UNIONS 
1 oz. will sow 100 ft.; 4 to 5 lbs. for an acre 
CULTURE: A crop of onions can be grown on any 
good soil but of course with fertilizer better results 
will be obtained. Ground should be well worked and 
pulverized, allowing no lumps or trash to mar the 
surface. The seed can be sown in the spring, just as 
soon as the ground can be prepared, as onion seed 
will germinate in cool weather. Sow about 14 inch 
deep and in rows 12 to 16 inches apart. After they 
show an inch or two above the ground give them a 
good light hoeing, after which weeding must be done, 
and must be repeated whenever weeds appear until 
the tops lie down, then they should be topped and the 
bulbs allowed to dry before sacking. For extra large 
bulbs, thin out gradually so that they stand 3 to 4 
inches apart. For real early onions sow seeds indoors 
in early February and transplant to field in April. 
YELLOW VARIETIES 
GRANO or EARLY YELLOW BABOSA. The earli- 
est onion used instead of Bermuda as better 
keeper and more productive. Bulbs top shaped. 
Flesh white straw colored skin. 
SWEET SPANISH, PIETERS-WHEELER STRAIN. A 
carefully developed and selected strain of the 
Utah Sweet Spanish. Considered by most large 
experienced onion growers as the top commercial 
strain because it produces very uniform large 
bulbs of good dark golden color; globe in shape; 
flesh is firm and of mild flavor. Especially desired 
as from this strain very few doubles and thick 
necks are produced. 
SWEET SPANISH COLORADO NO. 6 SELECTED. 
Developed by the Colorado Experiment Station 
for large, more rounded, firm bulbs with a heavy 
protecting deep yellow bronze skin. With our 
continued selection year after year of the best 
bulbs for seed production, we have a strain 
that matures well, has small neck, good keeper, 
heavy yielder, an outstanding, highest grade, 
Sweet Spanish. 
SWEET SPANISH SELECTED UTAH STRAIN. Care- 
ful selection year after year of the bulbs is 
what establishes a superior strain of onions. 
This we have done and can recommend to critical 
growers. This Colorado grown Utah Strain pro- 
duces large, round, dark yellow top quality 
onions. Heavy yielder. 
SWEET SPANISH REGULAR UTAH STRAIN. A very 
good strain, has proven satisfactory. 
YELLOW SWEET SPANISH CERTIFIED. Colorado 
grown. This seed produced in an isolated loca- 
tion from a pure line of carefully selected trans- 
planted Utah Strain bulbs. 

MOUNTAIN DANVERS 

SWEET SPANISH SELECTED UTAH STRAIN 
AUSTRALIAN BROWN. An excellent keeping va- 
riety, bulbs chestnut brown, semiglobular with 
tight fitting skin. Used largely for sets. 
MOUNTAIN DANVERS. (Colorado Grown.) This 
variety of Danvers developed in the mountains 
of western Colorado. Matures practically all the 
crop at.once. Color is a beautiful dark yellow, 
shading to brown. It is an excellent keeper and 
shows less shrinkage than any other variety. 
The bulbs are three-quarters round, hard, with 
thick, heavy clinging skin. Our seed is grown 
from selected bulbs in the high altitudes of west- 
ern Colorado. 
EARLY YELLOW GLOBE. A fine, medium large, 
almost globe shaped onion. Solid, uniform with 
attractive yellow skin. 10 days earlier than 
Yellow Globe Danvers. Keeps well. 
YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS. 112 to 114 days. A 
popular strain of Yellow Globe and most widely 
known. A good cropper, medium late, hardy; 
used largely for storage. Bulbs medium large, 
round, yellow, firm, solid with small neck. Flesh 
white, with slight yellow tone. 
EBENEZER. An excellent variety for producing sets 
of exceptional keeping qualities. Bulbs are 
medium size, thick and flat, dark yellow, very 
firm with thick skin. - 
YELLOW BERMUDA. Very early, bulbs medium 
sized, flat, skin straw colored, flesh nearly white 
Sweet and mild. 

20 THE WESTERN SEED COMPANY, DENVER, COLORADO 
