. Seed annual : 1902. Nursery stock Missouri Saint Louis Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. Extra Early White Pearl. This is one of the earliest of all the white varieties. It grows to a fair size, of pearly white color, flesh of a pure snow-white, and flavor very mild. It grows with wonderful rapidity. A splendid keeper, succeeding everywhere, and requiring only thin soil. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; M-lb., 75c; lb., $ Philadelphia White Silverskin. This is the best for growing white sets, also for pickling onio
. Seed annual : 1902. Nursery stock Missouri Saint Louis Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. Extra Early White Pearl. This is one of the earliest of all the white varieties. It grows to a fair size, of pearly white color, flesh of a pure snow-white, and flavor very mild. It grows with wonderful rapidity. A splendid keeper, succeeding everywhere, and requiring only thin soil. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; M-lb., 75c; lb., $ Philadelphia White Silverskin. This is the best for growing white sets, also for pickling onions, having for many years been grown in the vicinity of Philadelphia, especially for sets, is now particularly desir- able for that purpose. Pkt., 6c; oz., 20c; i^-tt^f, 65c; lb., $ I^Ked Bermuda. This is the well known Targe onion of commerce, particularly adapted for the South; bulbs grown in this country are equal in size to the imported ones. Pkt.,5c; oz.,20c; 3^-lb.,75c; lb.,$ C^XJTXOIV ! BEWARE OF CHEAP ONTOX SEED. Never before has this caution been so necessary. Teas of inferior and old Onion Seed are on the market to-day that can be bought for fifteen cents per pound, but it -would be dear at any price. It is impossible to compete In price with this so-called "Clieap Seed," which is sold below the actual cost of production of first-class fresh seed. To grow large, full size Onions, four to five pounds black seed should be sown to the acre. To raise Pickling Onions and Onion Sets, fifty to sixty pounds of black seed are required per acre, and for this purpose the best varieties are the Yellow Danvers, Yellow Strassburg, Red Wethersfield, Philadelphia White Silverskin and White Portugal. As Onions grow on top of the ground they may be allowed to remain pretty thick, no matter if they crowd each other, particularly if they are growing for Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced fo
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