Best by Test for over Sixty Years 
CROP SHORT 
ONION 
(.Allium, Cepa .) 
Ognon. Zwiebel. Cipollo. Cebolla. 
ORDER EARLY 
CULTURE.—1 ounce is sufficient for 100 feet of drill; 4 to 6 pounds are sown to the acre in drills, 40 to 60 pounds to 
the acre for sets. Onions require a strong, rich and friable soil, which has been well manured for a previous crop, and 
cultivation must be thorough. The seed may be sown in February, March and April, in beds 4 feet wide, with the rows 10 
inches apart, the drills drawn shallow, as the best 
onions grow on the surface. Sow very thickly, cov¬ 
ering the seed about a 34 of an inch, and pressing 
the earth down with the back of a spade or a roller. 
When well up, thin from 4 to 6 inches in the row 
and keep the beds well stirred until the young onions 
are started, after which it is well to hand-weed. In 
this latitude a good crop can generally be obtained 
by sowing in September or October in the way de¬ 
scribed, as they will grow until very cold weather 
and resume their growth in the spring. On account 
of the heat of our climate, large and perfect onions 
of the American varieties can rarely be grown from 
seed the first season, unless started in hot-beds, and 
the general practice is to raise the White and Yel¬ 
low from “sets” planted in the fall and spring. Sets 
are obtained by sowing very thickly in drills one foot 
apart early in the spring, harvesting the crop when 
the tops have died, and storing them, thinly spread, 
in some dry, airy place. Tait’s Norfolk Queen sets 
are usually set out in September or October, but 
other kinds are best kept out of the ground until 
February, although we find more and more tendency 
to plant both White and Yellow Globe in the fall. 
Norfolk Queen On transplanting have the shallow drills 10 inches 
Onion. apart and put the sets 4 to 6 inches apart. Both soot 
and salt may be advantageously applied to onion 
beds, and as is generally known, successive crops can be grown indefinitely upon the same ground. 
Silver Skin or White Portugal. 
10 cts., oz. 25 cts., 34 lb. 90 cts., lb. $2.75. Postpaid. 
A popular white onion of medium size and mild, pleasant flavor. Used 
largely in some sections for bunching and pickles. A good keeper. Pkt. 
Riverside Sweet Spanish. A large 
-— globe- 
shaped yellow onion of handsome appearance. It 
grows larger than the Prizetaker, and its spark¬ 
ling white flesh and sweet mild flavor combine to 
make it more popular each season. A fine ship¬ 
per. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts., % lb. $1.00, lb. $3.25, 
Postpaid. 
White Pearl. An early, small, flat white 
- onion of mild flavor. Chiefly 
grown for pickling and bunching. Pkt. 10 cts., 
oz. 25 cts., 34 lb. 75 cts., lb. $2.50. Postpaid. 
Riverside Sweet Spanish Onion. 
Rorl WntliAvcfifilrl A well known variety with bright pur- 
XVCU tV clllcl » licit!. pHsh red skin _ In shape it js flat( but 
thick, with very firm flesh. An excellent keeper. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 
25 cts., 34 lb. 90 cts., lb. $2.75. Postpaid. 
Tait’s Thoroughbred Norfolk Queen. 
onion we consider more generally desirable for Southern 
growers and market gardeners who make a specialty of 
“green bunch onions.” Our Norfolk Queen is 
not only attractive in appearance, but is extra 
early and of good size. It is flattened in shape, 
beautifully symmetrical, with silvery white skin, 
and snowy white flesh that is tender, sweet and 
of mild flavor. Truckers from Maryland to 
Florida find it very profitable to bunch the young 
onions as soon as they are large enough to be 
marketable, and sell them thus, green, with the 
tops. It does not keep very well, and no attempt 
should be made to hold the crop very long after 
maturity. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts., 34 lb- $1-00, 
lb. $3.25. Postpaid. 
Remember we deliver free at catalogue prices—except where noted. Write for special prices in large quantities. 
