ONIONS 
Our Onion Seed is all grown from carefully selected onions. To get 
large crops of good, sound onions of good color and small tops you must 
have only the very best seed. Cheap, carelessly grown seed will not give 
such crops, even if it is fresh and germinates well. 
Onion Culture. Raising good onions from seed is not difficult but 
the ground 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 
A packet of seed will sow about 25 feet of row; 
an ounce 200 feet. It requires 4 to 6 Ibs. of seed per acre. 
keep well cultivated. Fine small green onions will be ready in the 
summer and ripe onions in the fall. 
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. 
Dust or Spray Onions with DDT. By controlling onion thrips, you get 
larger, better onions. Apply every two weeks. See DDT on page 82. 
YELLOW VARIETIES 
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Sweet Spanish—Utah Strain 
The superiority of our strain was proved in our trials. 
620 SWEET SPANISH —utah Strain. Large Sweet Onions. 
115 days. Year after year this variety has produced the largest and 
finest onions in our trial grounds and has shown most remarkable vigor 
and resistance to disease and insect pests. 
It may seem incredible that these large mild yellow Spanish onions 
can be grown in your own garden, but anyone with reasonably good soil 
can grow them. Market gardeners and growers for the roadside stands 
who have a discriminating trade like this valuable variety. 
Seed sown in the open ground in the early spring will produce mag- 
nificent 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 from plants. 
See ONION PLANTS on next page. 
Pkt. 15ce; 4% Oz. 40c; Oz. 70c; 14 Lb. $1.95; 14 Lb. $3.25. 
607 EBENEZER. Widely Grown for Sets. 
105 days. This onion is remarkably mild and tender and of very delicate 
flavor. It has such a fine reputation for quality in some localities that 
the onions command much higher prices than other kinds. While this 
variety can be readily raised from seed, its principal usefulness is for 
producing early onions from sets. For this purpose it is far superior 
to other kinds when ripe, dry onions are wanted earlier than they can 
be grown from seed. 
The onions are wonderfully firm and solid and will keep almost the 
year around. They are flattened in shape, of deep yellow color and very 
mild flavor. See ONION SETS on next page. 
Pkt. 10c; 44 Oz. 30c; Oz. 50c; 14 Lb. $1.25; 14 Lb. $1.90. 
605 EARLY YELLOW GLOBE. True Heavy-Yielding Strain. 
100 days. The best early yellow onion for both muck and upland. Up to 
two weeks earlier than Brigham, it will produce beautiful large globe 
onions, even under adverse conditions. The onions are unusually large, 
an attractive deep yellow color, and nearly globe shaped with a fine 
tight skin that makes them good keepers. The outstanding commercial 
onion especially on muck, and also a most satisfactory kind for the home 
garden. Our strain is the very best—true to type, uniform and heavy 
yielding. Pkt. 15c; 4% Oz. 35c; Oz. 60c; 144 Lb. $1.50; 4% Lb. $2.10. 
600 BRIGHAM YELLOW GLOBE or “‘Michigan Onion.” Best for Storage. 
110 days. Famous for its long keeping qualities, this is a fine deep globe 
onion with heavy skin of excellent dark color. A big yielder, maturing 
medium early, it has creamy white, mild flesh. Ours is the true strain, 
widely used on both muck and upland. 
Pkt. 10c; 4% Oz. 30c; Oz. 55c; 144 Lb. $1.40; 4% Lb. $2.00. 
599 ASGROW Y41. New Heavy Yielding Hybrid. 
100 days. Hybrid onions have greater vigor, heavier yields and more 
uniformity than the regular varieties, and from the hundreds of hy- 
brids whose performances we have checked, we selected this as the one 
outstanding early kind, for muck or upland. Ripening early and evenly, 
its yields are up to 40% greater than Early Yellow Globe, since almost 
every plant under good conditions makes a fine big onion. The bulbs 
are round with tight skin, and good color. 
Dr. H. A. Jones of the U.S.D.A. developed hybrid onions, and his 
male sterile parent material is used in all the best crosses. The fine 
quality and appearance and, above all, the tremendous yields of this 
hybrid make it the best to be offered so far. 
Pkt. 35ce; 144 Oz. 85c; Oz. $1.35; 14 Lb. $3.90; 14 Lb. $6.75. 
Asgrow Y41—Remarkable yields of fine big onions. 
WHITE VARIETIES 
626 WHITE SWEET SPANISH. Large, Mild White Onion. 110 days. The 
large size, globe shape and delicious mild flavor of the regular Sweet 
Spanish are combined with a clear glistening white skin and crisp white 
flesh. Excellent for early green bunching onions and for large dry bulbs 
for storage. Vigorous grower, ideal for both market and home use. 
Pkt. 15c; 144 Oz. 40c; Oz. 75c; 144 Lb. $2.10; 4% Lb. $3.40. 
610 JAPANESE BUNCHING. Hardy Green Scallions. 
This hardy onion produces a cluster of 3 to 6 slender, pure white stalks 
on each plant. As green onions or scallions they are most delicious, very 
mild and sweet. Sow the seed anytime in the spring or early summer 
and they will produce tender scallions in the fall. Mulch to winter over 
and you will have a very early crop next spring as they are very hardy. 
Excellent for both home and commercial use. 
Pkt. 15c; 4% Oz. 35c; Oz. 65c; 14 Lb. $1.65; 14 Lh. $2.75. 
624 WHITE BUNCH (White Lisbon.) 100 days. 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; 144 Oz. 30c; Oz. 55c; 14 Lb. $1.50; 14 Lb. $2.40. 
625 WHITE PORTUGAL, or Silverskin. 100 days. 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. 10c; 14 Oz. 30c; Oz. 55c; 14 Lb. $1.40; 14 Lb. $2.00. 
617 SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE. 110 days. 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; 4% Oz. 35c; Oz. 65c; 14 Lb. $1.65; 14 Lb. $2.75. 
616 SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE. Largest, Handsomest Red Onion. 110 
days. We have never seen a more uniform stock than the strain we 
offer. This is a handsome variety and keeps better than any other red 
kind. The quality is fine, the onions being very tender when cooked. 
The bulbs are of perfect globe shape, deep red, and with small tops. 
Pkt. 15¢; 144 Oz. 35c; Oz. 60c; 14 Lb. $1.60; 1% Lb. $2.75. 
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