. Burpee's farm annual 1894. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. SILVER SKIN, OR WHITE PORTUGAL ONION. WHITE SILVERSKIN, or WHITE PORTUGAL. Very desirabU' for t'aniily use; Havor iniid and pleas- ant ; skin silvery w hite; of handsome appearance; hijjhly esteemed for pickling when young, also for market in early winter. This is the variety of which White Onion Sets are grown, and is known in New England as " I'hihuleljiliia ; I*er pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 30 , 2 0/.S. 50 cts.


. Burpee's farm annual 1894. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. SILVER SKIN, OR WHITE PORTUGAL ONION. WHITE SILVERSKIN, or WHITE PORTUGAL. Very desirabU' for t'aniily use; Havor iniid and pleas- ant ; skin silvery w hite; of handsome appearance; hijjhly esteemed for pickling when young, also for market in early winter. This is the variety of which White Onion Sets are grown, and is known in New England as " I'hihuleljiliia ; I*er pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 30 , 2 0/.S. 50 cts.; % ft) 8.) cts.; per lb ; STRASBURG, OR YELLOW DUTCH ONION. YELLOW STRASBURG, or DUTCH. One of the oldest varieties; bulhs 85 cts.; per lb Cheaper in hulk bij express. THE EXTRA EARLY BARLETTA, For Pickling: and Bunching: Onions. TheBARLETT.\ is just the thing in size. It is hand- some, round, of pearly whiteness, and altogether the pickling Onion par excellence. Its advent has made the production of tnese Onions a If well-grown, well-cured, and well-sorted, they cannot help tempting OTen an unwilling buyer, but especially the housewife in need of pickling material. The Bari-etta sells on sight. Sometimes it pays well to grow bunching Onions in the green or forcing house. For t)0th glass and out-door culture, seedling plants of the , started early under glass, may be used in place of sets. Of course, the anions will be small, but as, on account of the extreme earliness of the variety, they can be produced before other bunching onions come into market, they seem to bring the money. EilracLi from Onions for Profit, hy T. Greiner. Set advertiit^mtnt on next column. ONIONS FOR PROFIT. A Full and Complete Hand-Book of Onion Growing, by T. Greiner. At last we publisli a really complete hand- book on Onion growing, the first ever issued ; it is by the author of the New Onion Cul- ture, of which book he .says: " Tlie New Onion Cul


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