Olds’ Hand Selected Onions 
291. SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE. (110 
days.) A medium large, handsome, dark red, 
globe shaped onion with small neck, small top 
and of mild flavor. Excellent keeping qualities. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 50c; Y% Ilb., $1.40; Ib., $4.15, 
postpaid. : 
Southport White Globe. 
292. SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE. 
(110 days.) The best medium sized white onion, 
A handsome onion with a pure delicate paper- 
white skin. Flesh crisp, fine-grained, snowy white 
and mild; a good keeper for a white variety. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 55¢; ¥% 1b., $1.65; Ib., $5.00, 
postpaid. 
Early Yellow Globe. 
EARLY YELLOW GLOBE. 
days.) The Earliest Commercial Onion. This onion 
is ten days ahead of Yellow Globe Danvers and an 
286. (98 
excellent keeper. The bulbs are deep yellow in 
color, true globe shaped, medium large in size 
with clinging skins, and very mild and sweet. 
“ey 10c; 0Z., 50c; 14 1b., $1.50; 1b., $4.50, post- 
paid, 
285. YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS. 
(110 days.) A solid onion of almost true globe 
Shape, averaging three inches through. In color 
the bulbs are a rich satiny yellow. The snow- 
white flesh cuts hard and crisp yet it is al- 
WayS sweet and tender. Not quite as mild as 
the Spanish onions when sliced raw but for 
cooking or flavoring, one of the very best. It 
is a good market variety, slender necked, and 
ripening tp all at one time. A sure cropper and 
a good keeper, the onions coming out dry and 
hard in the spring with practically no loss in 
weight. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 50c; 1% lb., $1.50; Ib., 
$4.45, postpaid. 
290. SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE. 
(115 days.) A globe shaped onion of fine orange 
yellow color, Somewhat larger and maturing a 
little later than the Yellow Globe Danvers. The 
flesh is hard and compact yet brittle and crisp. 
Good keeper. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 50c; %4 Ib., $1.45; 
lb., $4.35, postpaid, 
299. AUSTRALIAN BROWN. (100 
days.) Without any exception the most solid and 
longest keeping onion grown. In season it is one 
of the earliest and will ripen anywhere. It is 
often used for replanting when first sowings have 
been injured by weather conditions, Bulbs are 
semi-globe or flatten in shape, rather strong in 
flavor. A good variety to grow for sets. Pkt., 10c; 
0z., 50c; Y% Ib., $1.45; Ib., $4.35, postpaid. 
287. LARGE RED WETHERSFIELD. 
(100 days.) The onions are a flattened globe in 
shape with long slender tops and dark crimson 
skin, They grow to a large size and yield big 
crops even under unsatisfactory growing condi- 
tions. Flesh is fine grained, firm and of excellent 
keeping quality. Pkt., 10c; oz. 45c; % Ih., 
$1.30; lb., $3.90, postpaid. 
PICKLING ONION 
284. WHITE PEARL. (White Queen, 
Barletta.) (90 days.) Sometimes grown for the 
early market, but primarily grown for bunching 
and pickling. The bulbs are small, flat, clear 
white, firm, and mild. Pkt., 10c; oz. 45¢; %4° 
Ib., $1.30; Ib., $3.85, postpaid. 
OLDS’ ONION SETS 
Choice, dry, select Onion Sets, the best 
to be had, 
YELLOW BOTTOM SETS: Lb., 25c; 2 
Ibs., 45c; 4 lbs., 80c, postpaid. 
WHITE BOTTOM SETS: Lb, 380c; 2 
Ibs., 55c¢; 4 Ibs., $1.00, postpaid, 
GARLIC SETS 
A garlic bulb is composed of many small cloves 
which should be separated and planted the same 
as onion sets and cultivated in the same way. 
Bulbs, ¥2 lb., 40c; 1b., 65c; 2 Ibs., $1.20, postpaid, 
CHIVES 
279, ALLIUM SCHOENOPRASON. 
(Schnittlauch.) Chives belong in the perennial 
class of onions. Plant the seed the same as onions, 
but transplant later, leaving about six to eight 
inches between plants. Only the tops are used 
in cooking. A pretty plant in the rock garden, 
with its purple blossoms, Pkt., 15c; 2 pkts., 25c; 
Yo 0Z., 60C; 0z., $1.00; Y% Ib., $3.00, postpaid. 
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CULTURE: As early as possible, 
sow thinly in rows one foot apart, 
thinning later to 8 or 4 inches 
apart. Keep the surface of the 
ground open and free from weeds, 
using fertilizer if you want a 
maximum yield, When the bulk of 
the tops have turned yellow and 
have fallen over, the onions are 
ready to harvest. They should be 
pulled at this time and left to lie 
in small piles for a couple of days 
and then removed to an airy shed, 
When cool weather arrives store 
in a cool, dry root cellar or attic. 
Time required to raise matured on- 
ions varies greatly in different sec- 
tions. A packet of seed will plant 
25 to 80 feet of drill; one ounce 200 
feet, and four pounds an acre. See 
Market Gardeners’ Price List op- 
posite page 1 for prices on larger 
amounts than quoted. (See page 
23 for maggot control.) 
BERMUDA ONION 
CRYSTAL WHITE WAX. (95 
283. = 
days.) One of the most attractive Bermuda yva- 
rieties. It is large, flat, pure white, very early, 
mild in flavor; in fact, can be eaten like an 
apple. Can be grown under northern condi- 
tions and is very fine for slicing. Not a good 
keeper. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 50c; % Ib., $1.50; Ihb., 
$4.50, postpaid. 
SPANISH ONIONS 
The mildest, finest flavored and largest onions 
belong to this class, They require a little longer 
growing season than do the American sorts and 
they are not quite as good keepers. For this 
reason we do not recommend planting them in 
northern Wisconsin and similar latitudes. 
Sweet Spanish, 
298. SWEET SPANISH. 
(Utah Strain.) 
(110 days.) An extremely large, mild and sweet 
globular-shaped onion and very handsome, The 
flesh is clear, white and tender. Under favorable 
conditions these onions will weigh over two 
pounds each and when placed on the market will 
outsell the other varieties at much higher prices. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 55c; % Ib., $1.65; Ib., $4.95, 
postpaid, . 
297. PRIZETAKER. (105 days.) Bright 
straw yellow in color and a good globe shape. 
It grows about three times as large as the Dan- 
vers, individual onions sometimes weighing four 
pounds and over. Very mild, sweet flavor and 
a fair keeper, ripening evenly. Pkt., 10¢; oz., 
55c; Y% 1b., $1.60; 1b., $4.75, postpaid. 
288. AILSA CRAIG. (115 days.) An 
English strain of Spanish onion, much like the 
Prizetaker, but a considerably better keeper. A 
fine salad kind, mildly pungent, sweet and juicy. 
Yellow skin. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 50c¢; % Ib., $1.45; 
Ib., $4.35, postpaid. 
296. EARLY HYBRID SWEET SPAN- 
ISH Y42. (100 days.) The new heavy yield- 
ing early Spanish onion. See page 1 for illus- 
tration and complete description, Pkt, 50c; 02z., 
$2.25; V4 lb., $7.00; Ib., $20.00, postpaid. 
ONION PLANTS, See next page. 
