ONIONS 
A packet of seed will sow about 25 feet of row; an ounce 200 feet. It requires 5 to 6 lbs. of seed per acre. 
Onion Culture. Onions are raised from the seed and from sets or Our Onion Seed is all grown from carefully selected onions. To get 
plants. Seed sown in early spring will produce fine small green onions in _ large crops of good, sound onions of good color and small tops you must 
the summer and ripe onions in the fall; sets or plants set out in the spring have only the very best seed. Cheap, carelessly grown seed will not give 
make green “bunching” onions in a few weeks and dry ripe onions in — such crops, even if it is fresh and germinates well. 
July or August. 
To raise good onions from seed the ground must be rich and in fine y 
condition. Sow the seed as early as possible in rows 14 inches apart. Weed _ 
as soon as the onions appear and keep well cultivated. 
Large Spanish onions can be easily grown from plants. See next page. 
To Raise Early Green Onions. The best way is to plant sets or plants 
early in the spring but they can be raised from seed sown the previous 
summer. Japanese Bunching is the best variety for wintering over. Plant 
in June or July and the delicious “‘scallions” will be ready very early the 
GR OPP 
617 SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE. The standard large white onion. 
Globe shaped, very firm and solid, clear white in color and of fine 
quality. It keeps well and is excellent for both home gardens and com- 
mercial use. Very attractive in appearance and of delicious flavor. 
To get perfectly white onions the bulbs should be pulled as soon 
as matured and dried in the shade. 
Pkt. 15c; 4% Oz. 40c; Oz. 75c; 14 Lb. $2.20; 14 Lb. $3.80. 
610 JAPANESE BUNCHING paca green bunching 
nions or scallions. This 
onion does not form a bulb but produces ae smooth pure white stalks 
used as green onions or scallions. They remain mild and sweet for a 
long time. The onions grow in clusters, three to five onions being 
produced on one plant. A bunch of these scallions is shown in the 
photo on next page. 
When sown in the spring they will produce mild scallions in the early 
fall. Seed sown in June or July and wintered over with a mulch of 
straw or leaves will provide delicious large scallions very early in the 
spring. They are very tender and fine flavored, and excellent for both 
home and commercial growers. 
Pkt. 15c; % Oz. 40c; Oz. 75c; 14 Lb. $2.00; 1% Lb. $3.25. 
625 WHITE PORTUGAL, or Silverskin. An early flat white onion of 
good size and mild flavor, almost entirely used for bunching or “green” 
onions. When the seed is sown thick in a “ribbon row” the onions 
mature when small and are excellent for pickling, as they are snow 
white and very firm. This is also the onion which is used for “White Dae 
sets’ to grow mild early green onions. (See next page under Onion Sets.) A 
Pkt. 15c; % Oz. 40c; Oz. 75c; 4 Lb. $2.20; 4% Lb. $3.80. Sweet Spanish, Utah Strain—the. largest and finest onions. 
626 WHITE SWEET SPANISH. The largest and mildest 
white onion. It has the large size, globe shape and deli- Yellou Varieties 
cious mild flavor of the regular Sweet Spanish but has a clear 
glistening white skin and pure crisp white flesh. Like Sweet bene dG Sweet Onions in Your 
Spanish, the growth is rapid and vigorous and more tolerant 620 SWEET SPANISH—Utah Strain. wn Garden. Year after year 



to adverse conditions than other kinds. this variety has produced the largest and finest onions in our trial grounds and has. 
These are excellent green onions for bunching in the sum- shown most remarkable vigor and resistance to disease and insect pests. 
mer and will make very large mature bulbs for fall use and It may seem incredible that these large mild yellow Spanish onions can be grown 
storage. It is one of the finest white onions for home garden. in your own garden, but this is absolutely the case and anyone with reasonably 
Pkt. 15e; 4 Oz. 45c; Oz. 85c; 44 Lh. $2.75. good garden soil can grow them. Market gardeners and growers for the roadside 
stands, who have a particular and discriminating trade have found this a valuable 
variety. 
Seed sown in the open ground in the early spring will produce magnificent large 
globeshaped onions often weighing a pound or more and of very mild pleasant flavor. 
Early boiling onions of delicious flavor and fine large dry onions for fall and 
winter of this variety are easily grown from plants. See next page for Spanish 
Onion Plants. 
Pkt. 15c; 1% Oz. 45c; Oz. 80c; 14 Lh. $2.40; 14 Lb. $4.00. 
605 EARLY YELLOW GLOBE. True Strain. This is the best early 
yellow onion for both muck and upland. 
It is 10 days to two weeks earlier than aie Yellow Globe and will produce 
beautiful large globe onions even under adverse conditions. The onions are un- 
usually large, an attractive deep yellow color and nearly globe shape. They havea 
fine tight skin which makes them very good keepers. This is the outstanding 
commercial onion, especially for muck, and is also a most satisfactory kind for 
the home garden. 
Pkt. 15c; 44 Oz. 40c; Oz. 75c; 144 Lb. $2.00; 144 Lb. $3.25. 
600 BRIGHAM YELLOW GLOBE. Also called “Michigan Onion.” 
urs is the true strain of this fine 
onion which is noted for its long keeping qualities. They are deep globe in shape. 
with a very heavy skin of excellent dark color. The flesh is creamy white and of 
mild flavor. This variety yields large crops maturing about with the old Yellow 
Globe Danvers which it has now largely displaced. It has become one of the mos? 



me om : ] d widely grown varieties for both muck and upland. 
Early Yellow Globe Onions Pkt. 10c: 44 Oz. Bsc: Oz, 650: 34 Lb. $1.80; 34 Lb. $3.00 
Ed. Winsinger and L, H. Chapell of Elba, N. Y. show some of their i 
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