Vegetable Seeds 57 
Onion Seed 
Prizetaker and Bed Wethersfield 
DO YOU LIKE ONIONS? There is no reason why you cannot grow plenty for 
early bunching as green onions and the big bulbs for cooking in fall and winter also. 
A small space will yield lots of onions and they are easy to grow. The first requisite 
is good seed, and the second, early sowing. Get your onion seed in as soon as the 
soil is workable. 
CULTURE —Onion seed should be sown as early in the spring as the ground can be 
worked as they willstand considerable cold weather. Cover in rows H to Hindi deep, 
the rows 12 to 16 inches apart. Thin the young plants to stand about 2 inches 
apart or more, depending on the variety and the richness of the soil. Onions like a 
rich moist loam and will develop more and larger bulbs per foot on that kind of soil. 
QUANTITY OF SEED. One ounce should sow a 150 ft. row, 4 to 5 lbs. per acre. 
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Yellow Varieties 
3913 Sweet Spanish or Valencia 
A variety that will grow immense bulbs in your 
own garden as tender and sweet as the Spanish 
Onions that are imported for you. This new onion 
is globe shaped with light yellow skin and pure 
white flesh, mild and sweet. A much better keeper 
than the original Spanish types. From seed plant¬ 
ed directly outdoors you can grow bulbs of great 
size. You can also start the seed inside in flats. 
They transplant very easily. Pkt. 5c; oz. 
35c; 54 lb. $1.00. 
3914 Pr'i-w A splendid large growing 
rriZetaKer variety for fall markets 
or home use. With favorable conditions they 
be grown from seed to weigh two pounds or more. 
Handsome straw-yellow skin, resembling the impor¬ 
ted Spanish Onion. The flesh is mild and tender. Pkt. 
5c; oz. 35c; 54 lb. $1.00. 
3924 Ebenezer or Japanese 4 n riety cell foJ 
producing sets, exceptional keeping quality. The bulbs 
are deep but flattened and of medium size. Dark yellow 
skin, with firm flesh. Pkt. 5c; oz.30c; 54 lb.$i.OO. 
3927 Yellow Dutch or Strasburg 
grown onions are bright yellow bulbs, somewhat 
flattened, with mild, sweet flesh and fine keeping 
qualities. A most popular variety for growing yellow 
onion sets. Pkt. 5c; oz. 30c; 54 lb. 85c. 
Th ree Splendid Yellow Globe 
3918 Yellow Globe Danvers 
is very extensively grown for market, in the great 
onion growing sections. The bulbs are flattened, globe- 
shaped, of good size, and bright straw-yellow in color. 
Flesh is white, tinged yellow. Slightly earlier than 
Southport. Pkt. 8c; oz. 4©c; 54 lb. $1.25. 
3922 Ohio Yellow Globe so named be¬ 
cause it helped to make sections of Ohio famous for 
Onions. It is almost perfect globe sometimes slightly 
oblong in upper half and flattish at the bottom. The 
color is a pure deep yellow. Has firm hard flesh and 
excellent keeping qualities. This type is popular all 
over the country. It is identical with Michigan Yellow 
Globe. A trifle later than Danvers. Pkt. 8c; oz. 4©c; 
54 lb. $1.25. 
3923 Southport Yellow Globe Client 
late or main crop variety similar in size and shape to the 
other Southports, but with bulbs of rich yellow. Flesh 
is white, of mild flavor and of very fine keeping quality. 
A very heavy producer of fine handsome bulbs. Pkt. 
lOc; oz. 45c; 54 lb. $1.35. 
Southport Globe Onions 
The Southport Onions are excellent and dependable 
general purpose onions for the home or market 
garden. They are all of fine appearance, excellent 
quality and especially good keeping varieties. 
Southport Bed Globe 
Red Varieties 
3916 Red Wethersfield variety for winter 
markets. The skin is deep purplish red; flesh white, 
sometimes slightly tinged pink; mild and sweet. Pkt. 
5c; oz. 35c; 54 lb. $1.00. 
3915 Southport Red Globe L£ eau K 
Onion for fall and winter markets, being an excellent 
keeper. Medium size, globe-shaped, slightly oblong, 
deep purplish red in color. Pkt. 5c; oz. 35c; 54 lb. 
$ 1 . 00 . 
3917 Southport White Globe 
The most attractive white onion grown. Perfect 
globe shaped, and clear, transparent skin; flesh 
crisp, fine grained and mild in flavor. Pkt. lOc; 
oz. 45c; 541b. $1.35. 
3921 White Portugal Of medium size, 
flattened and pure white and the most widely 
planted of the white varieties. Flesh fine grain¬ 
ed, firm and_harcL and long keeping L Much plant- 
i. 35c; 
ed for sets, Pkt. 5c; oz. 
54 lb. $1 
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3925 WU:** Wolck The best variety in all 
tt mus TV isian respects for early green 
Onions for bunching or home use, forming fine long 
white onions of excellent quality and of fine appearance 
when bunched, but forming no bulb. Pkt. 5c; oz. 
30c; 54 lb. 85c. 
3929 Extra Early White Barletta 
One of the earliest. Largely grown for pickling but also 
makes a good bunching onion. Bulbs small, almost 
round at pickling stage, becoming slightly flattened as 
they mature. Flesh white, mild and sweet. Skin silvery 
v^hite. Pkt. 5c; oz. 35c; 54 lb. $1.00. 
Onions For Sets 
For those who wish to grow their own onion sets 
from seed, we would recommend the following va¬ 
rieties: Yellow Dutch or Strasburg, which produces, 
quickly, sets of exceptional uniformity. Ebenezer 
or Japanese, for smaller yellow sets or Yellow 
Globe Danvers. 
Yellow Globe Danvers 
Okra or Gumbo 
A very easily grown vegetable that 
produces a large crop of fine healthful 
food. Okra needs a rich well drained 
soil to give the best results. Sow 
when apple trees are in bloom and 
thin to 10 to 12 inches apart. Okra is 
excellent either stewed or fried and 
when used for Gumbo soup is very 
delicious. An ounce of seed will sow 
100 feet. 
3933 White Velvet ?*£ 
slender, white, fleshy pods, which 
may be cooked like Asparagus or 
cut up into soups, stews, catsup, etc. 
The pods are in the best condition if 
used when 2 to 3 inches long. Pkt. 
5c; oz. 12c; 54 lb. 25c; lb. 70c. 
Okra 
Parsley 
CULTURE —Parsley seed is slow to germinate and soaking a day before sowing will 
hasten growth. Cover only J4 inch deep and do not let the soil crust over the surface. 
Thin the plants to stand 4 to 6 inches apart, and you can start cutting the leaves as 
soon as they are sizable. Make several sowings of Parsley seed to have a continual 
supply of fresh leaves. 
QUANTITY OF SEED. One ounce should sow a 150 ft. row. Our standard packets 
will contain H to 54 ounce of seed. 
Parsnip 
CULTURE —Parsnips are easily grown though the seed is slow to germinate. The 
soil should be worked fine and the seed covered not more than H inch. Keep the 
surface moist to prevent the soil crusting over the seed. It is a good thing to sow a 
little radish seed right in with the parsnip. These come up quickly breaking the soil 
and marking the row so that cultivating may begin. Thin out to stand 3 inches apart. 
QUANTITY OF SEED. One ounce should sow a 150 ft. row, 5 to 6 lbs. an acre. 
Lincoln Green Psrsley aginable. The seed has been very care¬ 
fully selected from exhibition plants. For an extra fine curled Parsley you should 
choose Lincoln Green. The plants are compact. Pkt. 8c; oz. 15c; 54 lb 45c. 
3937 RA... f,,,The standard curled leaf variety for 
V.ndmpiOn IVlOSS \.ur!ecl garnishing soups or stews. Our strain 
is extra nice fine curled. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; 54 lb. 30c; lb. $1. OO. 
3939 Dl^in I The leaves are flat 
l Idin Leaved and deeply cut, but 
not curled, and of deep green color. Used for 
flavoring and drying. The plant is very hardy. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. lOc; 54 lb. 30c. 
3938 T _• D_ J _I Forms an edible 
I Urnip KOOted root resembling 
a small parsnip, which is used in flavoring soups, 
etc. The foliage is like the plain parsley. Pkt. 5c; 
oz. 12c; '4 lb. 35c. _ 
3944 I C Improved Hollow Crown or Guernsey. An improved 
Large ougar strain of the well known Hollow Crown. Roots are not as 
long but of greater diameter. Very productive. Large white roots, tender and sweet. 
Generally considered the best. Then why should we confuse the buyer by listing 3 or 
4 other varieties. Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; 
541b. 35c; lb. $1.00. 
3945 Short Thick 
with short thick roots, only 6 to 8 
inches long in the thickened part. 
Desirable for shallow soil and easy to 
pull. Flesh tender and sweet. Pkt. 
8c; oz. 1 5c; 54 lb. 45c. 
Parsley, Lincoln Green 
3946 Paramount Parsley All-America 1936 
Exceptional new Parsley, deep green, extra triple and finely curled. Pure strain 
selected for its dark green color and uniformity. Also offered on Novelty Page 
Pkt. lOc; oz. 20c; 54 lb. 50c. 
1937 Vegetable 
Novelties 
See Page 48 
Large Sugar Parsnips 
The Templin-Bradley Co., Nationwide Seedsmen and Nurserymen, Cleveland, Ohio 
