GREEN VELVET (60 days)—A prolific 
variety which grows 5 to 6 feet in height, 
bearing round, light green, tapered, spineless 
pods 7 to 8 inches long. They retain their 
form and color in the canning process. 
PERKINS MAMMOTH LONG POD (55 te 
60 days)—Perkins is a well known variety 
and equally suitable for home and commercial 
purposes. Plants stretch up to 4% to 5 feet 
tall and bear heavy foliage. The fleshy, bright 
green pods, 7 to 8 inches long, are slender, 
straight, tapered, ribbed and spined. 
WHITE VELVET (55 to 60 days)—A 
widely distributed and popular variety. The 
prolific plants stand at maturity about 5 feet 
tall. The spineless pods, 6 to 7 inches long, 
are round, straight, smooth and tapered. They 
show a creamy white color. 
Onion 
The onion is one of the oldest vegetables 
in the history of mankind. It is native to 
Western Asia and cultivated by the nations 
of that general area which cradled civilization. 
It was introduced into this country from Eng- 
land around the turn of the 19th century. 
Onions are propagated from seed, sets and 
seedling plants. Sow % ounce of seeds or 2 
pounds of sets to a 100-foot row. Four to 5 
pounds of seed are required for an acre. 
BERMUDA YELLOW, WHITE BERMUDA 
(92 days)—The flat bulbs grow to a medium 
size, with the skin a light straw color and 
juicy flesh nearly white. Flavor sweet and 
mild. A popular market type grown in the 
Southwest and elsewhere in home gardens. 
BERMUDA CRYSTAL WAX, CRYSTAL 
WHITE WAX (95 days)—A popular sort 
grown in the South for Northern markets. 
The flat bulb develops a medium size, skin 
a waxy white with white, juicy flesh. Mild 
flavored. 
EBENEZER or JAPANESE (105 days)— 
A principal use is the production of onion 
sets. The variety develops a thick, flattened, 
firm bulb of medium size with a dark yellow 
color. Flesh is a firm creamy yellow with a 
mild flavor. 
PRIZETAKER (105 days)—On the order 
of Sweet Spanish types, the bulbs develop 
large and globular in shape, with a glossy, 
straw color, thin skin. Flesh is coarse with 
a mild, sweet flavor. Popular variety for 
shipping and home use. 
RED WETHERSFIELD (100 days)—An 
old popular variety for home gardens, and 
keeps well in storage. Produces a large, deep, 
flat, purplish-red bulb with firm, fine-grained, 
white flesh having a purple tinge. 
SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE (110 days) 
—A very popular productive red variety 
which keeps well. Bulbs are medium large, 
globular, small neck, dark glossy-red skin with 
fine-grained white flesh, tinged purple. 
ROYAL QUALITY SEEDS 
Onion—Prizetaker 
SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE (110 days) 
—A choice, attractive white variety, excel- 
lent quality with mild flavor and a good 
keeper. The globe-shaped bulbs are solid, 
medium sized, with skin and flesh white. Ex- 
cellent yielder and a good keeper. 
SILVERSKIN or WHITE PORTUGAL 
(100 days)—An all around variety for pick- 
ling, sets, bunching, and storage. The flat 
bulbs are of a medium size, silvery white, 
firm, and fine-grained. 
SWEET SPANISH YELLOW (110 days) 
—An excellent large yellow sort, globular in 
shape, color of skin a yellow brown, of flesh 
a crisp, creamy white. Its mild, pungent, 
sweet, juicy flavor has created a wide accept- 
ance. A good shipping and storage onion. 
SWEET SPANISH WHITE (110 days)— 
Quite similar to the yellow type but with a 
white skin and white flesh. Largest of the 
white types. 
YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS (110 days) 
—Bulbs are medium large, solid, roundish, 
with a small neck and yellow color. Flesh is 
white touched with yellow. A good storage 
onion. 
YELLOW GLOBE SOUTHPORT (115 
days)—An old variety for home gardens and 
market storage. Bulbs are medium large, 
solid, a deep globe shape, skin orange-yellow, 
flesh a yellowish white, fine-grained with a 
fairly pungent flavor. 
