. Burpee's farm annual : the best seeds that grow including rare novelties. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. 78 W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., GIANT WHITE ITALIAN TRIPOLI ONION. GIANT WHITE ITALIAN TRIPOLI (El Paso, or Large Mexican). Of large size and most beautiful form, with fine, white skin. The first season from the black seed it will grow an onion of from one to one and a half pounds; but to attain the full size the bulbs should be set out the following s
. Burpee's farm annual : the best seeds that grow including rare novelties. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. 78 W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., GIANT WHITE ITALIAN TRIPOLI ONION. GIANT WHITE ITALIAN TRIPOLI (El Paso, or Large Mexican). Of large size and most beautiful form, with fine, white skin. The first season from the black seed it will grow an onion of from one to one and a half pounds; but to attain the full size the bulbs should be set out the following spring. Per pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; % ft) 50 cts.; per ft) $ Red Mammoth Tripoli, or Bermuda Red. In shape and size like the Giant White Tripoli. Skin thin and of a rich blood-red color; flesh white, fine-grained. Per pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; 34 ft* 40 cts.; per lb § Burpee's Mammoth Silver King: Onion. The Mammoth Silver King Onion, named and intro- duced by us in 188U, grows to a most remarkable size. The bulbs are of attractive form, flattened, but thick through. The average diameter of the onions is from 5 to 7% inches -thus making the circumference from 15 to 22 inches. Single bulbs often attain weights of from 2% to 4 pounds each. The skin is a beautiful silvery white; the flesh is snowy white and of a particularly mild and pleasant flavor. So sweet and tender is the flesh that it can be eaten raw, like an apple. The Silver King matures ^ early and is uniformly of large size and perfect -jr form. It cannot be too highly recommended, either ( \AAkj for family use, for exhibition at fairs or in restauranis, or for sale on market during fall and early winter, where its size and beauty prove very striking. For several years we offered cash prizes for the largest Silver King onions grown from our seed. In 188G Alfred Rose, Penn Yan, N. Y., won the first prize with two onions of the enormous weight of 4% lbs. and 4 lbs. 2 ozs. In 1889 the first prize was awarded to
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