GURNEY’S ONIONS for Profit 
1 Ounce for 200 Feet of Row; 4 Pounds Seed per Acre 
ONION SEED PRICES ARE LOWER AT GURNEY’S 
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CULTURE: Plant onion seed just 
as early as you can work the ground 
in the spring. Make a good firm seed 
bed and plant the seed % inch deep, 
the rows about 16 inches apart. Cul¬ 
tivate shallow and often. Get the 
weeds while they are small. 
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You cannot plant a crop on your farm that will produce more 
dollars per acre than an acre of onions. Yields will run from 300 
to 1000 bushels per acre depending on the season and care. 
Onions sell from 50c to $1.50 per bushel. Figure the cost of pro¬ 
duction as high as you please and still you could not come within a 
mile of the gross profit with any other crop. 
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Health Value of 
Fresh Onions 
Calories per lb. 220 
Vitamins A, B, C, G. 
Proteins 1.6% 
Carbohydrates 9.9% 
Fats .3% 
Calcium .034% 
Iron .00048% 
YELLOW ONIONS 
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• RIVERSIDE SWEET 
SPANISH 
This is absolutely the largest and 
mildest onion that can be grown 
from seed in the noi'th. Single 
onions have been grown that 
weighed over four pounds. These 
enormous onions are a beautiful 
golden yellow, perfect globe shape 
and the very sweetest and mildest 
onions you have ever tasted. Yields 
from 500 to 1000 bushels per acre 
are not uncommon. 
At the meeting of the South 
Dakota Horticultural Society, the 
Yellow Sweet Spanish Onion was 
highly recommended, outyielding 
all other onions. 
The mild flavor and fine appear¬ 
ance make them salable at the 
highest market price. 
Pkt., 6c; oz., 20c; Vi lb., 65c; 1 
lb., $1.65; 4 lbs., $6.00 Postpaid. 
• PRIZETAKER 
(110 days to maturity)—This is 
the largest of the American onions, 
the most handsome; and mildest in 
flavor. Our seed stock of this onion 
is pure American grown and pro¬ 
duces the largest and handsomest onion we have 
ever seen, many of the bulbs weighing as high 
as 3 lbs. each. Skin rich golden color, and so 
mild and sweet it can be eaten raw like an apple. 
This onion is a reasonably good keeper, but should 
be disposed of by January 1st. We strongly urge 
the planting of a reasonable acreage of this 
variety, as it will certainly prove profitable. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; % lb., 60c; 1 lb., $1.60; 
4 lbs., $5.75 Postpaid. 
O SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE 
(110 days to maturity)—The true Southport 
Yellow Globe is particularly valuable for winter 
market. It is a more perfect globe than the 
Yellow Globe Danvers and a better keeper. The 
onions are similar in size and form to the South- 
port Red Globe, but have a pale straw yellow 
skin, mild flavor and a heavy cropper. Owing to 
its handsome appearance and delightful flavor it 
sells readily on all markets. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; % lb., 65c; 1 lb., $1.65; 4 
lbs., $6.00 Postpaid. 
RED ONIONS 
• SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE 
(110 days to maturity)—We consider this the 
most profitable of the onions for planting in the 
north. Brings the best price on the market of 
any of the red onions. Its large size, dark, glossy 
red color and the fact that it is one of the best 
keepers makes it very desirable. We would 
advise that you make the bulk of your planting 
Southport Red Globes. This variety has given as 
high as 900 bushels per acre, and is the leading 
market onion in the north. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; 
Vi lb., 60c; 1 lb., $1.60; 4 lbs., $5.75 Postpaid. 
WHITE ONIONS 
• SOUTHPORT LARGE 
WHITE GLOBE 
(110 days to maturity)—This is 
the best all-purpose white onion in 
cultivation; it is large, a perfect 
globe, silvery white and the very 
best keeper, and excellent quality. 
In growing onions we advise that 
you put in a part of your acreage 
of this large White Globe, as there 
is always a demand for a reason¬ 
able amount of them at a better 
price than you could get for other 
onions. On account of their mild 
flavor they are particularly valu¬ 
able for green onions for bunches. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c; Vi lb., 70c; 
1 lb., $2.00; 4 lbs., $7.00 Postpaid. 
The Sunshine Grocer at W.N.A.X. with a basket of Dakota Red Globe 
• HE-SHI-KO 
New Japanese Bunching 
Onion.—This is the very best of 
the bunching onions. The long 
thick, pure white stalks keep their 
sweetness and mild flavor even if 
left in the ground until fall. They 
are tender and crisp at all times. 
A bed of these will supply you with 
delicious green onions seven months 
of the year. Pkt., 8c; oz., 25c; 
i/ 4 lb., 75c; 1 lb., $2.35. 
• GURNEY’S DAKOTA RED GLOBE 
The parentage of this onion is strictly South- 
port Red Globe, but has been grown in Dakota 
for a number of years, and by careful selection of 
the bulbs we have produced an onion that is 
very uniform in size, very dark red in color, a 
perfect globe, and quite a bit earlier than any 
other globe onion. We consider this one of the 
most profitable onions for the people of the 
Northwest to plant. The seed will cost you a 
little more money than the others, but a few 
cents per acre are more than made up by the 
results in the fall. Pkt., 7c; oz., 25c; V4 lb., 75c; 
V 2 lb., $1.25; 1 lb., $2.25; 4lbs., $8.00. Postpaid. 
• LARGE RED WETHERSFIELD 
(100 days to maturity.) One of the old stand¬ 
ard varieties and a favorite onion especially in 
the West, where immense crops are grown for 
shipment. Large size, skin deep purplish red, 
form round, somewhat flat, flesh purplish white, 
moderately fine grained, and stronger in flavor 
than most other kinds. Very productive, best 
keeper, it is the best of any variety on poor or 
dry soil. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; V4 lb., 60c; 1 lb., 
$1.65; 4 lbs., $6.00 Postpaid. 
. An Onion Bulletin 
With Each V4-Lb. Order 
So that you may grow as successfully 
as expert growers, we will enclose with 
each order of lb. and up, our Onion 
Bulletin, giving complete instructions 
for preparing the seed bed, planting, 
growing, harvesting and marketing. 
• WHITE WELCH 
BUNCHING ONION 
(90 days to maturity) — For early green onions, 
the seed of this onion may be treated as any , 
onion seed, making one-third the expense and 
trouble of planting top sets and producing more 
green onions. The flavor is the sweetest of all 
onions. The plant is perennial and may be left 
in the ground for years with but slight protec¬ 
tion. Maximum results, however, are obtained 
by treating as an annual; sow in the spring or 1 
fall. Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c; V* lb., 75c; 1 lb., $2.10. 
LEEK 
September Giant—This wonderful new Leek 
is the largest and best of the Leek family. The 
giant white stalks are often 12 inches long and 
from 2 to 3 inches in diameter. 
This splendid quality, giant white Leek is very 
mild and tender, and is better than onions in 
salads and for flavoring soups. Pkt., 5c; oz., 
25c; >/ 4 lb., 70c; 1 lb., $2.25. 
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Plant as many onions as you can 
take care of. Your profits will take 
care of you. 
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The House of Gurney, Dear Sirs: 
This spring I joined your big contest by 
buying $2.00 worth of garden seeds. I won 
the $2.00 back, so my seeds cost me nothing. 
These seeds grew fine and produced the 
best garden we ever had. For my project in 
4-H Club work, I took gardening, and I won 
first premium on my complete exhibit at our 
County Fair. 
This I owe to the fine Quality of Gurney’s 
seeds, and I thank The House of Gurney for 
their wonderful seed offer. Yours very truly, 
Dick Fitzsimons, Argyle, Minn. 
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An acre of onions may produce enough to buy a nev/ car 
