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Jerome B. Rice Seed Co. 
PERKINS’ MAMMOTH—LONG GREEN— Very early and productive; 
plant 3 feet high; pods bright green, 73^ inches long, straight, slender, 
pointed and slightly corrugated. 
WHITE VELVET— Plants 33i> feet high; pods whitish-green, 7 inches long, 
slightly curved and pointed, smooth and tender. Early and productive. 
Onion 
Where days are given, time is measured from planting of seed 
to marketable bulbs 
CULTURE —The Onion requires an abundant supply of moisture at all times 
and thrives best on a deep fertile loamy soil. The seed may be sown as early 
in the spring as the soil may be worked in drills 15 to 18 inches apart, the 
young plants later being thinned to stand 1 inch apart in the row. The crop 
should be well cultivated at all times with a wheel hoe, or other suitable tool. 
The rows should be hand seeded, for it is very important that the soil be kept 
clean at all times. 
1 ounce will plant 200 feet of drill; f pounds in drills for an acre. 
For sets from 50 to 60 lbs. should be sown to the acre, 
according'to richness of the soil. 
