
DESSERT SEED CoO. Peer er ee nee CLAVE ROY CAINE 

ONION, Excellent Storage, Continued 
Ebenezer (Japanese). Medium size, deep flat shape. Splendid keeper. 
Skin color pure deep yellow, flesh white, very firm and solid. 
One of the best varieties for yellow sets. 
Ebenezer White. Flat shape, excellent keeper. Pure white skin and 
flesh. Makes excellent sets. 
Golden Globe (Golden Marvel). Oblong globe shape, or bottle neck. 
Skin color rich golden yellow. Flesh firm and solid. Can be used 
for growing globe-shaped sets and is equally good for market or 
storage. 
Mountain Danvers Yellow Globe. Slightly flattened globe shape. Skin 
color deep yellow, turning brown. Flesh solid, creamy white, mild. 
A good storage and shipping Onion. Develops well in northern 
climates. 
Ohio Yellow Globe. Good globe shape, a little flat at the base. Skin 
color pure deep yellow. Flesh firm and solid, excellent shipper 
and keeper. 
Red Wethersfield. Deep flat shape, splendid keeper, skin color deep 
purplish red. Flesh white tinged with pink, strong flavor. Much 
used for red sets. 
Southport Red Globe. Perfect globe shape, the best of the red Onions 
and a wonderful keeper. Skin color rich burgundy red. Flesh 
very solid, white tinged with pink, very strong flavor. 
Southport White Globe. Almost a perfect globe shape, succeeds well 
in all northern parts, skin clear white, thin. Flesh waxy white, solid 
and mild flavor. A good keeper, not quite so good for storage as 
the colored Southport Globes. 
Southport Yellow Globe. A deep globe shape Onion, very productive 
and a good keeper, rather strong flavor. Skin clear deep orange- 
yellow. Flesh slightly tinged yellow, firm and crisp. Good ship- 
ping Onion. 
White Portugal (American Silver Skin). Fairly deep flat Onion. Pure 
white, flesh firm, solid and fairly pungent. Splendid keeper. In 
general use for white sets and as a mature Onion for market pur- 
poses. Also used for pickling and, in a young state, for bunching. 
A real all-purpose Onion. 
Yellow Globe Danvers. Medium size globe shaped. Skin color dark 
yellow. Flesh firm and solid, tinged yellow, fairly strong flavor. 
Fine for shipping and storage. Well known garden variety. 
Onion, Bunching and Pickling Varieties 
Crystal White Wax. (See above.) Sometimes used as a pickle variety. 
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Improved Green Bunching (Lisbon Strain) (Allium cepa). While gen- 
erally used as a bunching Onion, this is a true Onion, silver skinned, 
the shoots are usually 142-2% inches thick when used as a spring 
Onion. Will develop at maturity a large bulb, deep flattish globe 
in shape with rather a thick neck, quite pungent. 
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