MONARCH SEED AND FEED COMPANY, MEDFORD, OREGON 
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Onions 
CULTURE —For the culture of onions the soil should be of loose, rich texture. Bottom land being pre¬ 
ferred. Sow 2% to 3 pounds per acre of seed. Onions can be planted early in the spring as soon as the 
ground can be worked. Thorough, clean cultivation and thinning during the growing season is necessary. 
EARLY SWEET SPANISH (Riverside Strain) — 
This strain of Sweet Spanish has been 
bred up to keeping quality perfection. 
Originally the Spanish strain of this type 
did not have the keeping quality, hence 
seed breeders set to work to include the 
necessary keeping propensities. Such will 
be found in our Sweet Spanish. This is a 
very sweet and early onion. Most of you 
know it for its extreme high characteris¬ 
tics. Early, mild, excellent keeper, heavy 
yielder. Increasingly popular with the 
market and home gardener. Large, yel¬ 
low, globular, flesh white, very sweet and 
of pleasing flavor. Desirable for shipping. 
Our seed comes from the most reliable 
source and you’ll find ours, True-to-type 
stock. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; } A lb. 75c; lb. 
$2.50. 
YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS—One of the most 
extensively used main crop yellow onions 
for the home garden. Here’s what our 
grower says about our seed: “Our selec¬ 
tion and breeding have developed a strain 
which has the early ripening habit and 
small neck of the original Danvers and 
yet is more globular and prolific than the 
parent type. The bulbs are medium to 
large sized, uniformly globe shaped and 
white fleshed, with a crispness and an ex¬ 
cellent mild flavor. Highly recommended.” 
Could you ask for more in an onion? Pkt. 
10c; oz. 25c; 'A lb. 75c; lb. $2.50. 
PRIZETAKER—The most widely grown of the 
yellow types. Enormously productive, 
widely grown for shipping. Bulbs large, 
globular; skin thin, glossy and of a lighter 
shade of yellow than Danvers; flesh coarse 
but mild and sweet. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; V 4 
lb. 75c; lb. $2.50. 
SILVERSKIN or WHITE PORTUGAL—The most 
popular white onion for either pickling or 
for dry, mature bulbs and for bunching 
onions from seed. Bulbs of medium size; 
flat but fairly deep; pure white; flesh fine 
grained, firm and hard. A splendid keeper. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 'A lb. 75c; lb. $2.50. 
Onion Plants 
Onion plants afford the opportunity of rais¬ 
ing White Bermuda (the onion termed “as 
sweet as an apple”) in your own garden. 
Two dollars worth of plants will give you 8 
to 10 bushels of dry onions for your table or 
market. See illustration and write-up on in¬ 
side back cover. 
Crystal White Wax 
CRYSTAL WHITE WAX—A most attractive 
onion. An off-spring of White Bermuda. 
Pure white in color, being waxy in ap¬ 
pearance. Largely grown for the market 
but highly recommended to the home gar¬ 
dener. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; V 4 lb. 75c lb. 
$2.50. 
Onion Sets 
For the earliest green onions use onion 
sets, planting them about 2 inches apart in 
the row. Dry onions can be grown from 
sets, but it will be found much less expen¬ 
sive if grown from seed. We can furnish 
Yellow Strassburg sets at 30c per quart 
postpaid; 5 quarts, $1.25; 10 quarts and up, 
20 c per quart, postpaid. 
Note —We cannot supply Sweet Spanish 
onion sets. 
Special prices to market gardeners. Send your list to us for prices. 
