. Burpee's novelties for 1890. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. EXTRA EARLY RED ONION. EXTRA EARLY RED. This variety matures very early. It yields abundantly and is of mild flavor; of medium size, deep red in color; very close-grained, solid and heavy. This will often form bulbs in cold and mucky soils, where other varieties fail. It is highly re- commended, particularly for the north and northwest, as even there it will produce lull-sized onions from the black seed. Per. pkt. 10 cts.
. Burpee's novelties for 1890. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. EXTRA EARLY RED ONION. EXTRA EARLY RED. This variety matures very early. It yields abundantly and is of mild flavor; of medium size, deep red in color; very close-grained, solid and heavy. This will often form bulbs in cold and mucky soils, where other varieties fail. It is highly re- commended, particularly for the north and northwest, as even there it will produce lull-sized onions from the black seed. Per. pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; 1^8)45 cts.; per B> $, postpaid. CALIFORNIA EARLY RED. This is entirely unlike the extra Early Red Onion described above, which is of Connecticut origin and a splendid keeping variety. The California Early Red, on the other hand, is not a good vari'ety to keep over winter, but is very valuable for family use at all stages of its growth; beginnirg when less than an inch in diameter and still white in color, they are used for bunching for early use, and continue through- out the entire summer. Ihey are verj' mild and of an agreeable flavor; of quick growth. Per pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; 1^8)40cts.; per ft , SILVERSKIN OR WHITE PORTUGAL ONION. WHITE SILVERSKIN, or WHITE PORTUGAL \ ery desirable for family use ; flavor mild and pleasant â skin silvery white ; of handsome appearance ; hishlv esteemed for pckling when young, also for market ih early winter. This is the variety of which White Onion delphia IVAtte. Per pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts. ; 2 ozs 35 cts. ; i< ft 60 cts. ; per fb , postpaid. Yellow Strasburg, or Dutch. One of the oldest v-ario- ties; bulbs quite flat, of good size; skm yellow ., darker color than the Danvers; fle^h white ; of mild flavor; keeps well. This is the variety that former v. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration
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