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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
ONION —Continued 
•« r> . 1 This is a medium sized onion of mild flavor and with beautiful, clear white skin. The variety is a 
W nite i OrtUgai or favorite with many for use when young as a salad or bunching onion and for pickles. It usually 
Ameriran matures about ten clays earlier‘than White Globe and is tine for fall and early winter use. it 
CI atV111 is an excellent medium early sort for gardeners who do not care to plant more than one variety. 
The bulbs are nearly round when of bunching size, somewhat _ 
flattened when mature. This is the best flattened white onion 
for northern latitudes. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 20c; 2 Oz. 35c; ft Lb. 60c; 
Lb. $2.00 
\i7L*. i i A most desirable medium early or main 
W nice v_»lOD0 crop variety for the home garden. It is 
sometimes called Southport White Globe. The variety yields 
abundantly, producing medium to large, handsome and finely 
shaped, clear white bulbs. The flesh is firm, fine grained, quite 
mild in flavor and is more attractive than the colored sorts 
when cooked. The bulbs are globe-shaped, full at the shoulder, 
rounded at the base, keep well and are desirable for shipping. 
To produce the beautifully white onions so much sought in 
every market, one must first of all have good seed; second, 
grow them well on rich lands; third, exercise great care in har¬ 
vesting and curing the crop. In Southport they “cord” up the 
onions in long rows, the bulbs on the inside and cover with 
boards, so that the bulbs in the open air are well protected 
from rain or dew which would be sure to discolor them. We 
have by years of careful selection and breeding developed a 
strain which is unsurpassed in uniformity and beautv of shape 
and color. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 25c; 2 Oz. 40c; ft Lb. 75c; Lb. $2.25 
IMPORTED ONIONS 
These sorts are particularly adapted to southern latitudes 
where they are sown in the fall or early spring. The best results L 
are obtained by sowing in beds or boxes and transplanting. 
Extra Early Barletta ext ‘' , '" iuly -‘' rtrl ^ '•' mturlnK 
White Portugal 
... . ring variety, very white with silvery tinge and particularly desirable 
for pickling. The bulbs are very small and quite similar to Queen. If seed is sown out of doors 
m spring in the usual manner and plants thinned about two inches apart they will produce bulbs one to two inches in diam- 
ei ' mi these b , bs are set out the following spring, or if plants are grown under glass in winter and set out in the spring 
they will produce large onions. This variety and Queen are the ones most generally used in this country for producing the 
small pickling bulbs. For this purpose if the seed lias been sown eight to ten seeds to the inch of drill, no thinning will be 
required. Growers usually plant the seed thickly in drills fifteen inches apart and use forty to fifty pounds to an acre 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 20c; 2 Oz. 35c; ft Lb. 60c; Lb. $2.00 I 
A ver y.®®S 1 ?i ve, T , wblte skinned variety of especial value for pickling. When allowed to reach full size the bulbs I 
^uccn are quite flattened but as grown for pickles are nearly round. The large sized bulbs attain a size of about two inches 
in diameter. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 20c; 2 Oz. 35c; ft Lb. 60c; Lb. $1.75 
Queen 
Earlv Neanolitan IVTar^aiol;* An early and productive flat, white-skinned variety, desirable for early use and used 
cron earlv in the season h. f£° r , pi 9 k in ^i If seed is sown as soon as the ground can be worked, it will mature a 
kaiow i so As F^kf^Hv PU c n tb £ se ® d can be sown in autumn and large onions produced in March. This variety is 
Known also as Early May. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; ft Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 
Giant White Italian Trinoli 4 pure white, flat onion of mild and excellent flavor. This medium early and pro- 
7.. \, , , * ripoil ductive variety will produce a larger bulb from seed than White Portugal, but to at- 
c o 11! 1 i t i or fs "t e I m ltwn r <*>< u’V* mi u^'n very early in a hotbed and the young plants set out in rich soil. When grown~under proper 
conditions the bulbs arc often threeto four inches across, with pure white skin. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c;2 0z. 25c; ft Lb. 40c; Lb. $ 1.50 
ONION SETS 
fortv°t^i S vt r n no?.n 8 ^rL r ,?^S ed, Tf good ? r ? und prepared as for large onions and sow the seed very thick in broad drills, using 
•';! Sh«n? AiS? n- ,( T If the ? eed ft so ' vn .,rV n ’ the bu,bs wdl not only be too large for sets but will not be of the 
scrae»vhat'?aterthan < if'a crop o^lar^^bulbs^iif desired. “ eCky ° r b ° tUe Shape *‘ 0ni ° n seed R0 ' vn for setR may be P 1 * 11 * 1 ’' 1 
RED BOTTOM SETS. Treated precisely as ton onions are. WHITE BOTTOM SETS. These do not keep as well as the 
red or yellow, but produce beautiful white onions early in 
the season. Per Lb. 30c. postpaid; 100 Lbs. $12.00 
Prices by the 100 lbs. of all onion sets are subject to fluctuations 
of the market. The price per single pound will hold good 
throughout the season, or as long as our stock lasts. 
'Ihe 100 pound prices of Onion Sets are by freight or express at purchaser's expense for transportation. 
- Treated precisely as top onions are, 
setting them out In the spring instead of sowing seed 
Per Lb. 25c. postpaid; 100 Lbs. $10.00 
YELLOW BOTTOM SETS. Like the preceding except in 
color and used in the same manner. Per Lb. 25c. postpaid 
100 Lbs. $10.00 
