Olds’ Hand Selected Onions 
CULTURE: As early as possi- 
ble, sow thinly in rows one foot 
apart, thinning later to 3 or 4 
inches apart. Keep the surface of 
the ground open and free from 
weeds, using fertilizer if you want 
a maximum yield. When the bulk 
of the tops have turned yellow and 
have fallen over, the onions are 
ready to harvest. They should be 
pulled at this time and left to lie 
in small piles for a couple of days 
and then removed to an airy shed. 
When cool weather arrives store 
in a cool, dry root cellar. Time 
required to raise matured onions 
varies greatly in different sections 
so we are not giving a schedule of 
days. A packet of seed will plant 
25 to 30 feet of drill; one ounce 
200 feet, and four pounds an acre. 
Write for prices on larger amounts 
than quoted. (See page 52 for 
maggot control.) 
SPANISH 
ONIONS 
The mildest, finest flavored and largest onions 
belong to this class. They require a little longer 
growing season than do the American sorts and 
they are not quite as good keepers. For this rea- 
son we do not recommend planting them in north- 
ern Wisconsin and similar latitudes. In the cen- 
tral part of this state, however, they do very well. 
yellow 
It grows about 
three times as large as the Danvers, individual 
onions sometimes weighing four pounds and over. 
Very mild, sweet flavor and a fair keeper, ripen- 
297. PRIZETAKER. bBPright straw 
in color and a good globe shape. 
ing evenly. Pkt., 15c; Y% Ib., $2.50; 
lb., $7.50, postpaid. 
298. SWEET SPANISH. | (Utah 
Strain.) An extremely large, mild and 
sweet globular-shaped onion and _ very 
handsome. The flesh is clear, white and 
tender. Under favorable conditions these 
onions will weigh over two pounds each 
and when placed on the market will out- 
sell the other varieties at much higher 
prices. The earliest Spanish onion. PKt., 
15¢; oz., 75c; 1% Th., $2.50; Jb., $7.50, 
postpaid. 
288. AILSA CRAIG. An 
strain of Spanish onion, much like the 
Prizetaker, but a considerably better 
keeper. A fine salad kind, mildly pung- 
ent, sweet and juicy. Yellow skin. PKt., 
15¢e; oz., 75c; ¥% Ib., $2.50; lb., $7.50, 
postpaid, 
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“GARLIC SETS 
Garlic comes in-bulbs which should be 
Separated: and planted the same as onion 
sets and cultivated in the same way. 
‘Bulbs, 1% Ib., 25c; Ib., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; 
4 Ibs., $1.50, postpaid. 

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285. YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS. 
Olds’ Yellow Globe Danvers is a solid onion of 
almost true globe shape, averaging three inches 
through. In color the bulbs are a rich satiny 
yellow. The snow-white flesh cuts hard and crisp 
yet it is always sweet and tender. Not quite as 
mild as the Spanish onions when sliced raw but 
for cooking or flavoring, one of the very best. 
It is the earliest good market variety, slen- 
der necked, and ripening up all at one time, 
A sure cropper and a good keeper, the 
onions coming out dry and hard in the spring 
with practically no loss in weight. Pkt., 10c; 
oz., 50c; % Ib., $1.70; 1lb., $5.00, postpaid. 
300. SELECT OHIO YELLOW 
GLOBE. A selection from the Yellow 
Globe Danvers made by onion growers in 
Lake County, Ohio. A highly bred variety 
valuable on rich, high-ground soils, and we 
find that it is the best onion for low ground 
(muck or peat soils). It ripens evenly, is 
easily harvested, and will not go to necks 
on low ground as some varieties do. It is 
globe shaped like the Danvers but a few days 
later. Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c; 1% Ib., $1.70; Ib., 
$5.00, postpaid. 
299. AUSTRALIAN BROWN. With- 
out any exception the most solid and longest- 
keeping onion grown. In season it is one of 
the earliest and will ripen anywhere. It is 
often used for replanting when first sowings 
have been injured by weather conditions. Its 
extreme solidity is shown by the fact that 
a measured bushel will weigh several pounds 
more than the standard legal weight for a 
bushel of onions. A good variety to grow 
for sets, @Pkt., 0c; joz., b0¢; 24 Ab: 461.70; 
Ib., $5.00, postpaid, 
287. EXTRA LARGE RED WETHERS- 
FIELD. The onions are a flattened globe in 
shape with long slender tops and dark crimson 
skin. They grow to a large size and yield big 
crops even under unsatisfactory growing condi- 
tions. We have a strain selected for extra large 
type. Pkt., 10c; oz. 50c; % Ib., $1.70; |1b., 
$5.00, postpaid, 
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290. SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE. 
A globe shaped onion of fine golden yellow color. 
Somewhat larger and maturing a little later than 
the Yellow Globe Danvers. The flesh is hard 
and compact yet brittle and crisp. Pkt., 10c; 
0z., 70c; 1% Ib., $1.70; lb., $5.00, postpaid. 


SOUTHPORT WHIEEESIGLOBE. 
292, 
A handsome onion with a pure delicate paper- 
white skin. Flesh crisp, fine-grained, snowy 
white and mild; a good keeper for a white va- 
riety. -PEt:, ~LO¢; (oz,.mO0cseey tp... $2.00% Ib., 
$6.00, postpaid. 
21= SOUTHPORT, RED2 GLOBE. ~ 
large, handsome, dark red onion with small neck, 
small top and of mild flavor. Excellent for 
keeping qualities. Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c; %4 Ihb., 
$1.70; lb., $5.00, postpaid, 
283. CRYSTAL WHITE WAX. One of 
the most attractive Bermuda varieties. It is 
large, flat, pure white, very early, mild in flavor; 
in fact can be eaten like an apple. Can be 
grown under northern conditions and-is very 
fine for slicing, Not a good keeper. Pkt., 15c; 
oz., $1.00; % Ib., $3.50; lb., $10.25, postpaid. 
CHIVES 
SCHOENOPRASON. 
(Schnittlauch.) Chives belong in the perennial 
class of onions. Plant the seed the same as 
onions, but transplant later, leaving about six to 
eight inches between plants. Only the tops are 
279. ALLIUM 
used in cooking. A pretty plant in the rock 
garden, with its purple blossoms. Seed: Pkt., 
15¢; Yo 0z.,' 60c;, 0z., $1.00. Plants: 8 for 50c, 
postpaid. 
