A packet of seed will sow about 25 feet of row; an ounce 200 feet. It requires about 5 or 6 Ibs. of seed per acre. 
Our Onion Seed is all grown from carefully selected onions. To get Onions from sets or- plants are very easy to grow. Both will produce 
large crops of good, sound onions of good color and small tops you must green “bunching” onions within a few weeks, and large, dry ripe onions 
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have only the very best seed. Cheap, carelessly grown seed will not give in August. See Onion Sets and Onion Plants on next page. 
such crops, even if it is fresh and germinates well. To Raise Early Green Onions. The best way is to plant sets or 
plants early in the spring, but they can also be raised from seed by plant- 
ing Japanese Bunching in June or July and wintering over. The delicious 
“scallions” will be ready very early the next spring. 
Onion Culture. Raising good onions from seed is not difficult but the 
eround must be rich and in fine condition. Sow the seed as early as 
possible in rows 14 inches apart. Weed as soon as the onions appear and 
keep well cultivated. Fine small green onions will be ready in the summer Dust or Spray Onions with DDT. By controlling onion thrips, you 
and ripe onions in the fall. get larger, better onions. Apply every two weeks. See DDT on page 82. 
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617 SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE. The standard large white onion. It sells well on the 
market and is popular for home use. Globe shaped, firm with a mild delicious flavor, The 
color is clear white and they keep well. 
Pkt. 15c: % Oz. 35c; Oz. 65c; 14 Lb. $1.90; 44 Lb. $3.25. 
610 JAPANESE BUNCHING. Hardy green bunching onions or scallions. 
This onion does not form a bulb but produces a 
cluster of 3 to 6 slender pure white stalks on each plant. They are very mild and sweet, 
and as green onions or scallions they are most delicious. Sow the seed anytime in the 
spring or early summer and they will produce tender scallions in the fall. Muleh with 
straw or leaves to winter over and you will have a very early crop next spring, as they 
are very hardy. An excellent type for both home and commercial use. 
Pkt. 15ce; % Oz. 35c; Oz. 60c; 44 Lb. $1.60; 44 Lb. $2.80. 

625 WHITE PORTUGAL, or Silverskin. An early flat white onion of good size and mild 
flavor, used for bunching and for producing white sets. 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. Delicious early green onions, and firm mature bulbs are 
easily grown from sets of this variety. (See White Onion Sets on next page.) 
Pkt. 15c; % Oz. 35c; Oz. 65c:; 144 Lb. $1.75; 4% Lb. 60. 

624 WHITE BUNCH (White Lisbon). Very popular as an early bunching onion in many 
sections. The bulbs are smooth and white, with large tops and flesh of mild flavor. 
Pkt. 15c; 4% Oz. 30c; Oz..55c; 44 Lb. $1.50; 4% Lh. $2.40. 

626 WHITE SWEET SPANISH. The largest and mildest white onion. The large 
size, globe shape and delicious mild flavor of the regular Sweet Spanish are combined 
with a clear glistening while skin and crisp white flesh. Excellent for early green bunch- ; ' _ . . _ oe 
ing onions and for large dry bulbs for storage. Vigorous grower, ideal for both market Early Yellow Globe 

and home use. Pkt. 15c; 4 Oz. 40c; Oz. 75c; 4 Lb. $2.10; 4% Lb. $3.40. The favorite for muck and upland—good keeper. 
CLOW VARIETIES 
605 EARLY YELLOW GLOBE. True Strain. This is the 
best early yellow onion for 
both muck and upland. [tis 10 days to two weeks earlier than Brigham 
Yellow Globe and will produce beautiful large globe onions even under 
adverse conditions. The onions are unusually large, an attractive deep 
yellow color and nearly globe shape. They have a 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. The strain we offer is the very best obtainable—true lo 
type, uniform, heavy yielding and of good keeping quality. 
Pkt. 15ce; 4.Oz. 35c; Oz. 60c; 14 Lb. $1.60: 4% Lb. $2.75. 
600 BRIGHAM YELLOW GLOBE. Also called “Michigan 
Onion.’’ Ours 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 most popular 
and widely grown yarielies for both muck and upland. 
Pkt. 10c; 4% Oz. 30c; Oz. 55¢c; 144 Lb. $1.50; 44 Lb. $2.40. 
620 SWEET SPANISH— Utah Strain. “arse Sweet Onions 
in Your Garden. 
Year after year this variety has produced the largest and finest onions 
in our trial grounds and has shown most remarkable vigor and re- 
sistance to disease and insect pests. 
It may seem incredible that these large mild yellow Spanish onions 
can be grown in your own garden, but this is absolutely the case and 
anyone with reasonably 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 globe shaped 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 are easily grown 






Sweet Spanish, Utah Strain from plants of this variety. 
Fine onions like these grown in your own garden! Pkt. 15c; 4 Oz. 40c; Oz. 70c; 144 Lb. $1.95; 4% Lb. $3.25. 
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