D. M. FERRY & CO., WINDSOR, ONT. 
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ONION —Continued 
This is a medium sized onion of mild flavor 
Portugal or and with beautiful, clear white skin. The 
YY niLc * c> variety is a favorite with many for use 
American OllversKin w ^ en y 0 ung as a salad or bunching onion 
^ nickles It usually matures about ten days earlier than White 
and for picKjes early winter use. It is an excellent me- 
? lobe ^trfv lort fo f r gardeners who*do not care to plant more than one 
dium earl \ sort ga j round when of bunching size, somewhat 
vanety- A ** bu bs^ are nea y bes t n&ttened white onion for north- 
e fl ™“iHt d udes en pkt a ioc e ; Oz. 40c; 2 Oz. 75c; >4 Lb. $1.10; Lb. $3.75 
e a most desirable medium early or mam crop vanety 
White Globe for the home garden. It is sometimes called South- 
W widi Olobe The variety yields abundantly, producing medium 
port uhlt £ J finely shaped, clear white bulbs. The flesh is 
to large, Iwmdso mild‘in flavor and is more attractive than the 
firm. *} n ® cooked The bulbs are globe-shaped, full at the 
c £ lor £ d S< ^SnflAd at the base, keep well and are desirable for shipping, 
shoulder, the l^st stocks of White Globe to have many bulbs 
11 ■S.'MiSh of miien.a^ed on the outside covering. To produce the 
wdh a splash o S much sought in every market, one must first 
»? a '‘u seed^slcond, grow them well on rich lands; third, exer- 
of all have har ' ve sting ami curing the crop. For fancy Red and 
cise great J- are ‘ a must be pulled as soon as the tops fall and placed 
White * pntil'fh v enough to top. After topping they are 
m an airy situatn»u until “rj^ u ^ We have by years , , f care . 
Va Lb. $1.25; Lb. $4.20 
IMPORTED ONIONS 
cortc arp narticularlv adapted to southern latitudes where they 
are ™S? in^heTaKr’^riy ^prin^. . The best results are obtained by 
sowing in beds or boxes and tran ^ extremely early maturing variety, very 
Fxtra Early Barletta white with silvery tinge and particularly 
Lr . 1 , fnr nifklintr 'Hie bulbs are very small and quite similar to 
tj'ueen J ° 1 f seed'is son n out of doors in spring in the usual manner and 
plants thinned about two inches apart they will produce bulbs one to two 
inches in diameter. If these bulbs are set out tn< 
White Globe 
roduce bulbs one to two . . , , . . 
inches in '""r ^ge onto^s U Th4 a variet> W and Queen a°re the onel mostTnerany used^,'"this" <;onntry for pro- 
the spring, they will Produce large DOS0 if the seed has been sown eight to ten seeds to the inch of drill, no thin- 
n!ng n wil t | tl & S nequiredL* 1 (frmvers usually plaut the seed thickly in drills fifteen inches apart and use forty to fifty pounds 
to an acre. Pkt. 10c; °*; f ®z. 80 c »>/4 Lb. $1.25;^.b^ ^4.50 pickliug. When allowed to reach full size the bulbs 
Oueen hut alround. tL largS sized bulbs attain a size of abon, two inches 
in diameter Pkt. 10c; Oz. 45c; 2 Oz. 80c; Va Lb. $1.25; Lb. $4.50 
Queen , . 
. An earlv and nroductive flat, white-skinned variety, desirable for early use and used 
«sav <nei’ *• » 
tain full size the seed should be sown very early in a hotbed and the y°^ng P^ts set ou 10 Q _ 45c . 2 Oz 80c- Va Lb. $1.25; 
conditions the bulbs are often three to four inches across, with pure white skin. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 45c, z Uz. »uc, / 4 ld. 
Lb $4 ' 50 This variety produces a very large onion, resembling Giant White Italian Tripoli, but of larger 
Mammoth Silver King «i,, slightly Ist.r nmi,iri. 1 E ana i sther ft ;ruer iJhh. ..inn. 
ass» 2fflr.Mii , sr.s,r sai& r *»,.* u.. «»« 
Lb- $4.50 q j q g p* 'j' g 
To raise onion sets from seed use goo,, ground prepared as for large^^t.t wU^ot''^of 
o„^B»'»l n » ol -ed sown for sets may he planted 
somewhat later than if a crop of large bulbs is desired wuitf ROTTOM SETS These do not keep as well as th 
RED BOTTOM SETS. Treated precisely as top onions are. WHITE BO 1 ioivi fit i o. ... . ... - - > —->-• >■> 
setting them out iii the spring instead of sowing seed. 
Per Lb. 35c. postpaid; 100 Lbs. $12.00 
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WHITF BOTTOM SETS. These do not keep as well as the 
red'or yellow, but produce beautiful white onions early in 
the season Per Lb. 40c. postpaid; 100 Lbs. $15.00 
Prices by the 100 lbs. of all onion sets are subject actuations 
of the market. The price per single pound will hold good 
throughout the season, or as long as our stock lasts. 
The 100 pound prices of Onion Sets are b„ freight or express at purchaser's expense for transportation. 
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YELLOW BOTTOM SETS. Like the preceding except in 
color and used in the same manner. Per Lb. 35c. postpaid. 
100 Lbs. $12.00 
