The Most Successful Onion Growers Plant an Acreage 
They Can Take Good Care of and Plant That 
Acreage Every Year 
ONION 
(Continued from page 54) 
Another field of Yellow Valencia Onions—Riverside Strain. 
Grown near Rocky Ford. Each pile row represents just one row 
of onions pulled and piled to dry where they grew. In this particu¬ 
lar portion of the field the yield was 1,800 bushels per acre and the 
whole field averaged 1,400 bushels per acre. We are putting forth 
every effort to supply you with the best seeds of all the kinds we 
list, and are glad to say that thousands of planters report good 
results. 
Valencia onion seed is usually planted at the rate of 1% to 214 
lbs. of seed per acre and the crop not thinned, but if you wish to 
grow uniformly large onions, thin so the plants stand 3 to 4 inches 
apart in the row. If under irrigation, water regularly every week 
to ten days until the onions are grown and cultivate eight to ten 
times. 50 tons of well decomposed manure per acre was applied to 
the land which produced above illustrated crop — one year before 
these onions were grown and this crop was cultivated eleven times. 
Riverside Strain Sweet Spanish one 3 of a ^he ty mSt SSfar 
for storing and shipping to eastern markets during the winter 
months. Bulbs are large, mild and sweet flavor. Flattened globe in 
shape; golden yellow skin; flesh white and of pleasing flavor. One 
of the most profitable varieties to grow. Tops vigorous, and resists 
damage from thrips. 
(Pkt., lOc) (oz., 30c) (% 1*>., 90c) (lb., $3.00) (5 lbs., $13.20) prepaid. 
(Burrell's Strain Sweet Spanish Yellow Valencia. See page 54. 
One of our onion seed fields grown here at Rocky Ford. 
See Page 83 for Special Prices to Market Growers 
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