Onion Plants 
An Easy Way to Raise Onions 
RIVERSIDE SWEET SPANISH. (Yellow.) Planted in the spring 
these plants will produce large Spanish onions with very little labor. 
When set out in the early spring, large handsome onions are produced 
within 8 to 10 weeks. These onions will grow in any good garden soil 
and will keep a long time. Set the plants 3 to 4 inches apart in rows 
15 to 18 inches apart. 
CRYSTAL (WHITE) WAX. Usually planted to grow early green onions, 
although the mature bulb is large Hat, pure white and of superb flavor, 
making an excellent boiling or slicing onion for fall use. 
Price of either variety: These plants are sold in bunches of about 100 
plants. Not less than one bunch of a single variety sold. Single bunch 
35c; 2 bunches 50c; 5 bunches $1.00 transportation paid. Prices on larger 
lots will be sent on application. 
We can supply onion plants beween April 25th and May 15th only. 
Orders will be taken at any time for shipment between these dates. 
Please specify when you want the plants sent. 
Riverside Sweet Spanish Onions 
(These bunches contain about 100 plants) 
Perkins Long Pod Okra 
The young pods are used for "gumbo" soups. 
Ocher (Ger.) OKRA or Gumbo Ocra (It.) 
A packet of seed will sow 15 feet of row; an ounce 50 feet. 
Used for thickening and flavoring soup. The pods contain a large amount of gum, which imparts 
a thickness and softness as well as flavor to the soup. It is also used as a vegetable. The pods 
should be picked before the seeds are developed. Directions for use can be found in any good cook 
book. Sow in the open ground when the ground is thoroughly warm, in this latitude about the 
first of June and not later than July 1st. Sow in rows 2)^ feet apart and thin the plants to 15 
inches apart. 
PERKINS LONG POD. This is the best variety and the kind used exclusively by the soup 
canners, as the pods are of finest quality. The plant is tall and very prolific. The pods are 5 to 6 
in. long, deep green color and somewhat ribbed or corrugated. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; ]/i Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c. 
Peanuts 
Peanuts can be successfully grown in the North on warm, sandy soil 
southern exposure. South of Pennsylvania they can be grown on any 
Plant the same time as corn, in rows 2)^ ft. apart. Drop the shelled 
nuts 8 to 10 in. apart, cover 1 in. deep. When the plants are nearly full 
grown throw earth up to them. This will cause the nuts to form. 
EARLY SPANISH. The Earliest Kind. These are not large pea¬ 
nuts but are the earliest variety and very prolific. This is decid¬ 
edly the best kind for planting in the North. 
Lb. 25c; Lb. 40c; 5 Lbs. or more 35c per Lb. 
in a sheltered place with a 
good light soil. 
Pastinake (Ger.) 
PARSNIPS 
Pastinaca (It.) 
A packet of seed will soiv about 25 feet of row; an ounce 150 feet. 
This fine vegetable should be in every home garden. A few rows will supply the needs of a family. The roots can be dug and stored in 
outdoors or in moist dirt in a cool cellar and will supply a welcome addi¬ 
tion to the winter vegetables. Try some “French fried” parsnips, they 
are delicious. Sow seed in May in rows 2 feet apart in finely pulverized 
soil and cover the seed only y% in. deep. Thin the plants to 4 inches apart. 
a pit 
The Smoothest and Whitest Parsnip. 
These parsnips are medium length, very 
HARRIS MODEL. 
smooth, and remarkably free from small roots or prongs. Harris’ 
Model have a well deserved repulation of being whiter than any other 
parsnips. This and their smoothness make them very attractive for the 
home garden and more saleable in the market. Our seed is of our own 
growing from transplanted and carefully selected roots. You will find 
these very superior parsnips. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 20c; Lb. 45c; Lb. $1.40. 
Long Hollow Crown. Long, smooth and straight, and of good quality. 
We have a fine strain of this popular variety. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; Lb. 30c; Lb. 85c. 
Make Full U se of Your Garden 
An astonishing amount of vegetables can be grown on small 
plots of ground by intercropping and planting succession crops. 
Quick growing vegetables such as radishes, leaf lettuce, spinach, 
green onions from sets or plants, etc., can be planted between 
peas, beans, tomatoes and corn, etc., which require wider rows. 
Plan to follow the early crops with vegetables for fall and winter 
use, such as head lettuce, spinach, kohl rabi, turnips and others. 
Many combinations can be worked out to give you vegetables 
throughout the season. 
Harris* 
Model 
Parsnips 
Noted for their uni¬ 
form shape and smooth 
white skin. 
HARRIS’ SEEDS — 1 938 
JOSEPH HARRIS CO., Inc., COLDWATER, N. Y. 
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