& 317. Sugar or Hollow Crown 

SEEDSMEN SINCE 
Tr. W. WOOD & sons =- 
Plant 1 oz. to 100 
feet of row; 5 to 6 lbs. 
to the acre. 
No. 302. Yellow Globe Danvers 
[110 Days].—The best known and 


most largely grown yellow onion for Yellow 
spring planting. Medium to large Globe 
size, averaging about 2 inches in Danvers. 
diameter, uniformly globe - shaped, 
have small necks and : 
ripen evenly. The skin 
is light yellow; flesh is 
creamy white, crisp and 
mild in flavor. <A fine 
keeper, matures early 
and.is universally recom- 
mended for general crop. 
Early and even ripening, 
attractive, uniform 
shape, good keeping qual- 
ity and mild flavor have 
all combined to make 
Danvers the most popu- 
lar yellow onion for 
spring planting. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 40c; 14 lb. $1.50; 1b. $5.50; 
2-lb. lots $5.25 per 1b.; 5-lhb. 
lots $5.00 per Ib.; 10-lb. lots 
$4.75 per Ib., postpaid. 
No. 303. Silver Skin or White Portugal °° Days) — A 
beautiful pure 
white onion of good size, largely used for growing matured onions, 
for sets, for pick- 
ling, for bunching in 
the spring and for 
use aS a salad when 
young. The. flesh 
and skin are pure 
white, very mild 
and sweet. It makes 
Geel Ceti nin, Nard 
‘onion, one that will 
keep. The small 
bulbs make as good 
a pickling onion as 
our White Pearl. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c; 
4 Ib. $1.75; lb. $6.50; 
2-lb. lots $6.25 per 
1b.; 5-lb. lots $6.00 
per 1b.; 10-lb. lots 
$5.75 per l1b., post- 
paid. 
ONION PLANTS—Ready after March Ist.s 65c per 100; 500 fox 
$2.75; $5.00 per 1,000, postpaid. Not postpaid, 50c per 100; 500 for 
$2.40; $4.50 per 1,000. 
PARSNIP 

Silver Skin or White Portugal 
Plant from March 
to June 15th. 


Sugar or Hollow Crown Parsnip 
CULTURE—Plant as early in the spring as the weather will permit 
and continue planting till the middle of June. Plant 4% inch deep 
in a rich, deeply worked, sandy loam, in rows 18 inches apart, and 
when 2 inches high thin out to 4 to 6 inches apart. Parsnips germi- 
nate slowly, especially in dry weather; plant a few radish seeds 
with them to mark the row for early cultivation. Parsnips are im- 
proved by frost, so they can be dug as wanted, or stored for winter 
use. Do not use fresh stable manure on parsnips. An ounce plants 
25 feet of drill; 5 pounds plant an acre. 
[100 Days] — The standard 
variety, ease ees emooth, 
white roots, uniform in shape, tender and we avored. Fine for 
 poth table and stock, Pkt. 10c; oz. 15¢; %4 Ib. .40c; Ib. $1.40; 
_ 2-1b. lots $1.25 per lb.; 5-lb. lots $1.15 per 1b.; 10-1b. lots $1.00 per 
lb., postpaid. 
WOOD'S ONIO 
21 
1879 - RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 
Plant in Feb., 
March, April, August 
and September. 
In February, March and April plant thickly 14 inch deep in hot- 
beds or plant outside later. When the size of a goose quill trans- 
plant 3 to 4 inches apart in 15 to 18-inch rows. Plantings may 
also be made where the onions are to grow, thinning out to stand 
3 to 4 inches apart, but the transplanting method saves seeds, at 
enews weedings, and gives larger yields. KEEP FREE OF 
306. Valencia Sweet Spanish (110 Days) 
thor- 
oughbred among onions. With proper cul- 
ture, sowing the seeds in beds and transplant- 
ing 4 inches apart in the row, as large 
and as sweet onions can be grown as 
any that are imported. The 
globe shaped bulbs are light 
yellow; the flesh sparkling 
white, fine grained, mild and 
exceptionally sweet. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 60c; 4% 1b. $2.00; 1b. $7.50; 
2-lb. lots $7.25 per lb.; 5-lb. 
lots $7.00 per 1lb.; 10-lb. lots 
$6.75 per lb., postpaid. 
No: 308. Prize Taker or 
1 1 (100 Days)— 
Spanish King Large and of 
fine- flavor, like nearly all 
Spanish onions. The skin is 
rich straw color, the fiesh is 
pure white, sweet, mild and 
tender. Ripens up firm and “ 
hard; a good cropper and al- valencia Sweet Spanish Onion 
ways uniformly globe shaped 
with small neck. The young plants can be used as a salad, the 
half grown onions in early summer and the ripe onions during 
the remainder of the year. Prize Taker is a success wherever 
onions can be grown. Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c; % lb. $1.85; lb. $7.00; 
2-lb. lots $6.75 per lb.; 5-lb. lots $6.50 per lb.; 10-lb. lots $6.25 per 
lb., postpaid. 
100 Days)—Makes a flattened globe-shaped 
301. Ebenezer Mere of exceptional keeping quality. Popular 
also for growing onion sets that yield bumper crops with a very 
small per cent of seed stalks. The flesh is white, mild and sweet; 
the outside color dark yellow; the onions are wonderfully firm 
and sglid and will keep almost the year round. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; 
4 1b. $1.50; lb. $5.50; 2-lb. lots $5.25 per 1b.; 5-lb. lots $5.00 per 
lb.; 10-lb. lots $4.75 per lb., postpaid. 



Bushel Prices 
1% peck 4 lbs. 
Becks tbs. ONION SETS guetea on 
CULTURE.—Plant 4 inches apart, in rows half an inch deep and 
1 foot between the rows, but do not cover the sets entirely, except 
Potato Onions, which should be planted in rows 2 feet apart and 
10 inches apart in the row, and covered about one inch. Plant 
as early in the spring as the ground can be prepared and they 
will be ready for the table several weeks earlier than onions grown 
from seeds. All varieties can be set out in the fall as well as in 
spring. 5 to 8 bushels plant an acre. 
Ebenezer 
—No onion will keep bet- 
ter, and none send up as 
few seed stalks. It makes 
a fine, hard onion of good 
size and matures early. 
In yield it excels all 
onions grown from sets. 
The flesh is white, firm 
and sweet. By mail post- 
paid, lb. 45c; % peck 
$1.20; peck $1.95. Not 
postpaid, lb. 35c; 144 peck 
$1.00; peck $1.65. 
YELLOW DANVERS— 
The most popular of all 
the yellow varieties; the 
large, handsome onions 
are ready early in the 
summer. By mail post- 
paid, Ib. 45c; % peck 
$1.20; peck $1.65. Not postpaid, lb. 35c; 44 peck $1.00; peck $1.65. 
SILVER SKIN—Silvery white. The best white onion for spring 
setting; mild flavor. By mail postpaid, lb. 45c; % peck $1.25; 
peck $2.05. Net postpaid, lb. 35c; 4% peck $1.05; peck $1.75. 
WHITE MULTIPLIER—Fine for early spring bunching. Matures 
very early; the flesh is pure white and mild. Keeps well. By mail 
postpaid, lb. 50c; 44 peck $1.70; peck $3.05. Not postpaid, lb. 40c; 
4 peck $1.50; peck $2.75. 

