SEED GROWERS 
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ONION 
Culture. As soon as the soil can be worked in spring and not after 
May 1st, sow onion seed in 12 tc 15 inch rows, leaving out every 10th 
row as a weed alley, if preferred. One ounce of seed plants 150 feet and 
4 to 5 pounds plants an acre. Seed should be covered firmly one-fourth 
inch deep. Quantities cf manure had best be applied in the year before 
the planting and much commercial fertilizer, high in potash, harrowed in 
immediately before seeding. llegin cultivation as soon as the plant can 
be seen; cultivate freciuently and when convenient thin to a stand of 
two to four inchs. 
AUSTRALIAN BROWN 110 Days 
Bulbs 2 to 3 inches; clear amber brown, deep, flat with white flesh; flavor 
very strong. 
BOTTLE OR JUG 110 Days 
Long and narrow, about 2 inches thick; color light and rather faded in 
appearance; mild flavored. We have the genuine stock. 
JAPANESE OR EBENEZER 110 Days 
Used mostly for growing sets. One of the best keeping onions on the 
market. Does not run to seed readily. Bulbs 2 to 3 inches, deep flat in 
shape, deep yellow and very firm, with thick skin. 
MOUNTAIN DANVERS 100 Days 
Bulbs three-quarter globe shape, slightly flattened at the base; dark yellow 
and medium early. Productive and of good shipping quality. 
PRIZETAKER 104 Days 
Very productive, large sized onion, especially good for fall marketing. 
Bulbs globe shaped, light yellow in color, with white flesh of mild flavor. 
For best results plant this varict}^ in beds and transplant. 
RIVERSIDE SWEET SPANISH 105 Days 
A large, well shaped onion, weighing from 1 to 3 pounds, unusually mild 
but still retaining its genuine onion flavor. Iflantcd at the proper time 
and thoroughly cured it is a good keener and will ship as well as any 
other shipping onion. To produce larger size they should be thinned 6 
tc^ 8 inches between plants. 
YELLOW DUTCH OR STRASBURG 102 Days 
Used principally for growing onion sets. Bulbs medium sized, pure yel¬ 
low, flat, with fine grained hard flesh, which is white and fairly mild. 
Productive and an excellent keeper. 
YELLOW FLAT DANVERS 102 Days 
One of the most popular for growing sets. Bulbs 2 to 3 inches, bright 
yellow, flat; good keeper. 
YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS 116 Days 
Bulbs medium large, globe shaped, yellow with white flesh, firm and 
hard; good keeper. 
GOLDEN GLOBE — SEMI-BOTTLE ONION 118 Days 
Popular for growing globe-shaped sets of excellent keeping quality; very 
productive. Bulbs strongly oblong-globe, or bottle neck in shape, rich 
golden yellow; firm and hard. 
YELLOW GLOBE, OHIO OR MICHIGAN 112 Days 
P.ulbs medium large, globular, with somewhat flattened bottom; pure yel¬ 
low in color will hard, solid flesh; of excellent keeping quality. 
