Watermelons, continued 
Halbert Honey. 85 days. Long, blunt-ended, very large 
fruits with thin, dark green rind. Very prolific. 
Ice Cream. 80 days. An early-season, delicious home-market 
melon. It has too thin a rind for shipping. Few, if any, 
melons surpass this for quality and productiveness. Flesh 
bright scarlet, solid to center, melting and delicious. 
King and Queen. This is the finest melon for market-garden 
use in this section. Fruits round; flesh scarlet. 
Kleckley Sweets. 85 days. This sweetest of all melons has 
now become exceedingly popular. Luscious flavor; fine¬ 
grained, tender meat; large. 
Mountain Sweet. Form rather long; color dark green; seeds 
dark; very solid, sweet, and crisp. A safe variety for 
northern growing. 
Red-seeded Citron. 90 days. Round; marbled with light 
green; the flesh is white and solid; seeds red. 
Sweetheart. 90 days. Large and nearly globular; skin bright, 
mottled green; flesh bright red, firm and heavy, crisp, melt¬ 
ing, and exceedingly sweet. A good shipper and keeper. 
Onion Seed 
Good Onion Seed is the Foundation for a Good Crop 
A good crop is impossible unless the soil is very rich and 
kept clean. Use well-rotted manure freely, and get the crop 
in as soon as possible in the spring, no matter if the weather 
is cold and unpleasant. Sow in drills 1 foot apart and cover 
about one-third of an inch, treading or rolling after sowing, so 
that the hot, dry atmosphere may not dry up and destroy the 
sprouting seed. When 3 inches high, thin to 2 inches apart. 
Stir the ground freely without disturbing the young plants 
and keep free from weeds. 
Sow ounce of seed to 100 feet of drill; 4 to 5 pounds, an acre 
Japanese Long White Bunching. This Onion should be 
planted in August in drills 14 inches apart. Late in the fall 
a small quantity of soil should be thrown against each side 
of the row for winter protection. Can be dug early in spring 
for rareripes. Requires light and well-drained soils. 
Red Wethersfield. 110 days. One of the most productive 
and long-keeping. Bulbs deep purplish red, large, flat, 
strong-flavored, and grow to a large size the first year from 
seed. 
Southport Red Globe. 130 days. This is a favorite with all 
who grow Red Onions. It grows to fair size, with very small 
neck, and bright red in color. We offer a fine stock. 
Southport White Globe. 110 days. A large, showy, globular 
white Onion, which sells quickly in market. The bulbs grow 
quite rapidly and, if the seed is sown early, good-sized roots, 
suitable for pulling and marketing in a green state, are soon 
formed. They are mild-flavored, keep well, and the yield 
is good. 
Spanish King or Prizetaker. 100 days. Bulbs very large, 
round, and handsome; rich yellow skin; mild, sweet, pure 
white flesh; quite free from stiff necks. Bottom well and 
yield enormously. A very desirable sort. 
White Portugal or Silverskin. 95 days. Largely grown for 
white Onion sets. Bulbs large, fine in appearance, with 
silvery white skin and sweet, tender white flesh. They do 
not keep well, but are mild-flavored and excellent for family 
use and for pickling. 
Yellow Globe Danvers. 110 days. Buxton type, selected, 
home-grown stock. Early; globe-shaped, with very small 
neck; large; good keeper. The best for general crop. 
PRICES OF ONION SEED 
Pkt. 
Oz. 
%lb. 
Lb. 
Japanese Long White Bunching. 
.$0 10 
$0 35 
$1 00 
$3 00 
Red Wethersfield. 
10 
35 
1 00 
3 00 
Southport Red Globe. 
10 
35 
1 00 
3 00 
Southport White Globe. 
10 
35 
1 00 
3 50 
Spanish King. 
10 
35 
1 00 
3 00 
White Portugal. 
10 
35 
1 00 
3 00 
Yellow Globe Danvers. 
10 
35 
1 00 
3 50 
Yellow Globe Danvers Onion 
Southport White Globe Onion 
Onion Sets 
These are small Onions grown 
the previous year, ripened off, and 
taken up when mere bulblets. They 
produce a very early and profitable 
crop, and grow in any good soil. 
Set them in rows 1 foot apart and 
3 inches apart in the rows. 
White, Yellow, and Ebenezer 
Sets, for spring planting. 
Crop very short-—order early. 
Top Onion Sets for fall. Market 
price; price variable. 
Onion Sets 
W. E. BARRETT CO., Providence, R. I 
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