GIANT SPANISH ONION "LEVANT” 
Shown in Colors on the Opposite Page 
THE LARGEST, HANDSOMEST AND MILDEST ONION IN THE WORLD 
Hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of Onions are imported annually 
into our larger cities from Spain. For the past few years a highly improved 
type has been coming from Denia, Gandia, Montril, Valencia, etc., these 
Onions being known by the names of the districts in which they were grown 
and they are also called Colombo, Tolosa, and “Levant” Onions. All, how¬ 
ever, are practically the same, any slight variation being due to the environ¬ 
ment in which they are grown. To avoid confusion we have decided on 
“Levant” as an appropriate and broader variety title. 
The increasing demand in America for these imported “Levant” Onions is 
due to distinctive merits, viz: — phenomenally large size, handsome appearance, 
sparkling white flesh of fine texture, delicate tenderness and mild flavor. 
Some of the United States Agricultural Experiment Stations — evidently 
desiring to keep our American Onion money at home—have proven that as 
large, as fine and merchantable “Levant” Onions can be produced in some 
sections of this country as in Spain. Conditions for their best development 
seem, so far, to be in locations having a very warm, long season, deep rich, 
well tilled soil, where water in abundance can be applied when needed. 
Given these requisites and seedlings transplanted far enough apart, at least 
12 to 15 inches, so the roots will have ample feeding ground, great crops of 
ideal “Levant” Onions are produced, bulbs that wfill measure 4 to 5H inches 
in diameter and weigh up to 234 lbs. each, equal in every respect to the im¬ 
ported. The one shown in colors on the opposite page was grown at our trial 
grounds and painted from nature natural size. 
Levant Onions may be grown in any locality where Onions will grow and although they may not always attain their maximum possibil¬ 
ity in size, yet they will make big Onions quicker than American varieties and also surpass all others as a summer and fall Onion. (They 
are not winter keepers. ) For home use they may be pulled during any period of growth and will be found mild and tender for any use. 
An abbreviated description of the “Levant” Onion is:—bulbs extremely large, almost globular in shape, neck and root disc small and fine 
skin coat light yellow, interior fine grained and mild, foliage distinctive, deep green with a glossy surface, rendering these Onions practically 
immune from fungoid diseases. Price, 15c. per pkt.; 4 pkts. for 50c. 
EARLY MARKET CABBAGE SHOWN^W^COLORS^ON THE 
This Danish production is highly praised by all who grew it last 
season. It represents the highest achievement in Cabbage breeding, 
and is the very best early round-headed Cabbage grown. 
In uniformity to type and evenness in early maturing it is a marvel. 
Every row and every head in a row look as nearly alike as if all had 
been turned out of a mold. Its evenness in maturing will in itself 
prove a recommendation to those who grow for market, as they 
will be able to clear off the ground at one cutting, which is impor¬ 
tant when a second crop is to be put in. 
One of our customers — on a wager that he could cut and pack 10 
baskets of this Cabbage in 10 minutes, all marketable heads — ac¬ 
tually did it in seven minutes, which shows the marvelous uniformity 
of a crop of Early Market Cabbage. 
The plants are of compact, stocky growth, short-stemmed with 
small in-folding outer leaves enclosing large solid ball-shaped heads 
which average eight to ten pounds in weight, and are of the very 
finest quality, smooth with fine veins and small core. 
Early Market Cabbage is but three or four days later than our 
Early Wakefield. Can be planted close (21 inches apart) and will 
yield a greater crop per acre than any other early Cabbage. 
This Cabbage has a great future. For home use its remarkably 
fine quality and tenderness whether cooked or sliced for slaw or 
salad will win friends wherever tried, while for marketing its hand¬ 
some, salable appearance will cause it to be in great demand. 
Price, 15c. per pkt.; 4 pkts. for 50c. 
HENDERSON’S " EASY - BLANCHING ” EARLY WINTER CELERY 
The Earliest Green or Keeping Variety and the Most Easily Blanched The Needed "Fill Gap” Between Fall and Winter Celeries 
This .splendid, New Early Winter Celery blanches easily between 
the early fall varieties and the late winter keepers. It therefore 
fills the long-needed gap between the two classes, being in prime 
condition for use immediately after the Golden Self-Blanching 
type and before Winter Queen, Giant Pascal, etc., are ready. The 
plants are of robust growth, sturdy, upright, and compact, so they 
may be grown almost as close as early Celeries. The heart stalks 
are very broad, thick, and solid, free from pithiness, small-ribbed, 
stringless, and when blanched are purest ivory-white, tender, crisp, 
and o( surpassing quality and flavor. The unblanched natural 
coloring of the plant throughout is of a lighter green than later 
winter Celeries and although it equals the latter class in hardiness yet 
it is almost as easily and quickly blanched as the early Self-Blanching 
varieties. Even the simple methods of drain pipe tubes, paper 
collars or boards leaned against the row—both sides—to exclude the 
light, are almost as effective as earthing up. The boarding method 
of blanching is used by some gardeners in the South to whom we 
sent seed for trial, and these gentlemen praise the variety highly. 
For home use in the North this Celery, for keeping and blanching 
should be trenched before severe freezing weather, the same as 
late winter keeping varieties, or if more convenient the following 
method as advised by the late Peter Henderson in his book “Garden¬ 
ing for Pleasure” may be resorted to, viz.: “Store the Celery in 
narrow boxes not quite the height of the plants. A few inches of 
damp soil or sand is placed in the bottom; pack the Celery in up¬ 
right with roots in contact with the sand; pack moderately tight to 
exclude the air so the Celery will not wilt. The moist sand at the 
roots will sustain it.” Thus packed and the boxes placed in a cool 
cellar this new Celery will blanch and be fit to use in four to five weeks. 
Price, 20c. per pkt.; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
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