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Onions Are One of Michigan's Main Crops 
Choice Onion Seed 
Growers Special Yellow Globe, “Brigham Strain ” 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS. One ounce to 100 feet of 
drill; about four pounds to the acre. Onions for the market 
are generally grown on muck land in Michigan, but may be 
grown for home use on any rich, loamy soil. They appreciate 
plenty of fertilizer on muck ; the market growers apply heavily 
about a 2-8-16 fertilizer. Drill in rows about a foot apart. 
Growers Special Yellow Globe “BRIGHAM STRAIN” 
110 days. The seed stock for this fine strain of Onion 
seed is grown under our own supervision. The bulbs 
used are very carefully selected to insure our users 
that this variety is pure. Bulbs are selected for type 
and quality, and produce larger Onions with a vigor¬ 
ous growth. Onions grown from our seed stock are 
very good keepers and shippers. There is a big de¬ 
mand for this seed in the Onion growing sections. 
Oz., 20c; % lb., 60c; 1 lb., S2.00, postpaid. 
★Southport Yellow Globe 
110 days. This Onion is 
our yellow market variety. 
It is the most uniform as to size, the moist produc¬ 
tive, the best keeping and the handsomest yellow¬ 
skinned Globe variety we have ever known. It has 
taken years of patient effort to bring it to its present 
perfection, and to keep up the standard of excellence 
requires extreme care in the selection of bulbs to 
set out for seeding. We supply Onion growers every¬ 
where. Oz., 15c; % lb., 50c; 1 lb., $1.75, postpaid. 
Southport While ClcbeJ“ t <i ?Si 0 S , Sf 0 b t Pe w 1 S !°£iS 
delicate skin of pure paper whiteness, but two weeks 
earlier and exceedingly mild. It usually commands the 
highest price on the market. Oz., 15c; % lb-, 50c; 
1 lb., $1.75, postpaid. 
<vu;pot Ananich Growers Strain. The largest yielder 
DWcei opdlllMl of the yellow Onions, averaging 3 to 4 
inches in diameter. The best and not susceptible to 
the attack of thrip. Good keeper and shipper. Oz., 20c; 
*/4 lb., 60c; 1 lb., $2.00, posptaid. 
★Southport Red Globe s ™U h Zt“ 0 .S' 
purplish red. A good keeper. Oz., 15c; y± lb., 50c; 
1 lb., $1.75, postpaid. 
Southport Yellow Globe 
Burrill’s Strain Sweet Spanish 
Burrill’s Strain 
Sweet Spanish £ h , e , Y * r Z b ® st of J tbe Spanish Onions. 
r hull globe-shaped, deep bronze in col¬ 
or, large size and vigorous tops. This variety is well 
bred and is similar to the Sweet Spanish Growers’ 
Strain, but has a much heavier and stronger skin, 
making it superior for shipping in crates as well as 
50-lb. bags. We recommend this to be the outstand¬ 
ing type of Spanish Onions. Oz., 25c; % lb., 90c; 
1 lb., $3.25, postpaid. 
