ONION SEED. 
One ounce for 100 feet of row; for sets 50 lbs. to the acre 
For sets, sow the seeds as early as possible, in the Spring, very 
thickly, in drills. As soon as the tops die off in Summer, remove them to a dry, airy place; and early 
in the following Spring, replant them by placing sets in shallow drills twelve inches apart and about 
four inches apart in the drills. They may also be grown to full size during the first season by sowing 
thinly in drills one foot apart and about one-fourth of an inch deep, in March or early in April, 
well manured, and thining them out to stand three or four inches apart in the drills. 
Bottle Onion 
There is a large demand for this 
variety where it has once been 
used. They are Bottle shapped as 
the name implies and much longer 
than globe onions. They are mild 
and sweet, and grow to a large size 
and are equally good to eat green 
as for winter use. The skin is yel¬ 
low and the flesh white. Both the 
sets and large onions keep good 
over winter with very little shrink¬ 
age. 
White Portugal or Silver-skin. This is the 
standard white variety for general culture. The bulbs 
grow to good size, ripening early and quite evenly. It 
is a good keeper. The flesh is mild and sweet, the thin 
skin a clear silvery white, of handsome appearance if 
the bulbs are gathered as soon as ripened, and carefully 
dried under shelter away from the strong sunlight. 
When seed is sown at the rate of 25 pounds per acre it 
makes bulbs of suitable size and most desirable for pick- 
Large Red Wethersfield. This is the 
standard variety and the favorite Onion in the 
east, where immense crops are grown for ship¬ 
ment. Large size, skin deep purplish-red; form 
round, flesh purplish-white; very productive, 
the best keeper., and most popular for general cul¬ 
tivation. 
Yellow Danvers. 
This is the standard 
variety everywhere. It 
is of a beautiful gold¬ 
en color; bulb large 
size, quite early, thick, 
bottom nearly flat, 
oval top, with small 
neck, very prolific and 
a first-class keeper and 
shipper; has a thin 
skin, flesh pure white, 
and more mild flavor¬ 
ed than the red sorts. 
Yellow Globe Danvers. 
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