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ONION (Cont) 
EBENEZER (Japanese) 
Produces execellent sets of extraordinary keeping quality which planted in the 
spring produce early mature onions for market. Bulbs medium size; deep-flat in 
shape; pure deep yellow; very firm and hard. 
HARDY WHITE BUNCHING 
A very profitable home and market garden variety for young or bunching onions. 
Produces a cluster of 4 to 6 useful shoots from a single seed in the first season. 
Winters over well where weather is not too severe and provides a heavy crop for 
early harvest if planted in midsummer. 
MAMMOTH SILVER KING 
White market onion. Bulbs large; flat but deep; clear white; flesh coarse and 
mild. 
PRIZETAKER 
Productive, widely grown for shipping. Bulbs large, globular; skin thin; glossy and 
of a light shade of yellow. Flesh coarse but mild, crisp and sweet. 
QUEEN 
Early market and pickling sort. Bulbs medium small; pure white; flat; mild and 
sweet. Similar to Extra Early Barletta. 
RED WETHERSFIELD 
Standard late variety of splendid keeping quality; excellent for sets and for 
mature bulbs. Bulbs large; flat but rather deep; skin deep purplish-red; flesh 
white with faint pink flush; strong. 
SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE 
Standard late variety used in large quantities in some markets; splendid keeper. 
Bulbs large; globe-shaped; skin thick, very deep purplish-red; flesh white with 
faint tinge of pink; flavor strong. 
SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE 
Standard late variety of highest quality. Bulbs medium large; globular; firm; skin 
clear white; flesh clear white and fairly mild; keeps well, but not so long as 
the standard colored globes. 
SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE 
Standard late variety of splendid keeping quality. Bulbs large; globular; skin deep 
orange-yellow; flesh fine grained; fairly strong. ; 
SWEET SPANISH, UTAH 
The best of the very large mild varieties. One of the original Spanish types, but 
a better keeper because it was selected for keeping qualities. Deep amber- 
orange; small neck; globular. 
WHITE LISBON 
Grown almost exclusively as an early bunching onion. When mature, the round 
white bulbs are almost three inches in diameter. 
WHITE PORTUGAL (American Silverskin) 
Most widely used white onion for sets, pickling onions, mature bulbs and for bunch- 
ing onions from seed. Bulbs of medium size; flat but fairly deep; pure white; 
flesh fine grained, firm and hard. A splendid keeper. 
WHITE SWEET SPANISH 
Similar to the original Sweet Spanish, except that it is white with clear glistening 
skin. Globe-shaped. 
YELLOW BERMUDA (White Bermuda) 
One of the most widely used varieties in the country. Enormous quantities used 
in Texas for early shipment. An early flat onion, light straw colored, small tops. 
Flesh white and mild. 
YELLOW DANVERS, FLAT 
One of the hardiest, most easily grown and best keepers. Unexcelled for general 
purposes and especially valuable for sets. Bulbs medium large; flat but fairly thick; 
clear bright yellow, flesh white with faint tint of yellow; firm and hard. 
YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS (Original Squire’s Strain) 
Very popular and somewhat earlier than Ohio and Southport Yellow Globes. 
Bulbs medium large, globe-shaped, dark yellow; flesh white with faint tinge of 
yellow, firm and hard. 
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