
NORTHRUP, KING & CO.’S VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS 

OKRA or GUMBO 
Extra Early Dwarf Green 50 days 
This plant grows about 2 feet high with 
many branches. The large green, tender 
pods are thickly set on the plant. Pods 5 to 
7 in. long. 
Mammoth Long Green Podded 
(Perkins ) 55 days 
A very large plant, growing 3 to 4 ft. high 
in the South, and covered with deep dark 
green pods frequently 7 to 8 in. long, ribbed 
and tapered. 
White Velvet 60 days 
A standard variety in the South for home 
gardens and market. Pods are round, smooth, 
free from ridges, not prickly to touch, and 
greenish white in color. Plants 3 ft. high, 
pods 6 to 7 in. long, tapered. 
ONION—Red Varieties 
Bermuda Red, Genuine Imported 
95 days 
Very early and semi-flat. Color not red 
but splashings of red on a straw colored 
background. Mild flavor. 
Large Red Wethersfield 100 days 
Broad, deep, flat bulbs; skin deep purplish 
red; flesh white with faint pink tint. Strong 
flavor. A very popular variety for growing 
onion sets, as well as for growing mature 
bulbs for shipping. Splendid keeping quality. 
N. K. & Co.’s Minnesota Red Globe 
110 days 
A special selection of Southport Red Globe 
for dark color. Long keeping. Skin color is 
extra dark red with smooth and glossy sur- 
face. The flesh is white, tinged with light 
purple, fine grained and of strong flavor. 
Southport Red Globe 110 days 
The standard red globe onion all over the 
country. Perfectly globe shaped, about 3 in. 
in diameter with small neck. Skin rich, dark, 
glossy red; flesh white with tinge of pur- 
ple; fine grained. A good keeper and excep- 
tionally heavy yielder. 
Yellow Varieties 
Australian Brown 100 days 
A popular onion famous for its long keep- 
ing quality. The skin is a rich brownish red 
with white flesh always firm. Strong: flavor. 
Desirable for the home garden and for 
market. Shape, deep flat. 
Bermuda, Light Yellow Skin, Genuine 
Imported 92 days 
This variety has a light yellow or straw 
colored skin with white flesh. Used exten- 
sively in the South, especially in the onion 
growing districts of Texas. A flat, thin 
necked onion of very mild and pleasant 
flavor. Early and uniform in maturity. 
Early Yellow Globe 98 days 
A recent introduction that appears to have 
merit. This variety will mature ten days to 
two weeks earlier than Southport Yellow 
Globe. The bulbs are good sized. Shape is 
globe to flattened globe. Color is straw yel- 
low. Skin is tough and the bulb is a better 
keeper than most other early varieties. 
Where quick maturing early onions are 
wanted this variety should be tried. 

Ohio Yellow Globe 
Yellow Globe Danvers Early Yellow Globe 
Southport Yellow Globe 
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