CATALOGUE OF CHOICE GARDEN SEEDS 
Onions 
Culture. —The onion thrives best in a rather deep, rich loamy soil, and unlike most vegetables, suc¬ 
ceeds well when cultivated on the same ground for successive years. The best culture requires that 
the ground should be deeply trenched and manured the previous autumn, and laid up in ridges dur¬ 
ing the winter to pulverize. As early in the spring as the ground is in working order, commence op¬ 
erations by leveling the ground with a rake and tread it firmly, sow thinly in drills about one-fourth 
of an inch deep, 1 foot apart; cover with fine soil, and press down with the back of a spade or a light 
roller. When the young plants are strong enough thin gradually so that they stand 3 or 4 inches 
apart. Keep the surface of the ground open and free from weeds by frequent hoeing, taking care not 
to stir the soil too deeply, or to collect it about the growing bulbs. 
One ounce will plant 200 feet of drill; four pounds in drills for an acre 
For sets from 50 to 60 pounds should be sown to the acre, according to the richness of the soil 
The Three Southports 
In the commercial onion growing districts of America the Southport types of Globe Onions are 
more extensively grown than other varieties and because of their fine form, good color and excellent 
keeping qualities always command better prices in the market than other less globular sorts. These 
types are as well adapted to the small garden as they are for field culture. We carry the three types. 
SOUTHPORT RED, YELLOW AND WHITE GLOBE 
Ask for special prices in large quantities 
Standard Onions 
Ailsa Craig. An exhibition variety of large size, 
specimens having been grown to weigh over 3 
pounds each; bulbs oval-shaped with pale 
straw-colored skin; exceptionally mild. 
Bermuda Crystal Wax. A pure white, flat onion, 
largely grown in Texas for northern markets. 
Bermuda White. Produces large, flat, straw 
white onions. 
Ebenezer. A popular variety for producing onion 
sets; color yellowish-brown, very firm and hard. 
Selected Southport Red Globe 
A typical specimen of this excellent onion 
Large Red Wethersfield. One of the oldest and 
best known American types of onion; large, 
rather flat, deep purplish red in color; excel¬ 
lent keeping sort. 
Ohio Yellow Globe. With the exception that it 
is distinctly flat bottomed, it resembles South- 
port Yellow Globe in every respect; Michigan 
Yellow Globe is practically the same., 
Prizetaker. For the home garden this one of the 
best, mildest and surest to grow from seed; 
bulbs are globe shaped and of light straw color. 
Riverside Sweet Spanish. Resembles a large 
Prize-taker in size and form; flesh white and 
very mild. A fairly good keeper. 
White Portugal, or Silverskin. This variety is 
very extensively grown for onion sets and used 
largely as a pickling and bunching onion; bulbs 
are large, flat, fine grained, mild and pleasant 
in flavor. 
Yellow Danvers, Round. More flat in form than 
Globe Danvers, but in other respects quite 
similar. 
Yellow Globe Danvers (Our Finest Strain). A 
very popular, dependable variety and, while not 
so “globy” as the Southport type, is still pop¬ 
ular in many markets and is an exceptional 
keeper. 
Foreign Onions 
White Barletta. One of the earliest, most hand¬ 
some and smallest of the white pickling onions; 
makes a good bunching sort. 
White Lisbon. Grown largely as a bunching 
onion; the small white bulbs seldom over two 
inches in diameter. 
White Queen. A rapid growing, small, flat, white 
onion; grown extensively for sets, pickling and 
bunching. 
White Welsh. Forms no bulbs but is one of the 
best as a bunching onion; of rapid growth, 
quite hardy and mild in flavor. 
Onion Sets 
We can supply Red, White and Yellow Sets 
from seed, and Potato Onion Sets. Ask for prices. 
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