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Title: Catalogue of seeds, agricultural & horticultural supplies and guide for the garden, field & farm
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Germain Seed and Plant Company Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs Flowers Seeds Catalogs Plants, Ornamental Catalogs Vegetables Seeds Catalogs Fruit trees Catalogs Greenhouse plants Catalogs Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Germain
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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d. Plow to a depth of five inches,and work well with the cultivator. Plow againat right angles with the first furrows, and againthoroughly cultivate. The ground will then bein fine working order, and should be leveledsmoothly with a rake. Drill fourteen inchesapart, sowing the seed thinly — about fourpounds to the acre—cover a quarter of an inchdeep with fine soil, and press down with theback of a spade or light roller. We recommend the Planet Jr. Seed Drill forsowing Onions. It will do it better than pos-sibly can be done by hand. See Implements,etc. When the young plants are strong enough,thin gradually, so that they stand finally fourinches apart. Keep clean of weeds, and takecare that the earth does not accumulate aboutthe bulbs, but allow them to bottom above theground. When the greenness has left the topspull them, and let them dry a few days before storing. One ounce of seed will sow a bed four Mammoth Silver Kins Onion-!, half by twenty-five feet. Four pounds to the ai:re.
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El Paso. Large Red Wethersfield. Southport Yellow Globe. White Portugal. Descriptive Catalogue of Seeds. 31 ONION—Continued. Per oz. Bermuda, the well-known Onion ofcommerce; very mild and of excellentflavor 20 c Early Red Globe, similar to Extra /JEarly Eed except in shape IQc El Paso, or Large Mexican, largesize, mild and tender (see cut) 20c Extra Early Red, a very early flatvariety; heavy, close grained, produc-tive, and keeps well (see cut) 15c Extra Early Pearl, new Italian va-riety ; pure white skinned, mild flavor(see cut) Germains Yellow Globe Danvers,a thick, heavy, straw-colored Onion,mild flavored, and yields abundantly;ripens early and keeps equal to the best(see cut) Rk; Giant Rocca, very large, globular form,with bright brown skin, and delicateflavor 20c Giant White Tripoli, a mild flavoredflat Onion of quick growth; grownfrom sets it attains a very large size(see cut) 20c Large Red Wethersfield, grows verylarge; keeps well, and is pleasantflavored (see cut) . 15c Mam

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