ROCKY FORD, COLORADO 
JUMBO 
White Sweet Spanish Onions 
This new strain was released by Pieters-Wheeler for the 1948 planting and while in 
the past there has been introductions of a Jumbo White by other concerns, this is the 
first instance all reproductions were satsfactory and Jumbo size. One grower on an 
8acre field produced from this seed 8,003 50-pound bags which in yield is equal to 
the Yellow Sweet Spanish, Utah Strain, and were sold on the market at a much higher 
price. It also is a globe shaped onion with a mild flavor and matures in pracically 
the same length of time as the Yellow strain. 
PRICES: Oz. 60c 1% lb. $2.00; 1% Ib. $3.50; 1 lb. $6.00; 5 Ibs. or more @ $5.50 per Ib. 
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Early White Sweet Spanish Onions 
This is the original White Onion, globe shaped and mild flavor, somewhat lighter in 
yield than ether the Yellow or Jumbo White but planted at the same time will mature 
10 days to 2 weeks earlier than the two above mentioned strains. This factor is an asset 
for in many cases the early and first maturing crops will hit a high market and pay 
dividends. 
PRICES: Oz. 60c % Ib. $2.00; % Ib. $3.50; 1 Ib. $6.60; 5 lbs. or more @ $5.50 per Ib. 
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Yellow Sweet Spanish Onions 
Is a very large globe shape, four and five heavy golden brown outside skins and 
white flesh, being one of the mildest onions known today. Thousands of acres of this © 
variety are grown in the Western States each growing season and shipped from coast 
to coast. When properly and thoroughly cured, is a good keeper and a splendid shipper. 
Many growers report a yield of 1000 up to 1400 crates per acre, the average weight per 
crate being 42 to 44 pounds. An average of 2% pounds of seed are planted per acre, 
A trial of this strain of Valencia Onion Seed will be convincing. 
PRICES: Oz. 40c; 4 lb. $1.50; % lb. $2.75; i Ib. $5.00; 5 to 25 Ibs. @ $4.50 per Ib. 
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Colo. No. 6 Yellow Sweet Spanish Onions 
This variety developed by Colorado Agriculture Experiment Station and reproduced 
for us by Pieters-Wheeler Seed Co., which we consider one of the outstanding onion 
seed growers. It is a very thick skinned type having a dark, almost bronze color which 
is carried down through four or five of the outer layers. It is globe shape and matures 
somewhat later than the regular yellow sweet Spanish, Utah strain. 
PRICES: Oz. 60c; 14 Ib. $2.00; 1% Ib. $3.50; 1 Ib. $6.00; 5 ibs. or more @ $5.50 per Ib. 
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