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JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., 
LA CROSSE, WIS. 
1940 
Wliite PortuRal' or Silverskin 
WHITE PORTUGAL OR SILVERSKIN 
A very popular tind widely grown white onion and a 
splendid keeper. The large, mature onion is of mild and 
pleasant flavor and is of somewhat flattened shape. A great 
seller on the market and very popular for 
family use. Pure white, flesh flne 
grained, firm and hard. An ideal slicer. 
It is also a si»leii<li«l sort for growing 
white onion sets, pickles, jiinl for early 
hunching green onions. May be sown as 
late as June to produce small pickling 
onions by fall. Matures in 120 days. 
757—Pkg„ 5e; or... l.Tc; 3 or,., 2Sc; % >•>.. 
47e; % Hu, 85c; Ih., .$1.50; 3 lbs., $2.75; 5 
lbs., $G.25, postpaid. 
LONG WHITE BUNCHING 
A hardy, perennial variety used 
only for bunching or for early 
green onions; it forms no bulbs. 
The shoots attain marketable size 
very quickly and sell at top 
prices. Seed may be sown in late 
summer for early spring onions. 
790—Pkg., 10c; or... 17c; *4 ••*., 
52c; 'Yz Ib., 98c; lb., $1.75, postpaid. 
OKRA 
Long White Bunching 
WHITE QUEEN PICKLING 
Our finest pickling onion, also known 
ns White Pearl. It is the best of all the 
white picklers, growing about 1 inch by 
% inch thick, with a flne neck, and is 
very early. Onions reninin hard and solid. White Q,ueen 
Very productive. 787—Pkg., lOe; 
or... 18c; 2 or,., 32c; 14 !•>., 54c; Yz 
lb., $1.00; lb., $1.85; 2 lb.s., $3.50; 
5 lbs., $8.15, postpaid. 
Also called Gumbo. Splendid for soups and stews, and 
easily grown. 
Perkins Mammoth —About 3 ft. high, rich dark green 
pods often 8 inches long, of fine quality, produced in great 
quantities. 50 days. 73 1—Pkg., 7c; or., lie; i/i lb.. 24c; 
lb., 70'C, postpaid. 
White Velvet —Round, smooth white pods of large size, 
tender and of superior flavor. 214 ft. Bears profusely. 
732—Pkg., 5c; or., 9c; 14 lb., 23c; lb., 60c, postpaid. 
ONION SETS 
Please Note; If your 
total seed order 
amounts to one pound 
or more, the following 
low prices apply on 
Salzer’s Onion Sets! If 
your total order is less 
than one pound, please 
add 10c for postage to 
the following pound 
I)rices and lie to the three 
subject to change without 
pound prices. 
notice. 
Onion set 
prices 
Postp;iid Prices If Tour 3’ot:il 
Seed Order Is 1 Lb. or More: 
NOT PREPAID 
.32 lbs. 
Lb. 
3 lbs. 
8 lbs. 
16 lbs. 
(Bu.) 
Yellow Bottom Sets. . ..$0,14 
$0..‘{5 
$0.60 
$1.10 
$2.00 
Reil Bottom Sets.14 
.35 
.60 
1.10 
2.00 
White Bottom Set::... .1.5 
.38 
1.20 
2.25 
Mixed Bottom Sets... .13 
.34 
.63 
1.15 
2.15 
EBENEZER OR “JAPANESE” 
Of great value for producing very early onions. The 
onions are round, yellow skinned, and pure white fleshed. 
Mild, tender, and a prodigious yielder. If your total seed 
order is less than 1 lb., please add 10c for postage to 1 lb. 
price and 11c to 3 lb. price. Lb., 15c; 3 lbs., .35c, posfpnid 
if your total seed order is 1 Ib, or more. Not prepaid: 
8 lbs., 65c; 16 lbs., $1.20; bu. (32, lbs.), $2.25. 
YELLOW MULTIPLIERS 
Or Shallots. Silver white flesh, yellow skin; very pro¬ 
ductive, often with 20 bulbs in a single cluster. ' Mild, 
sweet and fine for bunching green. If your total seed or¬ 
der is less than 1 lb., please add 10c for postage to 1 lb. 
price and 11c to 3 lb. price. Lb., 20c; 3 lbs., 50c, postpaid 
if your total seed order is 1 lb. or more. Not prepaid; S 
lbs., 95c; 16 lbs,, .$1.75; bu. (32 lbs.), .$3.2.5. 
PERENNIAL TOP SETS 
Also known as Egyptian Top Sets. Stay in the ground 
all year long, and produce onions as soon as the snow 
leaves. Hardy and bear for years. If your tot^l seed 
order is less than 1 lb., 
please add 10c for 
postage to 1 lb. price 
and 11c to 3 lb. price. 
Lb., 17e; 3 lbs., 46e, 
postpaid if your total 
seed order is 1 Ib. or 
more. Not prep:iid: 8 
lb.H., 90c; 16 lbs.. $1.60; 
bu. (28 lbs.). .$2.25. 
Valencia Onion Plants 
ONION 
PLANTS 
Set out S a I'z e r ’ s 
Onion Plants just as 
soon as you can get 
them into the ground 
—the same as with 
Salzer’s cabbage 
plants. Please state on 
your order about what 
date we shall send 
your onion plants. Or¬ 
ders must be for 100 or 
multiples of 100 plants. 
Available from Jan¬ 
uary 15 to June 15. 
Our plants do not have 
‘‘pink root.” 
VALENCIA OR SWEET SPANISH, 
CRYSTAL WAX OR WHITE BERMUDA, 
AND YELLOW BERMUDA 
Priees of Onion Plants; lOO for 39c; 290 for 79c; 309 for 
95c; 400 for $1.15; 500 for $1.35; 800 for $1.95; 1,000 for 
.$2.15; 3,000 for .$3.95; 6,000 for .$7.25, postpaid. Not pre¬ 
paid: 1,000, $1.25; 6,000 (1 crate), for $3.75; 30,000 (5 
crates), for $15.95. Shipping weight, per 1,000 plants, 6 
pounds. Shipping weight, about 40 lbs. per crate. Be 
sure to state what date we shall ship plants. 
We were very much pleased with our Sweet Spanish Onion Plants last year, and had onions weighing one pound.— 
Mrs. Herman R. Hausler, Plymouth, Wisconsin. 
