GERMAIN'S ONIONS 
GERMAIN'S GREAT BUNCHING ONION. 
This variety fills a long felt need for both the 
amateur and the professional gardener. It 
produces the long, tender and sweet green onions which are justly so popular on the 
:able of those who enjoy good eating. It can be easily grown in every garden. Pull 
vhile medium sized before the bulb has formed. Pkt. 5c; oz. 30c; 14 lb. $1.00; 1 lb. $3.00. 
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A well known early onion of fine quality. Flesh white 
and firm. Color a bright straw; grows to a good size, 
lardy, a sure cropper and a good keeper. Pkt. 5c; oz. 35c; 14 lb. $1.15; 1 lb. $3.50. 
YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS. 
White Onion Sets 
ONION SETS 
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cents per pound or fraction thereof. If 
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Onion sets are grown from seed that has 
been sown too thickly to attain a large 
size. These small onions are planted out 
and are soon ready to pull for the table or 
bunch for market. Mature about six weeks 
earlier than crop grown from seed. 
BROWN AUSTRALIAN. toe 
leading variety among growers. 1 lb. 35c; 
10 lbs. 3.00. 
WHITE PORTUGAL. 
mild flavor 
One of the 
white sorts, 
1 lb. 35c; 10 lbs. $3.00. 
leading 
of very 
SHALLOTS or MULTIPLIER ONION SETS. 
A few of these onion-like bulbs will assure 
you of plenty of flavoring for soup or salads. 
When gathering always leave one bulb from 
which others will multiply very rapidly as¬ 
suring a plentiful supply. Delivery May 15. 
30c per pound, postpaid. 
VEGETABLES IN THE 
CALIFORNIA GARDEN 
A HOME GARDENER'S 
GUIDE 
With notes on the planting and 
care of Fruits and Berries, and an 
instruction to the Small 
Farm Home. 
By ROSS H. GAST 
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OKRA 
Gombaud, Fr. Ibisco, Ital. 
Gombo, Sp. Ocher, Ger. 
Onion Green Bunching 
PARSLEY 
Parsley Moss Curled and Plain 
Health Properties of Okra 
Calories per lb. 172; Vitamin B; Proteins 1.6%; 
Carbohydrates 7.4%; Fats .2%; 
Calcium .071%; Iron .00063% 
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Gill TIIRF Seed can be planted from the 
' middle of March until the latter 
part of August. Plant in rows 18 inches 
apart in rows 3 feet apart. Plant seed 1V 2 
inches deep. One ounce of seed will sow 
50 feet of row. This vegetable produces 
long and nutritious pods which when young 
are used in soups and stews, to which they 
impart a rich flavor. 
FARIY DWARF Dwarf, stocky growth, 
CAKLI UWAKI-. heavy bearer. The pods 
are of medium length, greenish white, ten¬ 
der and of good quality. Plants grow from 
214 to 3 feet in height and often bear as 
many as forty pods. This variety is very 
early and therefore is popular among com¬ 
mercial growers and home gardeners. Pkt. 
5c; oz. 15c; !4 lb. 25c; 1 lb. 75c. 
i gmg gdefkj Later and more produc- 
LUlNb trKttlN. tive . ribbed pods Th0 pods 
are deep green and larger and plants grow 
to a height of five to six feet. Pkt. 5c; oz. 
15c; 14 lb. 25c; 1 lb. 75c. 
WHITF VFIVFT P°ds round, smooth, white 
vvniic yclvci. j n co i ori f ree from seams, 
exceedingly tender, well flavored and very 
prolific. Is an excellent variety for ship¬ 
ping and canning because of its smooth pods. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 14 lb. 25c; 1 lb. 75c. 
Persil, Fr. Prezzemolo, Ital. 
Perejil, Sp. Petersilie, Ger. 
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Gill TIIRF Same as Lettuce, see page 65. 
ouliukc. 2 ver y garden should include 
parsley as its demands and uses are con¬ 
stant by the housewife. Being ornamen¬ 
tal, it makes a very attractive border plant 
for the flower garden. It may be planted 
as such if you have no room in the vege¬ 
table plot. 
CHAMPION MOSS-CURLED, p^ft^growing 
variety; excellent for garnishing and flavor¬ 
ing; also a handsome decorative plant; leaves 
fine and crisp, resembling moss; a most 
popular sort for the market and home gar¬ 
den. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lb. 35c; 1 lb. $1.00. 
DOURI F GURI FD An exceptionally curly 
UUUbLb GUKLtU. type of exce iient qual¬ 
ity. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 14 lb. 35c; 1 lb. $1.00. 
HAMBURG OR TURNIP-ROOTED. r °° x ts 
cellent for flavoring soups. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 
14 lb. 35c; 1 lb. $1.00. 
PI AIKI PAR^IFY Leaves flat, deeply cut 
PLAIN PARbLcY. bu f n0 f curled. Very 
dark green in color and very hardy. Easily 
grown. Used largely for flavoring soups, 
etc. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 14 lb. 35c; 1 lb. $1.00. 
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