ONION ) 
The onion seed of all our important domestic varieties is produced by trained, expe- 
rienced personnel in the most favored areas of Idaho, Utah, and California. 
Our stock seed selection and maintenance work is carried on at our Minneapolis 
trial and breeding grounds where the high standards of our plantsmen plus the rigor- 
ous climate combine to give basic seed stock of highest excellence. 
The mother bulbs are critically selected for trueness to varietal type, uniformity, 
high yield and keeping quality. Our selection and maintenance work is carried on con- 
tinuously and specially selected mother bulbs are shipped out west for stock seed increase 
each year. 
Red Varieties 
Red Wethersfield 105 days Southport Red Globe 110 days 
Bulb—large, deep-flat, skin deep purplish- 
red; flesh fine grained and white with 
a purple tinge. 
An old standard variety, popular for 
Bulb—medium large, deep globe-shaped, 
small neck, skin dark glossy red; flesh 
fine grained, white with a tinge of 
growing sets and for home gardens purple. 
where a strong onion is liked. Excel- A very productive late variety. Popular 
lent for storage, in some markets. A good keeper. 
Yellow Varieties 
Australian Brown 100 days’ Brigham Yellow Globe 110 days 
Bulb—medium size, flattened globe in Bulb—medium lar d lobe sh 
‘ De oar : ge, deep globe shape, 
Shape, skin very thick, dark reddish- skin dark orange yellow, thick and 
brown; flesh firm, white, strongly tough. 
flavored. 
Famous for its keeping quality. A popu- A selection from Southport Yellow Globe 
lar variety for growing sets. for thick skin and good keeping quali- 
ties. Does especially well on peat and 
Bermuda, Yellow (White Bermuda) muck soils. An excellent storage variety. 
92 days 
Bulb—medium size, flattened, skin thin Early Yellow Globe 98 days 
and loose, straw colored; flesh coarse, 
juicy, very mild and pleasant to the Bulb—medium large, globe to flattened 
globe, skin tough, rich deep yellow; 
taste. . 
Used extensively in the South for grow- Bopha per and jy hite food keener. 
ing early bulbs for market and produc- Matures ten days to two weeks earlier 
ing onion plants for shipment to the than Southport Yellow Globe types. 
North. Not recommended for growing Bulbs large, high yielding, and keep 
large onions direct from seed in the well for an early variety. Highly rec- 
North. ‘ommended for an early shipping onion. 
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