OLDS’ ONIONS 
Perhaps no crop brings as high returns from an acre of ground as onions. They demand intense cultivation and 
a lot of hand work. Therefore a small grower has just as much chance of making good on this crop as a large grower. 
With a crop of this type, however, you must be absolutely sure of having the best seed obtainable. Our seed is from 
onion bulbs which are grown exclusively for seed purposes. We do not think there are any stocks better. Note: Seed 
is very short this year. Order early. . . , . T , 
CULTURE: As early as possible, sow thinly in rows one foot apart, thinning later to 3 or 4 inches apart. Keep 
the surface of the ground open and free from weeds, using fertilizer if you want a maximum yield. When the bulk of the 
tops have turned yellow and have fallen over the onions are ready to harvest. They should be pulled at. this time .and 
left to lie in small piles for a couple of days and then removed to an airy shed. When cool weather arrives store in a 
cool dry root cellar. Time required to raise matured onions varies greatly in different sections so we are not giving 
a schedule of days. A packet of seed will plant 25 to 30 feet of drill; one ounce 200 feet, and 4 pounds an acre. For 
prices on larger amounts see our Market Gardeners’ Price List, page 42. (See page 34 for Maggot Control.) 
285. YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS. Olds’ Yellow Globe Danvers is a solid onion of almost true globe shape, 
averaging three inches through. In color the bulbs are a rich satiny yellow. The snow white flesh cuts hard and crisp 
yet it is always sweet and tender. Not quite as mild as the Spanish onions when sliced raw but for cooking or flavor¬ 
ing, one of the very best. It is the earliest good market variety, slender necked,, and ripening up all at one. time.. A 
sure cropper and a good keeper, the onions coming out dry and hard in the spring with practically no loss in weight. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; y 4 lb., 90c; lb., $3.00, postpaid. 
292. SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE. A handsome 
onion with a pure delicate paper white skin. Flesh crisp, 
fine-grained, snowy white and mild; a good keeper for a 
white variety. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c; *4 lb., $1.25; lb., 
$3.75, postpaid. 
287. EXTRA LARGE RED WETHERSFIELD. 
The onions are a flattened globe in shape with long slender 
tops and dark crimson skin. They grow to a large size 
and yield big crops even under unsatisfactory growing 
conditions. We have a strain selected for extra large type. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c; y 4 lb., 85c; lb., $2.75, postpaid. 
300. SELECT OHIO YELLOW GLOBE. A selec¬ 
tion from the Yellow Globe Danvers made by onion grow¬ 
ers in Lake County, Ohio. A highly bred variety valuable 
on rich, high-ground soils, and we find that it is the best 
onion for low ground (muck or peat soils). It ripens 
evenly, is easily harvested, and will not go to necks on 
low ground as some varieties do. It is globe shaped like 
the Danvers but a few days later, Pkt., IOC} OZ., 35c; 
y 4 lb., $1.10; lb., $3.25, postpaid. 
