Olds’ Hand Selected Onions 

290. SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE. 
(120 days.) 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. 
ee 10c; 0z., 30c; 144 lb., 90c; Ib., $3.50, post- 
paid. 

292, 
(115 days.) A 
cate paper-white skin. 
SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE. 
A handsome onion with a pure deli- 
Flesh crisp, fine-grained, 
snowy white and mild; a good keeper for a 
white variety. Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c; Ys lb., $1.45; 
Ib., $4.45, postpaid, 
291. SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE. (120 
days.) A large, handsome, dark red onion with 
small neck, small top and of mild flavor. Excel- 
lent keeping qualities. Pkt., 10c; oz, 30c; % 
Ib., 95c;3. lb., $3.70, postpaid. 
BERMUDA ONION 
283. CRYSTAL WHITE WAX. (95 
days.) One of the most attractive Bermuda va- 
rieties. It is large, flat, pure white, very early. 
mild in flavor; in facet can be eaten like an 
apple. Oan be grown under northern conditions 
and is very fine for slicing. Not a good keeper. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25c; % Ib., 80c; lb., $3.20, post- 
paid, 
CHIVES 
279. ALLIUM SCHOENOPRASON. 
(Schnittlauch.) Chives belong in the perennial 
class of onions. Pldnt the seed the same as 
onions, but transplant later, leaving about six to 
eight inches between plants. Only the tops are 
used in cooking. A pretty plant in the rock 
garden, with its purple blossoms, Pkt., 15c; 2 
pkts., 25c; Y% oz., 60c; oz., $1.00; % Ib., $3.00, 
postpaid, 
285. YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS. 
(110 days.) 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 ten- 
der. 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, slender 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., 30c; %4 Ib., 90c; 
lb., $3.50, postpaid. 
300, SELECT OHIO YELLOW 
GLOBE. (115 days.) 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; o0z., 30c; 14 Ib., 90c; Ib., 
$3.50, postpaid, 
299. AUSTRALIAN BROWN. With- 
out any exception the most solid and longest 
keeping onion grown, (105 days.) In sea- 
son 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., 10c; 
oz., 30c; 1% Ib., 90c; Ib., $3.50, postpaid. 
287. EXTRA LARGE RED WETHERS- 
FIELD. (105 days.) The onions are a flat- 
tened 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 conditions. We have a strain selected 
for extra large type. Pkt., 10c; 0oz., 30c; %4 
Ib., 90c; lb., $3.50, postpaid. 
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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, 
A packet of seed will plant 25 to 
fe 30 feet of drill; one ounce 200 
jfeet, and four pounds an acre. Sée 
Market Gardeners’ Price List op- 
posite page 1 for prices on larger 
amounts than quoted. (See page 
23 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. 
297. PRIZETAKER, (110 days.) Bright 
straw yellow in color and a good globe shape. 
It grows about three times as large as the Dan- 
vers, individual onions sometimes weighing four 
pounds and over. Very mild, sweet flavor and 
a fair keeper, ripening evenly. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
50c; %4 Ib., $1.45; 1b., $4.45, postpaid. 
298. SWEET SPANISH. (Utah Strain.) 
(110 days.) 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 mar- 
ket will outsell the other varieties at 
much higher prices. The earliest Spanish 
onion, Pkt., 10c; o0z., 50c; % lb., $1.45; 
Ib., $4.45, postpaid, 
288. AILSA CRAIG. (120 days.) 
An English strain of Spanish onion, much 
like the Prizetaker, but a considerably 
better keeper. A fine salad kind, mildly 
pungent, sweet and juicy, Yellow skin. 
Pkt., 10c; oz. 60c; % Ib., $1.80; Ib., 
$5.45, postpaid. 

301. WHITE SWEET SPANISH. 
(115 days.) The largest of all white 
onions. The ‘globular bulbs are very at- 
tractive, pure white with a small neck. 
Flesh is clear, quite firm and mild, A 
fair keeper considering its fine texture 
and a de ee it is a Spanish type 
onion, A Cc; 0z., 55c; % Ib., $1.60; 
lb., $4.80, postpaid, ; AEE 3 : 
GARLIC SETS 
Garlic comes in bulbs which ghould be 
separated and planted the same as onion 
Sets and cultivated in the same way. 
Bulbs, 2 lb., 30c; Ib., 50c, postpaid. 
