
291. SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE. (110 
days.) <A large, handsome, dark red onion with 
small neck, small top and of mild flavor, Excel- 
lent keeping qualities. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 45c; %4 
Ib., $1.40; 1b., $3.50, postpaid, 
Southport White Globe. 
292. SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE. 
(110 days.) The best white onion. A handsome 
onion with a pure delicate paper-white skin, 
Flesh crisp, fine-grained, snowy white and mild; 
a good keeper for a white variety. Pkt., 10c; 
0z., 65c; %4 Ib., $2.00; 1b., $4.90, postpaid. 

Early Yellow Globe. 
EARLY YELLOW GLOBE. ( 
days.) The Earliest Commercial Onion, This onion 
is ten days ahead of Yellow Globe Danvers and an 
286. (98 
excellent keeper. The bulbs are deep yellow in 
color; true globe shaped, medium large in size 
with clinging skins, and very mild and sweet. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 55c; % Ib., $1.60; 1b., $3.90, post- 
paid, 
285. YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS. 
(110 days.) 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 al- 
ways sweet and tender. Not quite as mild as 
the Spanish onions when sliced raw but for 
cooking or flavoring, one of the very best. It 
is a 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; 0oz., 50c; Y%, Ib., $1.50; Ib., 
$3.75, postpaid. 5 
290. SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE. 
(115 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. 
Pkt, LOcs oz:, 5be3 92 th $1,003) 1bin 63.80, 
Postpaid, 
299. AUSTRALIAN BROWN. Without 
any exception the most solid and longest keeping 
onion grown. (100 days.) In season 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. Bulbs are 
semi-globe or flatten in shape, rather strong in 
flavor and cook dark. A good variety to grow 
for sets. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 45c; % Ib., $1.40; Ib., 
$3.50, postpaid. 
287. LARGE RED WETHERSFIELD. 
(100 days.) The onions are a flattened 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 condi- 
tions. Flesh is fine grained, firm and of excellent 
keeping quality. Pkt., 10c; oz., 45c; Y%, Ib., 
$1.45; lb., $3.60, postpaid, 
“The Sweet Spanish onion plants you sent me 
last year gave me the_best yield I have ever had. 
They were very fine, and we still have a bushel in 
fine shape hanzing in our vegetable room to keep 
for six weeks yet.” 
—Fowler D. Brooks, 
Indiana, 
OLDS’ ONION SETS 
Choice, dry, select Onion Sets, the best 
to be had 
Lb., 30c; 2 
Lb., 35¢e; 2 
YELLOW BOTTOM SETS: 
Ibs., 50c; 4 lbs., 90c, postpaid. 
WHITE BOTTOM SETS: 
Ibs., 60c; 4 lbs., $1.10, postpaid. 

GARLIC SETS 
A garlic bulb is composed of many small cloves 
which should be separated and planted the same 
as onion sets and cultivated in the same way. 
Bulbs, 1 Ib., 40c; 1b., 70c; 2 lbs., $1.30, postpaid, 
CHIVES 
279. ALLIUM SCHOENOPRASON. 
(Schnittlauch.) Chives belong in the perennial 
class of onions. Plant 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. 
ONION PLANTS. See next page. 
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Olds’ Hand Selected Onions 
CULTURE: As early as possible, 
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 or attic. 
Time required to raise matured on- 
ions varies greatly in different sec- 
tions. A packet of seed will plant 
25 to 30 feet of drill; one ounce 200 
feet, and four pounds an acre. See 
Market Gardeners’ Price List op- 
posite page 1 for prices on larger 
amounts than quoted. 
23 for maggot control.) 
BERMUDA ONION 
CRYSTAL WHITE WAX. (95 
283. 
days.) One of the most attractive Bermuda va- 
rieties. It is large, flat, pure white, very early, 
in flavor; in fact, can be eaten like an 
apple. Can be grown under northern condi- 
tions and is very fine for slicing. Not a good 
keeper. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 45c; Y% lb., $1.40; 1b., 
$3.50, postpaid. 
“Have bought seeds from you for 30 years or 
more.” . 
—W. H. Tillson, 
Towa. 
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 
reason we do not recommend planting them in 
northern Wisconsin and similar latitudes. 
mild 
Sweet Spanish, 
298. SWEET SPANISH. 
(Utah Strain.) 
(110 days.) An extremely large, mild and sweet 
globular-shaped onion and very handsome, 
flesh is clear, white and tender. Under favorable 
conditions these onions will weigh over two 
pounds each and when placed on the market will 
outsell the other varieties at much higher prices. 
PkEt., 10c; oz. 65c;. 14 .Ib., $2.00; Ib., $4.90, 
postpaid, ; 
297. PRIZETAKER. (105 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; o2z., 
65c; V4 Ib., $2.00; Ib., $4.90, postpaid. 
288. AILSA CRAIG. (115 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. a 
Yellow skin. Pkt., 10c; oz., 55c; Y% Ib., $1.75; 
lb., $4.30, postpaid, 
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