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FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
ONION —Continued 
White Portugal or 
American Silverskin 
This is a medium sized onion of mild 
flavor and with beautiful, clear white 
skin. The variety is a favorite with 
many for use when young as a salad 
or bunching onion and for pickles. It usually matures about ten 
days earlier than White Globe and is fine for fall and early win¬ 
ter use. It 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. 40c; 2 Oz. 75c; Vi Lb. $1.25; Lb. $4.00 
•« r* l i_ A most desirable medium early or mam crop 
W IlltG LilODC 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. I he 
bulbs are globe-shaped, full at the shoulder, rounded at the base, 
keep well and are desirable for shipping. It is characteristic of the 
best stocks of White Globe to have many bulbs with a splash of 
magenta-red on the outside covering. To produce the beautifully 
white onions so much sought in every market, one must first of all 
have good seed: second, grow them well op rich lands; third, exer¬ 
cise great care in harvesting and curing the crop. For fancy Red 
and White Globes the bulbs must be pulled as soon as the tops fall 
and placed in an airy situation until dry enough to top. After top¬ 
ping they are crated and stored in a dry, cool, dark place. We have 
by years of careful selection and breeding developed a strain which 
is unsurpassed in uniformity and beauty of shape and color. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 45c; 2 Oz. 80c; % Lb. $1.25; Lb. $4.50 
IMPORTED ONIONS 
These sorts are particularly adapted to southern latitudes where 
they are sown in the fall or early spring. The best results are ob¬ 
tained by sowing in beds or boxes ana transplanting, 
w-,. ir> i .. An extremely early maturing variet 
Extra Early Karletta for pier*' 
in spring in the usual manner and p 
cter. If these bulbs are set out the 
White Globe 
r desirable 
y, very white with silvery tinge and particularly 
. 0 . _ . , _ill and quite similar to Queen. If seed is sown out of doors 
lants thinned about two inches apart they will produce bulbs one to two inches in diam- 
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 has 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. 25c; 2 Oz. 40c; % Lb. 75c; Lb. $2.50 
^ A very early, very white skinned variety of especial value for pickling. When allowed to reach full size the bulbs 
Queen 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. 25c; 2 Oz. 40c; % Lb. 75c; Lb. $2.50 
An early and productive flat, white-skinned variety, desirable for early use and used 
... .. , . -.i-- -’-- J * will mature a 
This variety is 
Early Neapolitan Marzajola for pickling. x If seed is sown as soon as the ground can be worked. it"_will mature a 
crop'early in’the season In the south the seed can be sown in autumn and large onions produced in March, 
known also as Early May. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 25c; 2 Oz. 40c; l A Lb. 75c; Lb. $2.25 
^ . xirr*. i- !• np • !• A large, pure white, flat onion of mild and excellent flavor. This medium early andpro- 
Liiant W nite Italian lnpoll ductive variety will produce a larger bulb from seed than White Portugal, but to at¬ 
tain full size the seed should be sown very early in a hotbed and the young plants set out in rich soil. When grown under proper 
conditions the bulbs are often three to four inches across, with pure white skin. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 25c; 2 0z. 40c; Vi Lb. 75c; Lb. $2.25 
« - v c*l If This variety produces a very large onion, resembling Giant White Italian Tripoli, but of larger 
Mammoth Oliver Iving size, slightly later maturing and rather a better keeper, making the sort more desirable for 
the fall market. It is a very productive fiat variety with bulbs often four to five inches across, the largest of the white onions. 
The skin is silvery white. The flesh is white, very tender and mild flavored. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 25c; 2 Oz. 40c; l A Lb. 75c; Lb. $2.25 
ONION SETS 
To raise onion sets from seed, use good ground prepared as for large onions and sow the seed very thick in broad drills, using 
forty to sixty pounds per acre. If the seed is sown thin, the bulbs will not only be too large for sets but will not be of the 
right shape and if sown thick on poor land they will be necky or bottle shaped. Onion seed sown for sets may be planted 
somewhat later than if a crop of large bulbs is desired. 
RED BOTTOM SETS. Treated precisely as top onions are, WHITE BOTTOM SETS. These do not keep as well as the 
setting them out in the spring instead of sowing seed. red or yellow, but produce beautiful white onions early in 
Per Lb. 30c. postpaid: 100 Lbs. $12.00 the season. Per Lb. 35c. postpaid: 100 Lbs. $14.00 
YELLOW BOTTOM SETS. Like the preceding except in Prices by the 100 lbs. of all onion sets are subject to fluctuations 
color and used in the same manner. Per Lb. 30c. postpaid; of the market. The price per single pound will hold good 
100 Lbs. $12.00 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. 
