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LEONARD SEED COMPANY, CHICAGO 
Onion Seed 
Riverside Sweet Spanish. 
RIVERSIDE SWEET SPANISH. A large well' 
shaped onion weighing from one to three pounds; 
usually mild but still retains its genuine onion flavor. 
Planted at the proper time and thoroughly cured it 
is a good keeper and will ship as well as any other 
shipping onion. To produce larger size they should 
be thinned six to eight inches between plants. Pkt., 
10c; oz., 35c; 34 lb., 90c. 
Michigan Yellow Globe. The bulbs are large and 
uniformly spherical with very small necks and the 
largest diameter below the center of the bulbs, of a 
rich orange color. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c; 34 lb., #1.00. 
Bottle or Jug. Long and narrow, about two inches 
thick; color light and rather faded in appearance. 
Mild flavored. We have the genuine stock. Pkt., 10c; 
oz., 50c; 34 lb., #1.25. 
Southport Red Globe. This is a fine keeper. Large 
size and considered one of the best red onions. Flesh 
is fine grained, very mild and tender. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
30c; 34 lb., 75c. 
Southport White Globe. Bulbs round of good size, 
solid, pure white 6kin, thin and brittle. Good for 
winter storage, also used by market gardeners for 
early bunching. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c; 34 lb., #1.00. 
SOUTHPORT YELLOW 
GLOBE. A large, perfectly 
shaped globe onion and an 
excellent onion for keeping 
throughout the winter. A very 
heavy cropper, handsome in 
appearance and a good dark 
yellow color. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
40c; 34 lb., #1.00. 
JAPANESE OR EBENEZER. 
Used mostly for growing sets, 
and one of the best keeping 
onions on the market. Does 
not run to seed readily. Bulbs 
2 to 3 inches, deep flat in 
shape, deep yellow, very firm 
with thick skin. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
20c; 34 lb., 60c. 
Yellow Flat Danvers. One of 
most popular for growing 
sets. Bulbs 2 to 3 inches, bright 
yellow, flat, good keeper. Pkt., 
10c; oz., 20c; 34 lb., 60c. 
Yellow Dutch or Strasburg. 
Bulbs 3 inches, light yellow, 
flat, with hard white flesh. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 34 lb., 60c. 
Australian Brown. Bulbs 2 
to 3 inches, clear amber 
brown, deep, flat with white 
flesh, flavor very strong. Pkt., 
10c; oz., 20c; 34 lb., 60c. 
Yellow Globe Danvers. 
Bulbs medium large, globe 
shaped, yellow with white 
flesh, firm and hard; good 
keeper. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c; 34 
lb., #1.00. 
Large Red Wethersfield. 
Bulbs 2 to 2J/2 inches, thick, 
flat, deep red, flesh pinkish 
white, very firm. Used ex* 
tensively for growing sets. Our 
stock is exceptionally fine. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; 34 
lb., 75c. 
Prizetaker. Very productive large sized onion espe' 
dally good for fall marketing. Bulbs globe shaped, 
light yellow in color with white flesh of mild flavor. 
For best results plant this variety in beds and trans' 
plant. Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; 34 lb., 90c. 
Ohio Yellow Globe. An early globe onion, small 
neck and very uniform in size and color. Very popu' 
lar in the marsh onion sections of Ohio and Indiana. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c; 34 lb., #1.00. 
WHITE PORTUGAL-AMERICAN SILVERSKIN. 
This is the best sort to sow for onion sets or for 
pickling. When sown thickly for either it makes a 
small, round, hard bulb. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; 34 lb., 
75c. 
Culture. As soon as the soil can be worked in spring and not 
after May 1st, sow onion seed in 12 to IS inch rows, leaving out 
every 10th row as a weed alley, if preferred. One ounce of seed 
plants ISO feet and 4 to 5 pounds plants an acre. Seed should be 
covered firmly one-fourth inch deep. Quantities of manure had best 
be applied in the year before the planting and much commercial 
fertilizer, high in potash, harrowed in immediately before seeding. 
Begin cultivation as soon as the plant can be seen; cultivate fre* 
quently and when convenient thin to a stand of two to four inches 
