. Illustrated catalogue : field, farm and garden seeds, spring 1902. Nursery stock Indiana Lebanon Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. Tlie Onion tlirives best in a ratlicr deep, ricli. loamy soil, and unlike most vegetables, succeeds when cultivated on same grouna for successive years. The best culture requires that the ground siiouid be deeply trenched and manured the previous autumn and laid up in ridges during winter to pulverize. As early in spring as ground is in working order, sow thinly in drills about a
. Illustrated catalogue : field, farm and garden seeds, spring 1902. Nursery stock Indiana Lebanon Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. Tlie Onion tlirives best in a ratlicr deep, ricli. loamy soil, and unlike most vegetables, succeeds when cultivated on same grouna for successive years. The best culture requires that the ground siiouid be deeply trenched and manured the previous autumn and laid up in ridges during winter to pulverize. As early in spring as ground is in working order, sow thinly in drills about a (quarter of an inch deep Cover with fine soil and I)ress down with back of spade oi- liglit roller. When young plants are strong enough, thin gradually, so they will stand four or live inches apart, keep ground open and free from weeds. If sets are wanted, plants should be left thicker in drills. The seed we offer are grown from selected bulbs and are sure to givt saU^actory results. i^White Barletta.—A very early, small, pure white variety, having a very delicate uilver skin, flesh fii m and mild in flavor. Its great merit over all others is its extreme earliiifss. For pickling purposes it is unex- celled. Papers, r)c, ounce, 20c; 4 ounces, 60c; pound, $, Jf^low Globe Danvers.—A globe-shaped variety; Yellow Globe Danvers. kme of the best yielders and a splendid keeper. We recommend it as one of the best varieties for growing sets Packet. 5c; ounce, 15 cents; 4 ounces, 35 cents; pound, $ ^^rize Taker Onion.—This new variety is, without exception, the largest and most handsome sort grown. It is the large, beautiJul onion that is seen on sale every fall at the fruit stores and stands in the large cities. The outside skin is of a rich yellow straw color, while the flesh is white, sweet, mild and tender. Packet, 5c; ounce, 15c; 4 ounces, 40 cents; pound, $ ^"i^ellow Dutch, or Strasburg.—A reliable and widely cultivated variety, not so strong in flavor as
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