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V/. F. Alien’s Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 
0/V/O/WS. 
LARGE RED WETHERSFIELD. -It is often a 
matter of choice as to color in growing onions. To 
those who prefer a red onion, we recommend the Red 
V,- ethers he id. Next to Globe Danvers this variety is 
most largely grown. It yields fully equal to the Dan¬ 
vers. i n fact, many growers claim it to be more pro¬ 
ductive. Large size, purplish red skin; flesh white, 
fine grain; form round, slightly 
flattened on the top. Its splendid 
keeping qualities make it easy to 
hold crop for winter when the 
prices are high. Pkt. 5c; oz, 15c; 
quarter pound 50e ; pound $1.60. 
SOUT; PORT RED GLOBB.- 
In many markets, especially in the 
North and West, the dark red 
onions are preferred; and in spite 
of the deep color, the flavor is quite 
as mild as that of the other varie¬ 
ties; nothing handsomer can be 
grown than these dark, richly col¬ 
ored globes; the skin is deep rich 
purplish crimson, with a satin-like 
gloss; the inner rings or scales of 
flesh are slightly tinged with rose 
pink. An average specimen will 
weigh about eight or ten ounces. 
Grown from seed sown directly in 
the rows and under only ordinary 
garden culture. Pkt. 5c; cz. 15c; 
auarter pound 50c; pound $1.60. 
PRIZE TAKER.— This is one 
of the best of the huge foreign 
varieties. When started early 
under glass and transplanted in 
the open ground, they bottom 
fairly well; are nearly free from 
stiff necks, and when offered for 
sale always attract marked atten- 
tion. They are not, however, 
good keepers. The variety is 
without doubt the largest grown. 
Under special culture single speci¬ 
mens weighing five pounds. I am 
offering this season only the best 
American grown seed. Packet 5c; 
ounce 15c; quarter pound 50c; 
pound $1.60, 
The Prize Taker Onion. 
WHITE PORTUGAL.—This is a standard white 
variety for general culture. The bulbs grow to good 
size, ripen early and quite evenly ; it is a good keeper, 
flesh is mild and sweet, with thin skin; a clear, sil¬ 
very white of handsome appearance if the bulbs are 
gathered as soon as ripe and carefully dried under 
shelter away from any sunlight. When seed are 
sown at the rate of twenty-five pounds per acre, it 
makes bulbs of suitable size and most desirable for 
pickling. Pkt. 5c ; oz. 15c; quarter pound 50c ; pound 
$1.60. 
YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS.-This is an im¬ 
mense cropper, and will yield more marketable onions 
to the acre than most other kinds. Our strain of Dan¬ 
vers is equal to any, and may be relied on as a first- 
class cropper. Its points of superiority are earliness 
in ripening, perfect globe shape, and smallness of the 
neck ; the finest shaped, best colored and largest crop¬ 
per of any of the yellow onions. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 
quarter pound 50cpound $1.60. 
PHILADELPHIA SILVER SKIN . — The bulbs are slightly smaller, flatter 
and earlier than White Portugal. Sown thickly, about sixty pounds per acre, 
it produces famous Philadelphia white sets. This is an especially selected 
strain of Silver Skin which is largely planted for the purpose of raising sets for 
seed. Pkt. 5c - oz. 15c; quarter lb. 50c; pound $1.60. 
■ PEPPERS , 
RUBY KING.—The plants grow about two feet high and produce fine crops 
of handsome large, scarlet fruit which ripens somewhat earlier than any other 
ruby KING variety. Flesh thick, sweet and mild ; especially fine for salad, or stuffed for 
pkppzb. mangoes. I place this variety at the head of the list because it is generally con¬ 
sidered the best of all the varieties. Pkt. 5c : oz. 20c ; qurter lb*. 50c; lb. $1.75. 
