Onions 
A packet will plant 25 feet of row; 1 ounce 200 feet; 5 to 6 pounds per acre. 
Onions may be grown with sets, plants or seed. Sets are covered with 
an inch of soil. Several weeks are required to produce “green eating” 
onions. Frequent shallow cultivation is suggested. They are mature 
'when the tops break over naturally and become dry. A loose but rich 
" _ fine soil will usually’ produce the best green onions and mature bulbs 
ee Seed. Don’t neglect to thin the plants to stand 3 or 4 inches apart 
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642 Early Yellow Globe. (95 days.) This is an outstanding onion, 
Produces enormous crop of large fine looking onions that bring the 
top price, Good keeper, very attractive, large globe-shaped, deep yel- 
low in color, thick skin. This is a specially fine onion for muck land. 
Matures at least 2 weeks before Southport Yellow Globe. 
Pkt., 10c; 0Z., 60c; 14 Ihb., $1.75. 
641 Brigham Yellow Globe. (110 days.) Sometimes called MICH- 
IGAN Onion. They are a deep globe, very solid, with a very heavy 
skin of excellent dark color. Becoming very popular because they 
_ yield large crops and have fine keeping qualities. 
_ Pkt., 10c; oz., 6GO0c; 14 Ib., $1.75. 
660 YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS. (110 days.) The seed of Yellow Globe 
Danvers has been grown with great care and will produce onions of 
uniform globe shape, deep orange color with firm, tight skin. This 
~~ onion will produce large crops on muck and upland. This is a most 
dependable strain. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 60c; 14 1b., $1.75. 
646 QHIO YELLOW GLOBE. (110 days.) This is probably the type of 
_ Yellow Globe Onion most widely used in America. It is early, a re- 
liable, large yielder and keeps well. It is pure, deep yellow, with firm, 
hard, white flesh, mild and of excellent flavor. It is of true globe- 
_ Shape, with flattened base. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 60c; 44 Ib., $1.75. 
653 Sweet Spanish. (Utah Strain.) (110 days.) There is an in- Early Yellow Globe 
creasing demand in America for the Yellow Spanish Onions, due to 
their phenomenally large size, handsome appearance, sparkling white — 
flesh of very fine texture, and extremely mild flavor. See page 2. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 65c; 1%4 lb., $2.00. 
652 SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE. (110 days.) - (Selected Strain.) 
Bulbs large-sized, deep globe-shaped, small neck; cures well, excellent 
keeper, deep yellow color, excellent quality. We urge every grower to 
try Holmes’ select strain; none better. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 60c; %4 Ib., $1.75. 
651 Southport White Globe. (110 days.) The finest of all white 
onions. A good shipper and keeper. Our stock has the true globe 
shape, full at the base and shoulder. Crops raised from our seed have 
given excellent results to others; they will do the same for you. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 65c; %4 Ib., $2.00. 
650 SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE. (110 days.) A large, perfectly round, 
deep red onion. Keeps well and is best red variety. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 65c; 14 lb., $2.00. 
640 Holmes’ Genuine Bottle. (115 days.) It derives its name from: 
its long bottle-like shape; being mild and sweet, is absolutely unsur- 
passed in flavor. Bottle Onion grows longer, whiter and has more 
edible stalk than any other Onion. See page 3. Pkt., 20c; oz., $1.00. 
647 PRIZETAKER. Not offering. Sweet Spanish a much better variety 
‘of the same type. 
657 WHITE PORTUGAL or SILVERSKIN. (100 days.) Early, medium 
sized, flat shaped, cures well, of pure snow-white color, very good 
quality, fine grained, and of mild flavor. When thick in the row, this 
onion matures when small and is excellent for pickling or bunching. 
} = Pkt., 10c; 0z., 65c; %4 Ib., $2.00. 
a 655 WHITE BUNCHING. (45 days.) This onion is becoming more and 
more popular. The flavor is mild, and the onion remains tender and 
pure white. Is especially adapted for bunching, growing a large thick 
stem with no bulb, PkKt., 10c; oz., 60c; 14 lb., $1.75. 
658 WHITE SWEET SPANISH. (110 days.) Identical with the original 
-. Sweet Spanish in every way except color, which is pure white, Large 
size, mild flavor, solid and crisp. Utah strain. Its attractive appear- 
ance makes it a ready seller on market stands. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 65c; %4 Ib., $2.00. 
Onion Sets 
One pound plants 100 feet of row; 20 bushels per acre. 
Lb 2lbs. 5lbs. 
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ne ~ Quality Onion Seed! 
Reliable strains of onion seed just don’t happen. They are the results 
of careful stock-seed breeding, discriminating bulb selection, isolation 
of seed fields to prevent cross pollination. Holmes has been the standard 
of quality in seed for years. 
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