. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. I RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEPJv 31 ONION SEED—Continued The Leading White Sorts White sorts are milder than yellow or red, but do not keep so well. 574 Mammoth Silver King-. The largest of the foreign varieties, specimens having been grown to weigh as heavy as three pounds. Produces large bulbs within 120 days from seeds. Flat in shape and both skin and flesh are pure white, mild and well flavored. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ oz., 25 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; I lb., $; lb., $ 584 Southport White Globe. (See Specialities, page 4). Pkt, 15 cts.; £
. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. I RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEPJv 31 ONION SEED—Continued The Leading White Sorts White sorts are milder than yellow or red, but do not keep so well. 574 Mammoth Silver King-. The largest of the foreign varieties, specimens having been grown to weigh as heavy as three pounds. Produces large bulbs within 120 days from seeds. Flat in shape and both skin and flesh are pure white, mild and well flavored. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ oz., 25 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; I lb., $; lb., $ 584 Southport White Globe. (See Specialities, page 4). Pkt, 15 cts.; £ oz., 25 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; $ lb., $; lb., $ 588 White Bunching. This forms no bulbs, and is grown solely for green onions or scallions. Seed is sown thickly in the rows, and makes rapid growth. The young plants should be gradually earthed up to blanch the stalk as far up as possible. Pkt., 10 cts.; £ oz., 25 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; Jib., $; lb., $ 590 White Portugal, or Silver Skin. The bulbs are flat in shape, pure white and mature within 75 days after seeds were sown. It is a* splendid variety for both family use and the market gardener, and is very largely used for growing sets on account of its fine shape when small, and also for its good keeping qualities. This variety is grown extensively for use in the green state as a bunching Onion besides being well adapted for pickling. Pkt., 10 cts.; J oz., 25 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; J lb., $; lb., $ 592 White Queen, or Barletta. An early flat Onion, very mild, pure white, small in size and chiefly grown for pickling and bunching. Pkt., 10 cts.; § oz., 25 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; £ lb., $; lb., $ Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dreer, Henry A. (Firm); Dreer, Henry A. (Firm). Henry A. Dreer.
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