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ONION— ( Continued ) 
White Varieties 
Chives or Snittlauch 
A hardly perennial of the onion family. 
Fine leaves are used in salads or for flavor¬ 
ing soups and stews. The plant is very dec¬ 
orative when allowed to bloom. Reaches full 
production in three years after planting 
from seed. 
Crystal White Wax 
A half globe sort, waxy, pure white and of 
extremely mild flavor. The earliest of the 
White Bermuda types. A very attractive and 
popular onion both for sets and for the 
table. Extensively planted in the South but 
does well, also, in the North. 
Mammoth Silver King 
A very large, silvery white onion with de¬ 
licious extra mild flavor. Attractive bulbs, 
flattened but thick. Frequently grow 5 to 71^ 
in. in diameter. A good keeper. 
N. K. & Co.’s Minnesota White Globe 
A special selection of Southport White 
Globe. 
Southport White Globe 
The standard, producing good size bulbs, 
pure white in color. On account of its at¬ 
tractive appearance, this onion brings top 
prices on the markets. Flesh of delicious 
flavor. A fine keeper. Bulbs globe shaped. 
White Barletta 
An extra early pickling onion. Pure white, 
about 1 in. in diameter, flattened on top. A 
good keeper. A splendid white pickling va¬ 
riety. 
Onions (White) He-Shi-Ko or 
Japanese Long White Bunching 
A variety of onions used for green bunch¬ 
ing. They do not form bulbs. The plants are 
hardy and can be wintered over. Plants grow 
stiff and upright, the bleached portion is 
often 6 in. long and 14 to % in. in diameter. 
White Lisbon 
A large round, fine white onion of excel¬ 
lent quality. An exceptionally early variety, 
generally used for bunching. 
White Portugal or American Silver Skin 
A white onion used widely for sets, pick- 
White Globe Onion 
ling onions, mature bulbs and bunching 
onions. Mecfium size, flat, deep, pure white 
bulbs with white fine grained flesh. 
White Queen 
A fine, early maturing, pickling onion. 
Bulbs somewhat flat, 1 to 114 in. in diam¬ 
eter, pure white, very delicate in flavor. A 
popular variety with market gardeners who 
plant it largely for bunching onions. 
White Sweet Spanish 
A selection from the Sweet Spanish for 
white color. This strain always throws a few 
off colors. It has the same general char¬ 
acteristics as Sweet Spanish and is popular 
in the West and Rocky Mountain states. 
White Welsh 
A very hardy, perennial variety which is 
used only for bunching or for early green 
onions. It forms no bulbs. May be sown in 
late Summer or Fall and the shoots will, in 
the Spring, attain marketable size before 
green onions from sets are offered. 
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