. Buist's garden guide and almanac : 1898. Nursery stock, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Grasses, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Agricultural implements, Catalogs. Mammoth Red Victoria.—The Victoria class of Onions is entirely different from any other, their distinctive features are their pecu- liar oval round shape; and the immense Onions they produce frequently weighing five pounds each; under good cultivation, there is no trouble to grow them of this weight and enormous size; skin is of
. Buist's garden guide and almanac : 1898. Nursery stock, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Grasses, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Agricultural implements, Catalogs. Mammoth Red Victoria.—The Victoria class of Onions is entirely different from any other, their distinctive features are their pecu- liar oval round shape; and the immense Onions they produce frequently weighing five pounds each; under good cultivation, there is no trouble to grow them of this weight and enormous size; skin is of a dark blood-red color, flesh white or slightly tinged with light Tose, flesh mild and delicate. Per oz., 20 cts.; i lb., 60 cts.; lb., $ Early White Barletta Onion. Early White Barletta.—This variety is two weeks earlier than the famous White Queen, and is regarded as the earliest variety in cultivation, when the crop is matured the tops die down close to the bulb leaving the most perfect minature Onions imaginable, ranging from one inch to one and a half inches in diameter, of a pure paper white color, exceedingly mild and delicious in fla- vor; it is a grand, variety for pickling pur- poses and if sown thickly in rows will pro- duce small round Onions of the size of marbles. Peroz-, 20 cts., % lb., 60 cts.; lb., $ PARSLEY. PERSIL (Fr.). PETERSILIE (Ger.). PEREJIL (Sp.). Sow in rows early in Spring, in good rich soil; it makes a very good edging for beds or walks. Seed two years old will vegetate more freely than new seed, which will frequently re- quire five or six weeks to germinate, so the cultivator must not be disheartened if the plants do not appear within a month. Should the weather be dry, watering will hasten their germination. The Garnishing varieties are decidedly the prettiest for ornamenting a dish; but for seasoning, they are all equally good. The seed will also germinate more freely by soaking it twenty-feui hours in water, and mixed with sand bef
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