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ONION 
Standard Varieties (Cont.) 
EBENEZER (Japanese) «2.4 .5.0% toe bac ee oe ee 
Produces excellent sets of good keeping quality. Bulbs medium size; deep- 
flat in shape; pure deep yellow; very firm and hard. 
EVERGREEN BUNCHING (Hardy White Bunching) ........)) Ae 
A home and market garden variety for young or bunching onions. Produces a 
cluster of 4 to 6 useful shoots from a single seed in the first season. Used 
only for green onions. 
MICHIGAN SWEET SPANISH (7.035. 
Developed for late fall markets and storage. Slightly smaller and darker than 
regular Sweet Spanish. Bulbs globe to flattened globe shape, deep brownish- 
yellow with yellowish-green tops. 
PRIZETAKER (00. Peele ue Tatu ale a wie cepd rane Cg ee etn a 
Productive, widely grown for shipping. Bulbs large, globular; skin thin; 
glossy and of a light shade of yellow. Flesh coarse but mild, crisp and sweet. 
RED -WETHERSFIELD: (222 505...0...5. a 
Standard late variety of good keeping quality; excellent for sets and for 
mature bulbs. Bulbs large; flat but rather deep; skin deep purplish-red; 
flesh white with faint pink flush; strong. 
SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE 220. Wyecsns one ee 
Standard late variety used in large quantities in some markets; good keeper. 
Bulbs large, globe-shaped; skin thick, very deep purplish-red; flesh white 
with faint tinge of pink; flavor strong. 
SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE |. v2. ..4).002-.05e se 
Standard late variety of highest quality. Bulbs medium large, globular and 
firm; skin clear white; flesh clear white and fairly mild; keeps well, but not 
so long as the standard colored globes. 
SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE |... ..007...0....0......51 3 
Standard late variety of good keeping quality. Bulbs large, globular; skin 
deep orange-yellow; flesh fine grained; fairly strong. 
SWEET SPANISH, YELLOW (Utah Strain) 6 sy. sas set ee ee 
The best of the very large mild varieties. Selected from the original Spanish 
stock for adaptability to American conditions and for better keeping qual- 
te Bulbs very large, globular, deep amber-orange; flesh white, firm and 
mild, 
WHITE PORTUGAL (American Silverskin) 22.0.4. .06G 4. +.« een, 
Most widely used white onion for sets, pickling onions, and for bunching 
onions from seed. Bulbs of medium size; flat but fairly deep; pure white; 
flesh fine grained, firm and hard. A good keeper. 
WHITE SWEET SPANISH (California Strain) oo... b..0 Jn a) 
A fairly large, semi-globe with glistening white skin. Flesh white, rather 
soft and mild. Is considerably earlier than the Utah Strain and ripens down 
better, but is not a long keeper. 
WHITE SWEET SPANISH (Utah Strain) ........................ . 
A white counterpart of the Yellow Utah Strain, Very large, globular, glis- 
tening white bulbs, Late. 
YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS (Original Squire’s Strain) ..+:.4.2.,.,. 
We suggest Early Yellow Globe. 
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