T. W. WOOD & SON'S 
SDDDSMEN SINCE 1879 
RICHMOND, VIRaiNIA 
21 
Plant 1 oz. to 100 
feet of row; 5 to 6 lbs. 
to the acre. 
ONION 
Plant in Peb., 
March, April, Angnst 
and September. 
310. Mammoth Silver King pays)— one of the earliest 
“ and largest of Italian onions, 
often growing 5 to 7 inches in diameter; it is not unusual to 
grow them weighing 2 to 3 lbs. each. No other white onion 
grows as large. Attractive shape, flattened, but thick. Skin is 
a clear silvery white; flesh pure white, mild, sweet and tender; 
a combination of earliness, large size, attractive shape and fine, 
mild flavor. Pkt. Sc; oz. ISc; ^ lb. 45c; lb. $1.50; 2^1b. lots $1.35 
per lb.; 5-lb. lots $1.25 per lb.; 10-lb. lots $1.15 per lb., postpaid. 
Prize Taker or 
Spanish Klngf. 
No. 307. Copper King 
Copper Klnf. 
[100 Days] —-Enormous in size, 
single onions having been 
grown weighing four pounds. 
The skin is a reddish color; 
flesh white, very sweet, mild 
and tender. Enormous crops 
may be grown by following the 
transplanting method described 
above; plant early in the seed 
bed, transplant and have big 
onions in August. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 20c; lb. 60c; lb. $1.75; 
2-lb. lots $1.60 per lb.; 5-lb. lots 
$1.50 per lb.; 10-lb. lots $1.40 
per lb., postpaid. 
No. 308. Prize Taker or 
Spanish King LVTge®ard’'^ 
fine flavor, like nearly all 
Spanish onions. The skin is 
rich straw color, the flesh is 
pure white, sweet, mild and 
tender. Ripens up firm and 
hard; a good cropper and al¬ 
ways uniformly globe shaped 
with small neck. The young 
plants can be used as a salad, 
the half grown onions in 
early summer and the ripe 
onions during the remainder 
of the year. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 
Vi lb. 45c; lb. $1.50; 2-lb. lots 
$1.35 per lb.; 5-lb. lots $1.25 
per lb.; lO-lb. lots $1.15 per 
lb., postpaid. 
In Pebmary, March and April plant thickly Inch deep in hot¬ 
beds or plant outside later. When the size of a goose quill trans¬ 
plant 3 to 4 inches apart in 15 to 18-inch rows. Plantings may 
also be made where the onions are to grow, thinning out to stand 
3 to 4 inches apart, but the transplanting method saves seeds, at 
least two weedings, and gives larger yields. KEEP PREE OP 
WEEDS. 
No. 303. Silver Skin or White Portugal PeauUfuf 
white onion of good size, largely used for growing matured onions, 
for sets, for pick¬ 
ling, for bunching in 
the spring and for 
use as a salad when 
young. The flesh 
and skin are pure 
white, very mild 
and sweet. It 
makes a nice, firm, 
hard onion, one that 
will keep. The 
small bulbs make 
as good a pickling 
onion as our AVhite 
Pearl. Pkt. 5c; 
oz. 15c; ^ lb. 50o; 
lb. $1.60; 2-lb. lots 
$1.45 per lb.; 5-lb. 
lots $1.30 per lb.; 
10 -lb. lots $1.10 per 
lb., postpaid. 
Tellow 
Globe 
Danvers. 
Silver Skin or White Portugal. 
No. 302. Yellow Globe Danvers 
[110 Days]. —The best known and 
most largely grown yellow onion for 
spring planting. Medium to large 
size, averaging about 2 inches in 
diameter, uniformly globe - shaped, 
have small necks and 
ripen evenly. The skin 
is light yellow; flesh is 
creamy white, crisp and 
mild in flavor. A fine 
keeper, matures early 
and is universally recom¬ 
mended for general crop. 
Early and even ripening, 
attractive, uniform 
shape, good keeping qual¬ 
ity and mild flavor have 
all combined to make 
Danvers the most popu¬ 
lar yellow onion for 
spring planting. Pkt. 5c; 
oz. 15c; lb. 45c; lb. $1.50; 
2-lb. lots $1.35 per lb.; 5-lb. lots 
$1.25 per lb.; 10-lb. lots $1.15 
per lb., postpaid. 
No. 301. Large Red Wethersfield I'Z 
skin purplish red; flesh purplish white; very hardy and solid; an 
excellent keeper and a heavy cropper. A good onion for poor and 
dry soils. Pkt. 5c; oz. I5c; % oz. 50c; lb. $1.60; 2-lb. lots $1.45 
per lb.; 5-lb. lots $1.30 per lb.; 10-lb. lots $1.10 per lb., postpaid. 
Extra Early White Pearl. 
No. 309. Extra Early 
White Pearl ^ 
est white onion; makes 
good sized pearly white 
bulbs, tender, mild and 
of the best flavor. To 
make early spring on¬ 
ions, sow thickly in 
rows during March or 
early April; put out the 
sets next fall to make 
large onions next 
spring before any other 
kinds are ready. Splen¬ 
did for pickling. Pkt. 
10c; oz. 20c; ^4 lb. 65c; 
lb. $2.25; 2-lb. lots $2.00 
per lb.; 5-lb. lots $1.85 
per lb.; lO-lb. lots $1.75 
per lb., postpaid. 
CUETURE—Plant as early in the spring as the weather will permit 
and continue planting till the middle of Jtine. Plant 14 inch deep 
in a rich, deeply worked, sandy loam, in rows 18 Inches apart, and 
when 2 inches high thin out to 4 to 6 inches apart. Parsnips germi¬ 
nate slowly, especially in dry weather: plant a few radish seeds 
with them to mark the row for early cultivation. Parsnips are im¬ 
proved by frost, so they can be dug as wanted, or stored for wmter 
use. Do not use fresh stable manure on parsnips. An ounce plants 
25 feet of drill; 5 pounds plant an acre. 
317. Sugar or Hollow Crown J^°iety^ mliJnriong!l.moot^^^ 
white roots, uniform in shape, tender and well flavored, ^9’’ 
both table and stock, Pkt. 5c: oz. lOc: H lb, 25o; lb. 75o; 2-l^lO'tB 
65c per lb.; 5-lb. lots 60c per lb.; lO-lb. lots 55c per lb., postpaid. 
