. Descriptive vegetable list. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. SEED GROWERS 43 ONION (Cont'd) Sweet Spanish The best of the very large mild varieties. One of the original Spanish types, but a better keeper because it was selected for keeping quahties. Deep amber-orange; small neck; globular. White Portugal (American Silverskin) Most widely used white onion for sets, pickling onions, mature bulbs and for bunching onions from seed. Bulbs of medium size; flat but fairly deep; pure white; flesh fine grained, firm and hard. A splendid keeper. Whi
. Descriptive vegetable list. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. SEED GROWERS 43 ONION (Cont'd) Sweet Spanish The best of the very large mild varieties. One of the original Spanish types, but a better keeper because it was selected for keeping quahties. Deep amber-orange; small neck; globular. White Portugal (American Silverskin) Most widely used white onion for sets, pickling onions, mature bulbs and for bunching onions from seed. Bulbs of medium size; flat but fairly deep; pure white; flesh fine grained, firm and hard. A splendid keeper. White Sweet Spanish Similar to the original Sweet Spanish, except that it is white with clear glistening skin. Globe shaped. Yellow Bermuda (White Bermuda) One of the most widely used varieties in the country. Enormous quantities used in Texas for early shipment. An early flat onion, light straw colored, small tops. Flesh white and mild. Yellow Danvers, Flat One of the hardiest, most easily grown and best keepers. Unex- celled for general purposes and especially valuable for sets. Bulbs medium large; flat but fairly thick; clear bright yellow, flesh white with faint tint of yellow; firm and hard. Yellow Globe Danvers (Original Squire's Strain) Very popular and somewhat earlier than Ohio and Southport Yellow Globes. Bulbs medium large, globe-shaped, dark yellow; flesh white with faint tinge of yellow, firm and hard. Telegraph Code Word ONSPA ONUDA ONSQU. 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 Ferry-Morse Seed Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Detroit, Mich. : Ferry-Morse Seed Company
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