to 
latter part of August. Some of these Onions will go to seed in the Spring and a 
few will winter-kill, but the high price obtained for the early crop will offset the 
loss. Part of this loss can be overcome by sowing the seed slightly thicker than 
Spring planting. 
554 Mountain Danvers. (95 days.) The earliest and 
best keeping yellow globe onion. Popular in all 
northern onion sections. Yields an enormous crop, 
growing 300 to 700 sacks to the acre in our irrigated 
mountain valleys. The Mountain Danvers is the re¬ 
sult of 30 years’ growing in the mountains of Western 
Colorado. Originally the seed was grown, and some 
seed still is grown, by Western Colorado farmers for 
their own use. Each farmer had a different idea of 
the type he required with the result that there has 
been a wide variation in the type of this variety. All 
types have been very early and excellent keepers. During the past few yeafs 
we have selected the Mountain Danvers on our “Mile High” farms and have bred 
it to an even type. Our Mountain Danvers is apple shaped, that is, a very 
slightly flattened globe. The Onions are 
thin-necked and solid. The skin is a darker 
color than the Yellow Globe Danvers and the 
Mountain Danvers matures a month earlier. 
The Mountain Danvers is a good size, the 
crop ripens evenly and will keep with less 
shrinkage or loss than any other Onion, with the possible exception of 
the Australian Brown. Pkt, 5c; oz, 20c; ^4 lb, 60c; lb, $1.85, postpaid. 
Not prepaid, 5 lbs, $8.25; 10 lbs, $15.25. 
Mountain Danvers. 
Mountain Red Globe. 
574 Mountain Yellow Globe. (110 days.) A companion type to the Moun¬ 
tain Danvers, not quite as early, but a deeper bulb, being a true ball¬ 
shaped globe. Originally from the Southport Yellow Globe type, con¬ 
tinued mountain growing has made this Onion earlier, a better keeper 
and a somewhat darker skin. Like the Mountain Danvers this Onion 
is an immense cropper and an excellent market variety. Pkt, 10c; 
oz, 20c; V4 lb, 60c; lb, $1.85, postpaid. Not prepaid, 5 lbs, $8.25; 10 lbs, 
$15.25. 
573 Yellow Globe Danvers. (125 days.) Similar in color, to the Mountain 
Danvers, true globe-shaped but a little later maturing and smaller. 
Pkt, 5c; oz, 20c; *4 lb, 50c; lb, $1.55, postpaid. Not prepaid, 5 lbs, $7.00; 
10 lbs, $13.25. 
560 Southport Yellow Globe. (130 days.) A handsome market variety. 
Medium to large size, true globe shape, with a deep yellow skin. 
Pkt, 5c; oz, 20c; V4 lb, 60c; lb, $1.85, postpaid. Not prepaid, 5 lbs, $8.00; 
10 lbs, $14.25. 
570 Denia. (140 days.) An improved Prizetaker, somewhat larger and a 
considerably better keeper. Pkt, 5c; oz, 25c; V4 lb, 65c; lb, $2.00, post¬ 
paid. Not prepaid, 5 lbs, $9.00; 10 lbs, $16.25. 
Southport Yellow Globe. 
