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Germain Seed Company, 326-330 South Main St., Los Angeles, Cal. 
ONIONS 
Cebolla Swiebel Ognon 
Select fine, light soil and manure heavily with the oldest and strongest compost that can be 
procured. Plow to a depth of 5 inches, and work well with the cultivator. Plow again at right 
angles with the first furrows, and again thoroughly cultivate. The ground will then be in fine 
working order, and should be leveled smoothly with a rake. Drill 14 inches apart, sowing the 
seed thinly; cover a quarter of an inch deep with fine soil and press down with the back of a 
spade or light roller. When the young plants are strong enough, thin gradually so that they 
stand finally 4 inches apart. Keep clean from weeds and take care that the earth does not 
accumulate around the bulbs, but allow them to bottom above the ground. When the greenness 
has left the tops of the onions, pull them and let them dry a few days before storing. One ounce 
of seed will sow about 100 feet of drill. Four pounds to the acre. 
To obtain onions of fall growth and regular size, sow the seed thickly in beds about Decem¬ 
ber, then transplant the young plants to the open ground; trim off top and bottom before setting 
out, as this helps materially to increase the size of the bulbs. This may appear like hard work 
to some of our readers, but taking into consideration the advantage gained over the weeds at 
the start, the uniformity in size of the bulb at maturity, and practical impossibility of a failure 
(,, 'dp. it will more than repay the extra labor. In this climate a continuous crop may be had In- 
planting every two or three months. 
Crystal White Wax. A very early onion of the 
Bermuda type; pure white in color and of 
mild flavor, especially adapted for fall plant¬ 
ing for the early markets. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 
cts., lb. $4.25. 
Australian Drown. A variety introduced from 
Australia. The bulbs grow to a good market¬ 
able size, are very hard and solid and of uni¬ 
form shape. Amber-brown color and mild 
flavor. Splendid keeper. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 
cts., lb. $2.25. 
Large Red Wethersfield. Crows very large, 
keeps well and is of fine flavor. Pkt. 5 cts.. 
oz. 20 cts., lb. $2.50. 
Gerniain’s Yellow Flat Danvers. Our strain is 
especially selected. The onions are straw- 
color, mild in flavor, and excellent keepers. 
Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., lb. $2.25. 
Prize-Taker, The largest of the yellow onions, 
globular in shape, of a pale straw-color. 
Produces enormous crops; bulbs frequently 
weigh as high as three pounds each. Pkt. 5 
cts., oz. 20 cts., lb. $2.50. 
White Portugal, or Silver-Skin. This variety is 
one of the leading white sorts, and is of 
beautiful shape and very mild flavor. The 
bulbs are fiat and mature early. It is a splen¬ 
did variety for both family use and market- 
garden. It grows to a fair size, bulbs averag¬ 
ing 2 to '< inches in diameter. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 
25 cts., lb. $3.00. 
Giant White Italian Tripoli. (FI Paso, or large 
Mexican). Bulbs of large size and beautiful 
form, with white skin. Under good culti¬ 
vation large onions can be raised in a single 
season from seed, weighing from one to one 
and one-half pounds, hut will attain much 
larger size if planted in beds in December or 
January and then transplanted. In this way 
an early crop is assured. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 2*0 
cts., lb. $2.00. 
AUSTRALIAN EY YELLOW GLOBE 
Alisa Craig. A splendid English variety of 
immense size, bulbs frequently weighing two 
pounds each. They are oval in shape and of 
a pale straw color, flavor exceedingly mild 
and delicate. In competition with other 
varieties at the English shows it lias won 
more prizes than any other variety intro¬ 
duced. Pkt. 10 cts.. oz. 25 cts., lb. $3. 
Giant Iloccn. A splendid variety of delicate 
flavor, bulbs large and globular in shape; 
skin light brown, weighing 2 to 3 pounds, 
very productive and a splendid keeper. Pkt. 
10 cts., oz. 25 cts., lb. $3. 
Australian Ex-Early Yellow Globe. The ear¬ 
liest of the Globe Onions and an extra 
long keeper. The onions weigh four to six 
ounces each. Skin thin, and are mild and 
of splendid flavor; small top equal to the 
Australian Brown in every way excepting 
the onions average slightly smaller in 
size. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts., lb. $2.50. 
Yew Queen. Very early, fiat, beautifully 
white and of the finest flavor; grows to a 
fair size in California, and is one of our 
best market varieties, its principal recom¬ 
mendation being its rapidity of growtli 
and its long-keeping qualities. Also an 
excellent variety for pulling green or 
pickling. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., lb. $2.00. 
Hermiuln, White (Teneriffe-grown). The 
bulbs are quite broad and fiat in form. 
The color is not a clear white as in our 
American varieties, hut rather a pale 
straw; flesh crisp, solid and mild in flavor. 
The plants are extremely thin-necked, in¬ 
suring even and early ripening. Pkt. 5 
cts., oz., 25 cts., lb. $2.50. 
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