LEONARD SEED COMPANY, CHICAGO 
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Leonard’s Onion Sets 
Onion Set Warehouse, Des Plaines, III. Capacity 90,000 Bushels. 
Leonard’s Onion Sets are 
the Chicago Standard. We 
are the pioneers in set grow' 
ing here. The Chicago On' 
ion set has that fine, bright 
color which is so much de' 
sired, and being grown from 
the same kind of seed that 
produces our best large On' 
ion it produces a bulb far 
superior to the southern or 
southeastern product. We 
claim a superiority for our 
Onion sets which comes 
from superior knowledge in 
planting, harvesting, storing and shipping as a result of 
long continued experience and large operations. We are 
now and for many years have been the leading Onion 
Set growers. 
Onion Sets are used in place of seed to make early large onions, 
or to plant instead of seed for green onions. The sets will produce 
green onions ready to eat three weeks before the seed and if not 
pulled, but allowed to mature, make a choice large onion for keep' 
ing purposes and later use. 
Plant Small Sets. The large, coarse Onion Sets, over an inch in 
diameter, are apt to go to seed instead of producing a nice green 
onion and bulb, so you should always buy Leonard’s small Onion 
Sets, screened through an inch mesh, the proper size for planting 
to give the best results. 
Plant More Onion Sets. Everyone should plant some Onion Sets 
in their garden. They can be planted as soon as you can dig in the 
ground in the spring and replanted every week or ten days, so 
that green onions, fit for table use, may be had until late in the 
season. Then, any which are not pulled for early eating, can be 
allowed to mature and stored away for fall and winter. 
Eat More Onions at All Times. Medical authorities agree there 
is no vegetable more healthy than onions and advise the free use of 
onions both green and cooked. It is even claimed they are a pre' 
ventive of influenza and grippe. Buy Onion Sets freely, plant double 
the usual quantity and replant several times in the early spring and 
summer so you will have plenty of onions to eat all months in the 
year. 
Yellow. Grown from seed of Strasburg or Yellow Dan' 
vers, either of which we can furnish. Yellow is the 
standard color for onions in many of the largest 
markets. 
Red. Grown from the Red Wethersfield variety and 
will produce marketable onions several weeks earlier 
than seed. Also very desirable for green onions. 
White. Grown from White Portugal seed. White sets 
produce the finest early green onions and no garden 
should be without them. 
Brown. Grown from Australian Brown seed. Excel' 
lent keepers as Sets. Are very hard and solid. 
Japanese or Ebenezer. A yellow variety of great 
merit. A heavy yielder and good keeping Onion. 
Does not run to seed readily. 
White Pearl. This is the early waxy silvery white 
Onion which is used for fall planting only. It pro' 
duces an onion that in mildness of flavor is probably 
not surpassed. 
Bermuda. These sets produce the pale yellow, slightly 
flattened Onion, with white flesh, at times slightly 
suffused with pink. For fall planting only. 
Crystal White Wax. Produces large pure white flat' 
tened Onion of mild flavor. For fall planting only. 
Yellow Shallots or Multipliers. The clumps are 
divided and they multiply very abundantly. Are 
grown largely for flavoring. 
White Multipliers. The same as Yellow Multipliers, 
except in color. 
Yellow Potato. The old original English Multiplier. 
Winter Top, Egyptian or Perennial. These are 
very hardy; they need no protection during the winter 
and will continue for many years to yield an abundant 
supply of green onions without replanting. 
Prices On Application 
ONION SETS in Odorless, Handy Packages 
We are offering On' 
ion Sets in a box with 
a cellophane window. 
This package is odor' 
less and the Onion Sets 
will keep sound and 
dry until planting time. 
The convenience of the 
package will be appre' 
ciated at sight. 
H lb. 
Red .$0.12 
Yellow.12 
White .12 
1 lb. 
Red .$0.20 
Yellow . ..20 
White .20 
