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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
ONION —Continued 
ll/I*. D l. 1 A medium sized onion of mild flavor 
W nite i ortugal, or and with beautiful, clear white skin, 
Ameriran a favorite with many for use when 
American OllverSKin young as a salad or bunching 
onion and for pickles; it is also a good keeper and fine for fall 
and early winter use. An excellent sort for gardeners who do 
not care to plant more than one variety. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 25c; 
2 Oz. 40c; Va Lb. 75c; Lb. $2.50 
iiri •. ✓■'•i i A most desirable variety for the home gar- 
W nite vjlODe den. Yields abundantly, producing large, 
handsome and finely shaped, clear white bulbs. The flesh is 
firm, fine grained, of mild flavor and more attractive than the 
colored sorts when cooked. Sometimes called Southport White 
Globe. 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 harvesting and curing the crop. In Southport they k ‘cord 1v 
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 has no equal in uniformity and beauty of shape 
and color. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 30c; 2 Oz. 55c; Va Lb. $1.00; Lb. $2.75 
IMPORTED ONIONS 
The flavor of the Italian varieties is mild and they are well 
adapted to culinary purposes. The following varieties have been 
thoroughly tested in this country and have given excellent 
satisfaction. 
Extra Early Barletta ^et^^h^LdTarticu 8 
larly desirable for pickling. Bulbs very small and quite similar 
to Queen. if seed is sown out of doors in spring and plants 
thinned in the usual manner they will produce oulbs one to two 
inches in diameter. Jf these bulbs are set out the following 
spring, or if plants are grown under glass in winter and set oi™ 
in the spring, they will produce large onions. This variety and 
White Portugal 
Queen are the ones most generally used in this country for producing the small pickling bulbs. For this purpose 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; Va Lb. 60c; Lb. $2.00 1 
I 
V. ppn A very early, very white skinned variety of especial value for pickling. When allowed to reach full size thrfebulbs 
t ucc * 1 are quite flat 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; Va Lb. 60c; Lb. $2.00 
Queen 
Earlv Neanolitan Maryainla £ very early, flat, white-skinned variety, desirable for early use and for pickling, 
in A, , Pi 1 i 1 , rZaJ ° la 11 can be so ' v , n 111 February or March and will mature a crop very early in the season. 
In the south the seed can be sown in autumn and lartre onions Drodueed in Mamh "■ ■ " ■ -- 
Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; Va Lb. 40c; 
autumn and large onions produced in March. 
Lb. $1.50 
Known also as Early May. Pkt. 5c; 
Cliant Italian TrinrAl A , lar £ e < pure white, flat onion of mild and excellent flavor. 
uiani m , . , u ^ n . 1 ripoll a larger bulb from seed than White Portugal, but to attain 1 
sown very early in a hotbed and the young plants set out in rich soil. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; 
Mammoth Silver 
the later fall mar 
2 Oz. 25c; Va Lb 
This variety will produce 
full size the seed should be 
Va Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 
ONION SETS 
RED BOTTOM SETS. Treated precisely as top onions are, WHITE BOTTOM SETS. These do not keep as well as the 
Per Lb. ^.'postpaid" 100 LbT$?0.00 S °"' mg: — ° r yellow -t bu - fc - P- roduce beautiful white onions , 
YEIXOW BOTTOM SETS, bike’the preceding except in P^^he lTO'blrVa^fbSfonffiaresi^ec? to fluctuations 
lOOI.bT'sinon “ thC Same manner ' Per Lb ' 25c ' P^paicl; of Upmarket. The price per single poimd^ll hold good 
IUU Lbs. $10.00 throughout the season, or as long as our stock lasts. 
The 100 pound prices of Onion Sets are by freight or express at purchaser's expense for transportation. 
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