. Illustrated and descriptive seed catalogue and price list for 1900. Nursery stock California San Francisco Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Herbs Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. White Portugal. GIANT ROCCA.—Light yellow, of immense size and globular form. It is of rapid growth, and yields enormously; flesh mild and sweet. GIANT WHITE 'ITALIAN TRIPOLI.—Resembles somewhat the Ameri- can White Portugal, but is much larger. It is fiat, pure white, mild, and of good flavor. GIANT RED ITALIAN TRIPOLI.—Similar to the last in shape and size, and differs from it on
. Illustrated and descriptive seed catalogue and price list for 1900. Nursery stock California San Francisco Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Herbs Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. White Portugal. GIANT ROCCA.—Light yellow, of immense size and globular form. It is of rapid growth, and yields enormously; flesh mild and sweet. GIANT WHITE 'ITALIAN TRIPOLI.—Resembles somewhat the Ameri- can White Portugal, but is much larger. It is fiat, pure white, mild, and of good flavor. GIANT RED ITALIAN TRIPOLI.—Similar to the last in shape and size, and differs from it only in color, which is a moderately deep red. QUEEN.—White, handsome, and a good keeper. If sown thick, produces small, very firm bulbs, the best of all for pickling; if given more room matures an excellent onion that will keep all winter. Onion Sets. BOTTOfl ONION SETS.—Are grown from seed that has been sown too thick to attain a large size. The small onions thus obtained are planted out, and are ready in a short time to pull as green onions for the table or bunched for the market. If left to stand they make ripe onions of the best quality, and come to maturity some six weeks earlier than a crop grown direct from the seed. Yellow sets are most in de- mand, but Red and White are used to some extent. Sow forty to sixty pounds of black seed to the acre to raise For Prices, see Price List at end of 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 E. J. Bowen (Firm); Bowen, E. J; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. San Francisco, Calif. : E. J. Bowen
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