H. F. Hertzog, Largest Seed House in Reading 
ONIONS 
CULTURE — Large Onions from Seed — To 
grow large onions from seed the first year, plant 
Yt inch deep in January or February in hot-bed 
or in the open ground later, and when the 
weather opens and the plants are the size of a 
goose quill, transplant three or four inches apart 
in twelve to eighteen-inch rows. 
WHITE SILVER SKIN OR PORTUGAL. 
WHITE SILVER SKIN OR PORTU¬ 
GAL*. A large, flat, white onion of 
mild and pleasant flavor, hard and 
fine grained, and a good keeper. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c Y± lb. 65c, lb $1.75 
YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS. Un¬ 
doubtedly the best known and most 
popular of all onions; the earliest 
yellow variety; one of the best for 
raising sets; globular shape; has a 
small top. It is the most productive, 
producing as high as 1,000 bushels 
per acre. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c X A lb. 65c, lb. $1.75 
MAMMOTH SILVER KING. This is 
truly a mammoth onion, averaging 
fifteen to twenty-two inches in cir¬ 
cumference, and weighing from 3 
to 4 pounds each. They are flat, of 
a pure silver-white skin and flesh, 
and most remarkably mild flavored, 
and may be eaten out of the hand 
like an apple. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c X A lb. 65c, lb. $2.00 
PRIZE TAKER. Can be grown suc¬ 
cessfully in any locality where other 
onions are produced. The color is a 
bright straw and it always grows to 
a uniform shape, which is nearly 
a perfect globe. Our seed is the 
choicest American grown. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, X A lb. 65c. lb. $2.00 
LARGE RED WETHERSFIELD. Is 
of the finest form; skin deep, pur¬ 
plish red: flesh purplish white. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, X A lb. 65c, lb. $1.75 
The value of Onions as a health 
food is becoming more recognized. 
As a blood builder and replenisher 
they are unexcelled._ 
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SWEET SPANISH VALENCIA. The 
best strain of the Spanish type. 
Bulbs coppery colored skin with a 
mild white flesh. A good keeper. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, X A lb. 75c, lb. $2.25 
YELLOW BERMUDA. The large 
straw colored onions grown in Ber¬ 
muda and Texas. Very mild in flavor. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, X A lb* 75c, lb. $2.25 
WHITE ADRIATIC BARLETTA. 
WHITE ADRIATIC BARI ETTA. The 
earliest and one of the handsomest 
and smallest onions grown, one of 
the best for picklinsr and bunching. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, X A lb. 75c, lb. $2.25 
EARLY SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE. 
You will find this to be an early 
perfectly globe-shaped onion. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, X A lb. 75c, lb. $2.50 
SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE. A 
large, globe-shaped onion; firm, fine 
grained, of mild flavor; keeps well; 
of beautiful shape, clear, white 
skin. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, y 4 lb. 75c, lb. $2.25 
SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE. 
Like the well known White Globe, 
except in color of skin. This is 
more perfectly globe-shaped than 
the Globe Danvers but not so early. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, X A lb. 75c, lb. $2.25 
EBENEZER. An enormous cropper, 
mildest flavor, good keeper, large, 
yellow skinned, maturing in about 
90 days. Keeps hard and sound all 
winter. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, X A lb. 65c. lb. $1.75 
