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Title: Burpee's seeds that grow for 1900 : wholesale catalogue for market gardeners, florists, and farmers' clubs
Identifier: CAT31284447 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: W. Atlee Burpee Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : W. A. Burpee & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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The MiId=Flavored ITALIAN ONIONS. Although we were among the first t< of American planters to the leading mild large Onions from Southern Europ Burpee's Mammoth Silver King, the t White Victor in, we have always been co tiveiu urging market gardeners to plant foreign types on an extensive scale, reports oi planters using these seeds ) however, have been so highly favorable we wish to mention more particularly capabilities as a profitable market crop. All market gardeners are familial- imported onions sold in our city mark spring, but only a few are aware that in soils these large early bulbs may he resw from choice strains of imported seed. Es is this true where comparatively mild w: or favorable locations permit oi' sowing seed early in the fall; this method pi duces the largest and earliest ripeninj bulbs. Even as far north as Ohio the White Victoria is quite largely planted in the fall to produce early bunch onions in the spring. Where the very large mild onions of the Spanish type are desired, and the season is too dry to produce the largest bulbs directly from seed, the small bulbs or sets can be grown in the spring and planted out again in the fall to produce the very large bulbs the following spring. Even in the heavy clay loam of our Trial § Grounds, however, these Italian varieties frequently produce bulbs much larger iu size than the American types. As the supply of some varie- ties of American Onion Seed is short this season,and prices materi- ally advanced, we would suggest that gardeners having light soils should plant a portion of their laud in these very early mild- flavored Onions. We feel quite sure that the early maturity, large size, handsome appearance," and mild flavor of the bulbs will make the crop a most profitable one. The Earliest White Queen, or "Adriatic Barletta," and Neapolitan Maggiajola are extremely early ripening, flattened, silvery-white varieties, the former quite well known and very popular to grow for small pickling onions. The Maggiajola, while not quite so extremely early, produces bulbs several weeks before the American Silverskin. Burpee's Mammoth Silver King is now a standard sort in many localities; the bulbs are of very large size, well flattened, quite early, and sure ripening. Giant mite Italian Tripoli and Mammoth Bed Tripoli are large, flat onions, ripening early and having a mild flavor. Giant Rocca, a very large, light brown, globe-shaped bulb of excep- tionally mild flavor, "is the type usually sold as Spanish onions. Giant Yellow Rocca and Giant Red Rocca are of similar size and form, but distinct in color. For fall and early winter markets these "Roecas" could well take the place of the large globe-shaped American varieties, ripening earlier, being much larger in size, and of milder flavor. The Red and White Victoria Onions are large, rather oblong-shaped bulbs which grow quickly to large size, differing only in color. Our seed of these two varieties is American grown. As stated above, these varieties make a very quick growth in cool, moist weather and light soils. We do not recommend them for heavy, wet soils, where they do not ripen so satisfactorily as the American varieties. The Gigantic Gibraltar is a "distinct type, which succeeds well even in heavy, wet soils, growing to very large size; the leaves or blades are of a distinct glossy appearance, which does not succumb to the heat like the usual type. The Gibraltar bulbs grow all summer, ripening early in the fall; they are very heavy with thin neck, true globe-shape, and the light-brown skin of the Prize-Taker or Spanish type; flesh white, sweet, very mild in flavor. All of the Italian varieties should be marketed during the summer, fall, or early winter, as they do not keep so long as the firmer and more solid American sorts.
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mammoth red victoria Onion. Engraved from a Photograph. EARLIEST WHITE QUEEN, or EXTRA EARLY ADRIATIC BARLETTA. An extremely early ripen- ing variety, producing small, flat, white bulbs three- quarters to one inch in diameter : especially desirable for pickling or for table use where a small bulb is pre- ferred. These bulbs should be harvested as soon as they are well ripened, or in rainy weather they will start into a second growth. As the bulbs grow only to a small size, seed should be sown more thickly and plants left to stand more closelv in the row. Per pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; % ft> 60 cts."; per fb 82.00 ; 5 ft>s. at $1.95 per lb ; 10 ft>s. or more at $1.90 per lb. &jfOnr stock of *' Queen," or " Barletta," is par- ticularly fine. It is the best of all onions for pickling and should be even more largely planted. EXTRA EARLY WHITE PEARL (Bloomsdale ) Pearl). Of early, quick growth, frequently maturing in seventy days from sowing the seed. Excellent for market in summer and early fall; not a good keeper. Bulbs are round, flattened, with a delicate, pure white 1 skin; flesh very mild and pleasant in flavor. Spring- I raised sets planted in the fall in Southern Gulf States produce a very early crop in the spring. Per pkt. 5 j NEAPOLITAN MAGGIAJOLA, or Italian May Onion. A large, beautiful, silvery-white-skinned va- riety, of handsome, flat shape, of fine flavor and qual- ity. In May and June this onion has almost a monop- olv of the-markets in Italian towns. Per oz. 10 cts.; 34'lb 40 cts.; per ft) SI.45; 5 lbs. at $1.40 per lb. cts.; oz. 20 cts. more at $2.00 per lb. 60 cts.; per ft) $2.10; 5 ft>s.

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