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TESTED VEGETABLE SEEDS, 
ONIONS— CONTINUED 
PRIZE TAKES. This is one of the best of 
the huge foreign varieties. When started early 
ander glass, and transplanted into open ground, 
they bottom fairly well, are nearly free from stiff 
necks, and when offered for sale always attract 
marked attention. This variety is without a doubt 
the largest onion grown, samples under special 
culture sometimes weighing five pounds. We offer 
this season American grown seed. 
DANVERS YELLOW GLOBE. Distinct in form, 
being nearly globular, of a beautiful golden yel¬ 
low. Mild flavor and good keeper. 
DANVERS YELLOW PLAT. This fine variety 
Is a thick, flat, straw colored onion, mild flav¬ 
ored, yields aboundantly, ripens early, and keeps 
oqual to the best. 
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AUSTRALIAN BROWN. This new onion is of 
neat, round shape, medium size, with skin of a 
deep amber brown, distinct from all other onions, 
oxtremely hard and firm, of fine flavor and will 
keep almost indefinitely. Australian Brown is 
the only onion Australian growers will plant. We 
offer choice Australian grown seed from the orig¬ 
inal Importation. 
THE N .S. CO.’S PICKLING. For early buncn- 
lng, pickling or sets, the finest strain offered. 
This may seem a broad statement, but for these 
purposes we have never sold or seen its equal. 
YELLOW DUTCH OR STRASBURG. Ripen* 
early and forms large bulbs rather flat in shape, 
with outer skin of bright straw color and mild 
creamy white flesh. We recommend this variety 
on account of its excellent keeping qualities. 
SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE. A very hardy 
and proudctive late variety of the same general 
character as the Southport Red Globe but the 
skin is yellow and the bulbs are a little larger 
and later maturing. The globe shaped bulbs 
ripen very evenly, are excellent keepers. The 
flesh is white, mild and of excellent flavor. 
Onion seed is one of our leading specialties. We 
grow ourselves a large portion of the seed we sell; 
the remainder is raised by expert onion seed growers 
under our supervision. We are the largest growers 
of onion sets in the West and use all unsold seed for 
sets. We are thus enabled to offer our customers 
absolutely fresh seed every year. Grown only from 
the choicest selected bulbs under expert care, our 
onion seed is always thoroughly reliable. Special 
prices to gardeners and others using large quantities. 
ONION SETS 
Prices Subject to Market Fluctuations 
WHITE BOTTOM SETS. 
RED BOTTOM SETS. 
YELLOW BOTTOM SETS. 
WHITE QUEEN. A very early variety, white, 
small and fine flavor. 
RED TOP SETS. 
EVERGREEN TOP OR WINTER ONION. They 
are planted in September. 
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PARSNIP 
Pastinake. Panais. 
CULTURE. —Sow as early in the spring as the 
weather will permit, in drills 15 inches apart, and 
half an inch deep, in rich, well-manured ground, 
well dug. Cultivate similar to carrots and thin 
out to six inches apart in the rows. 
GUERNSEY, OR HALF LONG. As name indi¬ 
cates, not as long as the Hollow Crown. Quality 
very sweet and delicate. 
HOLLOW CROWN, OR LARGE SUGAR. The 
largest variety in cultivation. Roots long, white, 
smooth, tender, sugary and of excellent flavor 
PARSLEY Petersilie. Persil. 
CULTURE.—Parsley thrives best in a rich soil. 
The seeds germinate very slowly, three to four 
weeks generally elapsing before it makes its ap¬ 
pearance. Sow early in the spring, half an inch 
deep, previously soaking the seeds for a few hours 
in tepid water. 
DOUBLE CURLED. This is an English vari¬ 
ety of quick, robust growth with leaves so much 
curled as to give them the appearance of most 
It is rich green in color and of excellent flavor. 
It is slow to go to seed and very hardy. 
CHAMPION MOSS CURLED. A compact grow¬ 
ing, finely curled variety of a bright, slightly yel¬ 
lowish green color. 
PLAIN. This is the hardiest variety. 
HAMBURG, OR TURNIP ROOTBD. Fleshy 
rooted. The roots are used for flavoring soups 
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