SPANISH TYPE ONIONS. 
The mildest, finest flavored and largest onions belong 
to this class. They require a little longer growing season 
than do the American sorts and they are not quite as good 
keepers. For this reason we do not recommend planting 
them in Northern Wisconsin and similar latitudes. In the 
central part of this state, however, they do very well. 
287. EXTRA LARGE RED WETHERSFIELD. 
The onions are a flattened globe in shape with long slender 
tops and dark crimson skin. They grow to a large size 
and yield big crops even under unsatisfactory growing 
conditions. We have a strain selected for extra large type. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; y 4 lb., 65c; lb., $1.90, postpaid. 
PICKLING ONIONS 
302. WHITE BARLETTA. A very early beautiful 
white, small, mild onion. Used exclusively for pickling. 
The skin is very white and exceptionally thin. Pkt., 10c; 
oz., 25c; Vi lb., 80c; lb., $2.50, postpaid. 
303. WHITE QUEEN. Valuable for early market. 
Bulbs small, flat, clear white, firm and mild. Pkt., 10c; 
oz., 25c; i/ 4 lb., 80c; lb., $2.50, postpaid. 
FROST PROOF ONION PLANTS 
Southern Grown Frost 
Proof Onion Plants have been 
giving satisfactory results 
for some years and are well 
out pf the experimental class. 
We sell a carload of these 
each year. They are grown 
by experts and properly 
packed so that they will reach 
the customers in good condi¬ 
tion. The seed is planted in 
the fall in Texas where they 
grow out- of-doors during the 
winter so they are hardy and 
are ready to be planted early. 
One thing sure, you will 
have to hand weed your 
onion patch at least once 
during the season if you 
plant seed. If you use 
plants, either of your own 
growing or our southern 
grown, you can cultivate and 
keep ahead of the weeds. 
Frost Proof Sweet Spanish 
Onion Plants. Prices: (bunch 
about 100 plants), 20c; 2 
bunches, 35c; 5 bunches, 70c; 
10 bunches, $1.20; 20 bunch¬ 
es, $2.25, postpaid. Not pre¬ 
paid, crate of 60 bunches, 
$4.00. 
OLDS' ONION SETS 
We offer choice, dry, select Onion Sets, the best to be 
had. Bottom sets should be planted very early in the 
spring, the earlier the better. A pound will plant a row 
30 feet long, two to three inches apart in the row. 
Egyptian or Winter Sets should be planted in the fall. 
For larger quantities, see page 40. 
YELLOW BOTTOM SETS: Lb., 20c; 2 lbs., 30c; 4 lbs., 
55c postpaid. 
RED BOTTOM SETS: Lb., 20c; 2 lbs., 30c; 4 lbs., 
55c, postpaid. 
WHITE BOTTOM SETS: Lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 40c; 4 lbs., 
75c, postpaid. 
EGYPTIAN or WINTER SETS, for fall delivery only: 
Lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 40c; 4 lbs., 75c, postpaid. By express 
or freight: 10 lbs., $1.10. 
“Last year the hot, dry zveather burned most of my pota¬ 
toes as they came through the ground, but still raised a very 
good crop. I zvill never raise anything but Olds’ White 
Beauty potatoes.” — C. L. Gregory, Ioiva. 
297. PRIZETAKER. Bright straw yellow in color 
and a good globe shape. It grows about three times as 
large as the Danvers, individual onions sometimes weigh¬ 
ing four pounds and over. Very mild, sweet flavor and a 
fair keeper, ripening evenly. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; Vi lb., 
70c; lb., $2.00, postpaid. 
288. AILSA CRAIG. An English strain of Spanish 
onion, much like the Prizetaker, but a considerably better 
keeper. A fine salad kind, mildly pungent, sweet and 
juicy. Yellow skin. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; Vi lk., 75c; lb., 
$2.25, postpaid. 
297i/ 2 . GIGANTIC GIBR ALTER. The largest, 
mildest and sweetest of all onions. Creamy straw-colored 
bulbs, excellent for slicing, never strong, but brittle, juicy 
and with a very pleasant flavor. Late in season. Pkt., 
10c; oz., 20c; y 4 lb., 70c; lb., $2.00, postpaid. 
Sweet Spanish. 
298. SWEET SPANISH. (Mountain Strain.) An 
extremely large, mild and sweet globular-shaped onion and 
very handsome. The flesh is clear, white and tender. 
Under favorable conditions these onions will weigh over 
2 pounds each and when placed on the market will outsell 
the other varieties at much higher prices. The earliest 
Spanish onion. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; Vi lb., 75c; lb., $2.25, 
postpaid. 
GARLIC. 
Garlic comes in bulbs which should be separated 
and planted the same as onion sets and cultivated in the 
same way. Bulbs, Vi lb., 15c; x /2 lb., 25c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 
70c, postpaid. 
CHIVES. 
279. Chives belong in the perennial class of onions. 
Plant the seed the same as onions, but transplant later, 
leaving about six to eight inches between plants. Only 
the tops are used in cooking. A pretty plant in the rock 
garden, with its purple blossoms. Seed: Pkt., 10c; x /<i 
oz., 30c; oz., 50c. Large Clumps: 3 for 50c; 12 for $1.50. 
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Frost Proof Onion Plants. 
