Jerome B. Rice Seed Co., Wholesale Seed Growers, Cambridge, N. Y. 
WHITE VARIETIES 
BERMUDA CRYSTAL WAX (95 days)-—A pure white, flat onion, largely grown 
in Texas for the early Northern market. 
SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE (112 days)—Of the true Southport Globe form 
with a thin, delicate skin of purest paper whiteness; flesh is very crisp, fine¬ 
grained, snowy white in color, and exceedingly mild; usually commands the 
highest price in market. 
WHITE PORTUGAL, or SILVERSKIN (102 days)—A large, flat, white onion of 
mild and pleasant flavor; hard and fine grained. White Portugal is more ex¬ 
tensively grown for sets than any other white variety, and is also largely used 
as a pickier and for bunching. An excellent keeper. 
IMPORTED ONIONS 
WHITE BARLETTA — One of the earliest, handsomest and smallest of the white 
pickling onions; makes a good bunching sort. 
WHITE LISBON — A variety grown largely as a bunching onion. When matured 
the round white bulbs are about three inches in diameter. 
WHITE QUEEN —A rapid growing, small, flat, early white onion; grown exten¬ 
sively for sets, pickling and bunching. 
WHITE WELSH —While it forms no bulbs, it is one of the best for bunching as 
green onions. A very hardy perennial. The white shoots make a rapid growth 
and are ready for market ahead of those from sets. Very mild and delicate 
in flavor. 
ONION SETS 
White Onion Sets Ebenezer, or Japanese Onion Sets 
Red Onion Sets Yellow Onion Sets 
Potato Onions, or Irish Multipliers 
PARSLEY 
CHAMPION MOSS CURLED —-Leaves are a uniform dark green color, very 
finely cut and so closely curled as to resemble bunches of moss; one of the 
most useful and decorative sorts. Fine for bunching. 
FINE DOUBLE CURLED — A standard dwarf variety with deeply cut and finely 
crimped leaves. 
THICK LARGE-ROOTED HAMBURG — HEIMISHE — The edible roots of this 
variety resemble a small, thick parsnip in shape and color, and are extensively 
used for flavoring soups and stews; leaves plain. Roots with tops attached 
have a large sale in Jewish communities. 
PLAIN —The leaves are flat, deeply cut. but not curled, and very dark green 
in color. 
PARSNIP 
GUERNSEY — Our stock of this variety is not quite so long as Hollow Crowned, 
but of greater diameter; clean skinned, with a fine grooved neck. 
HOLLOW CROWNED — LARGE SUGAR —better known and more generally 
grown than any other sort; roots smooth, usually 15 inches long by 3 inches 
in diameter at the top; tender and sugary. 
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