H. F. Hertzog, Largest Seed House in Reading 
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ONIONS 
CULTURE—Large Onions from Seed 
—To grow large onions from seed the 
first year, plant hi inch deep in January 
or February in hot-bed or in the open 
ground later, and when the weather 
opens and the plants are the size of a 
goose quill, transplant three or four 
inches apart in twelve to eighteen-inch 
rows. 
WHITE SILVER SKIH OR PORTUGAL. 
WHITE SILVER SKIN OR PORTU¬ 
GAL. A large, flat, white onion of 
mild and pleasant flavor, hard and 
fine grained, and a good keeper. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 34 lb. 75c, lb. $2.50 
YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS. Un¬ 
doubtedly the best known and most 
popular of all onions; the earliest 
yellow variety; one of the best for 
raising sets; globular shape; has a 
small top. It is the most productive, 
producing as high as 1,000 bushels 
per acre. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 34 lb. 75c, lb. $2.50 
MAMMOTH SILVER KING. This is 
truly a mammoth onion, averaging 
fifteen to twenty-two inches in cir¬ 
cumference, and weighing from 3 
to 4 pounds each. They are flat, of 
a pure silver-white skin and flesh, 
and most remarkably mild flavored, 
and may be eaten out of the hand 
like an apple. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, *4 lb. 75c, lb. $2.50 
PRIZE TAKER. Can be grown suc¬ 
cessfully in any locality where other 
onions are produced. The color is a 
bright straw and it always grows to 
a uniform shape, which is nearly 
a perfect globe. Our seed is the 
choicest American grown. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, M lb. 75c, lb. $2.50 
LARGE RED WETHERSFIELD. Is 
of the finest form; skin deep, pur¬ 
plish red; flesh purplish white. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 34 lb. 65c, lb. $2.25 
EBENEZER. An enormous cropper, 
mildest flavor, good keeper, large, 
yellow skinned, maturing in about 
9 0 days. Keeps hard and sound all 
winter. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 34 lb. 75c, lb. $2.50 
SWEET SPANISH VALENCIA. The 
best strain of the Spanish type. 
Bulbs coppery colored skin with a 
mild white flesh. A good keeper. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 34 lb. 75c, lb. $2.75 
YELLOW BERMUDA. The large 
straw colored onions grown in Ber¬ 
muda and Texas. Very mild in flavor. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c, 34 lb. $1.00, lb. $3.00 
WHITE ADRIATIC BARLETTA. 
WHITE ADRIATIC BARI ETTA. The 
earliest and one of the handsomest 
and smallest onions grown, one of 
the best for pickling and bunching. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 34 lb. 75c, lb. $2.75 
EARLY SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE. 
You will find this to be an early 
perfectly globe-shaped onion. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 34 lb. 75c, lb. $2.50 
SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE. A 
large, globe-shaped onion; firm, fine 
grained, of mild flavor; keeps well; 
of beautiful shape, clear, white 
skin. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 34 lb. 80c, lb. $2.75 
SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE. 
Like the well known White Globe, 
except in color of skin. This is 
more perfectly globe-shaped than 
the Globe Danvers but not so early, 
Pkt, 5c, oz. 25c, 34 lb. 80c, lb. $2.75 
YELLOW DUTCH OR STRASSBURG. 
YELLOW DUTCH OR STRASSBURG. 
Full size onions are somewhat flat¬ 
tened, flesh pure white, mild flavor 
and an excellent keeper. Skin bright 
yellow. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 34 lb. 65c, lb. $2.25 
