680 Southport Yellow Globe© 
115 days. This is the finest strain of this variety in existence. 
_ The onions mature all at the same time and are remarkably 
uniform in size, shape, color, and quality. The skin is bright 
golden yellow and the flesh is fine grained, creamy white, 
fairly strong in flavor, solid, and juicy. The roots are deep 
globular, with rather full shoulder and a thin, slender neck. 
Largely grown by home and market gardeners. Good keeper, 
very productive and of a most attractive appearance. 
Pkt. 15¢; 12 0z. 40¢; 0z.75¢; 14 Ib. $2.20 
690 Southport Red Globe 
115 days. Resembles other Southports in size, shape, and 
quality, but the skin is a glossy deep red color. The flesh is 
fine grained, white, always mild and pleasant. Heavy yielder 
and an excellent keeper. In great demand in the Middlewest 
and South, where red onions are very popular. Deep globular 
bulbs with medium-thick scales and small neck. Cures easily. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 0z. 35¢; oz. 65¢; 14 Ib. $2.00 


Sweet Spanish 
Onion 

696 Southport White Globe 
112 days. Most attractive large round onion with pure 
paper-white skin. The flesh is also pure white, sweet, juicy, 
and of most delightful mild flavor. A main-crop variety 
which will keep well for some time in fall storage. Always a 
ready seller in the market; popular with home gardeners. 
Pkt. 15¢; 4% oz. 50¢; oz. 95¢; 1, Ib. $2.75 
679 Brigham Yellow Globe 
110 days. Preferred by many gardeners on account of its 
superior keeping qualities and large yields. Onions are solid, 
true globe shape, and are grown from selected bulbs of the 
original strain. Flesh is creamy white, of fine, firm texture 
and moderately strong flavored; skin is deep yellow. Scales 
are thick and tight. Can be depended upon to grow success- 
fully on muck or heavy soil. Earlier than Southport Yellow 
Globe, more globular; skin is thicker and darker in color. 
: Pkt. 15¢; 14 oz. 40¢; oz. 75¢; ™% Ib. $2.15 
697 White Portugal—“sitver skin” 682 Sweet Spanish O-— veiiow szin 
105 days. Large, flat white onion with firm, fine grained UTAH STRAIN 
flesh of mild and pleasing flavor. Grown more extensively Th 1 lobe a as ay E 
for sets than any other white onion. Also used for bunching 110 days. € very large, globe-shape Panish onions, 
or “‘green’’ onions as well as for pickling when small. which are sometimes incorrectly called ‘‘Bermudas,”’ are ex- 
Pkt. 15¢; Yoz.45¢; oz. 85¢; 14 Ib. $2.50 
ceptionally mild, fine grained and sweet—excellent when 
cooked or for use in salads or other ways without cooking. 
They are remarkably uniform, have light yellow skin and 
pure white, firm, crisp and tasty flesh. Although no onions of 
How to Grow ONIONS FROM SEED this type will keep as long in storage as Yellow Globe 
a a ae ee peround: Can Danvers, Southport, or Ebenezer, Utah Sweet Spanish will 
lightly. The soil best suited to grow onions is one stand shipping and storage for short periods better than 
that is reasonably fertile, well drained, and well pre- Prizetaker, Gibraltar or the Bermuda varieties. In northern 
pared. If fully matured onions are wanted, thin the here summers are short, seed is usually started early. 
seedlings when 3 to 4 in. tall, to stand sufficiently far states, W ! y tf 
apart to develop without touching one another. ; Pkt. 15¢; wy OZ. 50¢; Oz. 95¢; i, Ib. $2.75 
When the babe have Spe baat ana bend down i 
the tops to hasten ripening before the onions are ae 
harvested. Store in a dry, free-from-frost place over 684 White Sweet Span ish UTAH STRAIN 
winter. A pkt. of seed will sow about 20 ft. of row; 110 days. A true Sweet Spanish, identical with the original Sweet Spanish 
1 oz. 200 ft. See page 103 for How to Grow Onions in every way except color; skin is pure glistening white instead of yellow. 
from Sets; we offer both the white and yellow. Flesh is pearl-white, of mild flavor, solid and crisp. Its large size and attrac- 
tive appearance make it a ready seller on market stands and a favorite 
with home gardeners. Pkt. 15¢; 1%20z.50¢; oz. 95¢; 1% Ib. $2.75 


710 Evergreen Long White Bunching-— Buid/ess 
120 days. Does not form bulbs. Grown for its long, slender, silvery white stalks which are used 
for green bunching onions or scallions. They are produced in clusters of four to nine and are twice 
the size of ordinary bunching onions. Perfectly hardy. Seeds sown in the spring or summer will 
provide mild, green scallions late in the fall or, if wintered over, very early the following spring. 
Pkt. 15¢;' 14 oz. 50¢; oz. 95¢; 1% Ib. $2.75 
673 Crystal White Wax —sweet, mild, delicate flavor 
95 days. Of the Bermuda type; quite flat in shape; sweet and mild flavor. This onion is most 
popular in the South, especially in Texas, where it grows much larger than in the North. Onions 
are medium-large with clear white skin and waxy white flesh of delicate quality. Very useful early 
onion for home garden use; not recommended for storage. Sometimes known as White Bermuda. 
Pkt. 15¢; 1% oz. 45¢; oz. 85¢; 1% Ib. $2.50 
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674 Yellow Bermuda ©)— Flesh is mild, sweet and fine grained 
95 days. The most widely grown of all Bermuda onions; medium-sized, with straw-yellow skin 
and white, mild flesh. Desirable for home garden and early market. Shipped North in large quanti- 
ties from the South for early spring use. Pkt. 15¢; %0z.45¢; oz. 85¢; 1% Ib. $2.50 
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