ONIONS: White Varieties—Continued 
White Portugal, or Silverskin. An early flat white onion of good size 
and mild flavor. It is almost entirely used for bunching or “green” 
onions. When the seed is sown thick in a “ribbon row” the onions ma¬ 
ture when small and are excellent for pickling, as they are snow white 
and very firm. This is also the onion which is used for “White sets” to 
grow mild early green onions. (See below under Onion Sets.) 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 30c; x / 4 Lb. 85c; Lb. $2.75. 
Mammoth Silver King. A large white onion used principally for bunch¬ 
ing while green. The onions when mature are very large, flattened, pure 
white and of very mild flavor. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 25c; * l / 4 Lb. 75c; Lb. $2.40. 
White Welsh. This onion forms no bulbs, the onions being small and 
slim, and therefore, very desirable for bunching. If sown in four inch 
trenches in late summer and the trenches are gradually filled up as the 
onions grow, they can be safely carried over winter and will produce 
bunch onions very early in the spring. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 25c; y 4 Lb. 70c; Lb. $2.25. 
White Bunch (White Lisbon). This fine bunching onion is popular in 
many sections. It does not form a large bulb but has large tops and 
flesh of mild flavor. The skin is smooth and white. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 25c; y 4 Lb. 70c; Lb. $2.25. 
Extra Early Barletta. Sow Some for Pickling. The handsomest and 
most perfect white pickling onion. When sown thickly the onions ma¬ 
ture about the size of a cherry, perfectly round, pearly white, and of very 
mild flavor. Sow an ounce of seed to 40 ft. of row or 50 lbs. per acre. 
Our strain produces uniformly small even onions. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 25c; */ 4 Lb. 70c; Lb. $2.25. 
Red Varieties 
SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE. The largest and handsomest red onion. 
This is a handsome variety and keeps better than any other red kind, 
and the quality is especially fine, the onions being of exceptionally mild 
flavor and very tender when cooked. The bulbs are of perfect globe 
shape, deep red, and with small tops. Our strain is very fine, being 
grown from selected bulbs only. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 25c; y 4 Lb. 75c; Lb. $2.40. 
Red Wethersfield. The Earliest Red Onion. A very large, deep red 
onion, that matures early and succeeds well everywhere. The bulbs are 
flattened, very large around, solid and of fine quality. One of the best 
red onions for home use or market, where a globe-shaped onion is not 
required. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 25c; V 4 Lb. 75c; Lb. $2.40. 
Riverside Sweet Spanish Onion Plants 
(These bunches contain 100 plants) 
Onion Plants 
An Easy Way to Raise Onions 
RIVERSIDE SWEET SPANISH. (Yellow.) Our plants are grown from 
a very uniform strain of seed. Planted in the spring these plants will 
produce large Spanish onions with very little labor. When set out in the 
early spring, large handsome onions are produced within 8 or 10 weeks. 
These onions will grow in any good garden soil and will keep a long 
time. Set the plants 3 to 4 in. apart in rows 15-18 in. apart. 
CRYSTAL WHITE WAX. Usually planted to grow early green onions, 
although the mature bulb is large flat, pure white and of superb flavor, 
making an excellent boiling or slicing onion for fall use. 
Price of either variety: 100 plants 30c; 500 $1.00 transportation 
paid. Not less than 100 plants of a single variety sold. Prices on large 
lots will be sent on application. 
We can supply onion plants between April 25th and May 15th only. 
Orders will be taken at any time for shipment between these dates. 
Please specify when you want the plants sent. 
Ebenezer Onions 
Photo taken July 1st of Onion Sets Planted April 4th. 
GERMINATION TESTS 
Harris’ Onion Seed is given thorough tests for germination, 
and the exact results from such tests are marked on each package 
so that the purchaser can tell just what proportion of the seed 
is of good vitality. We shall be glad to tell any onion grower 
just how our seed of any varieties he is interested in germinates 
in our tests before he buys the seed. 
Onion Sets 
One quart (1 lb.) will set 75 to 100 feet of row, depending 
upon the size of the sets. 
It is very easy to raise onions from sets and they should be grown in 
every garden. If the sets are set out early in the spring, nice green onions 
can be pulled in a few weeks. The onions grow large enough to cook about 
the first of July in this latitude. Two or three weeks later they become 
large, ripe onions which can be kept through the winter if desired. The 
sets should be planted about 2 inches apart and covered an inch deep. 
For economical use of ground in the small garden it is a good plan to 
plant the sets about one inch apart in rows. Pull every other one for green 
onions in the spring and leave the rest for boiling onions. This will give 
you a continuous supply throughout the summer. 
EBENEZER or “Japanese” Sets—Yellow. These sets will produce fine 
bunching onions and also large yellow onions of the finest quality. The 
quality of the onions is far superior to other kinds and the yield is also 
larger. See page 33. 
Qt. (1 Lb.) 30c; Peck (8 Lbs.) $1.50 transportation paid. Not paid: 
Peck (8 Lbs.) $1.10; Bu. (32 Lbs.) $3.25. 
White Sets (Silverskin). Used mostly to produce early bunching onions. 
These also make nice looking and fine flavored onions to eat while young 
and will produce good large onions if left to mature. 
Beautiful sets, clean, uniform and true Silverskin. 
Qt. (1 Lb.) 30c; Peck (8 Lbs.) $1.50 transportation paid. Not paid: 
Peck (8 Lbs.) $1.10; Bu. (32 Lbs.) $3.25. 
Ebenezer Sets 
The match box shows the comparative size of these fine sets. 
“/ am sending you the Sweet Spanish onions I wrote you about. I don’t 
think I sent you the biggest ones in the lot, I just picked out five nice onions. I 
know I have some bigger. I got 17 bushels out of 1000 plants and the ground 
I had this year is not very good onion ground .” 
Ed Portzer, St. Marys, Pa. Sept. 26, 1935. 
Note: The onions Mr. Portzer sent were beautiful specimens weighing 
about 1 pound each. 
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