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WHITE SILVER SKIN ONION.
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This famous onion retains its great pop-
ularity. Its delicate and mild flavor, its
shapely form and size and its pure white
color makes it a most desirable variety for
the table, for the market and for shipping.
Onion sets are extensively grown from this
sort and from these sets full grown onions
are grown as early as June and July. The
onion sets and large onions are used for
pickling purposes because of their clean,
white silver color. Packet, oc. Ounce,
loc. Quarter pound, 60c. Pound, $2.00.
►anvers Fine Yellow. — Is the same shape as
the White Silver Skin Color, brownish yellow ;
bulbs quite flat and of good size. This is the variety
grown for sets, thousands of bushels of which are
annually shipped from this market to different parts
ONIONS.-Sn^ubel
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill ; 4 pounds for
an acre; 3 quarts set 100 yds. row; 12 bus. to the acre.
Extra Early Pearl Onion or White
of the United States. Seeds sown in this latitude in-esSS^tJueen.— Has enormous size, grows with wonderful
Spring form the small sets by July. These are
planted out the following Spring and form full-
grown onions by midsummer. They are more hardy
than the whites and therefore keep better through
the Winter. In the Southern States they can be
planted out in Autumn and will continue growing
. the entire Winter, and in early Spring they will be
fit to use for salads and stews. Packet, oc. Ounce,
lOcK' 2 ounces, loc. Quarter pound, 25c. Pound, $1.25.
iX Manunoth Prize-Taker Onion. -This onion
^ is seen at fruit stands in the Fall and is the largest
and handsomest onion in cultivation, and can be
grown full size from seed. It keeps well, has white
flesh ^^and mild, delicate flavor. Packets, 5c. and 10c.
Oua^'e, 15c. Quarter pound, 40c. Half pound, 65c.
Podnd, $1.25.
^ Large Reel Wetliersfield. — It is a beautiful,
globe-shaped and rich purplish crimson color, mak-
ing it extremely desirable. It always commands
a good price in the market. Is a.good keeper and of
excellent quality. Packet, f c. Ounce, 10c. 2 Ounces,
15c. Quarter pound, 25c. Pound, $1.
Culture. — To raise onion sets during March or
April select good soil and mark shallow drills one
foot apart, along which sow seed thickly. Keep the
bed free of weeds. In July the bulbs^ will be the
size of marbles, when they are taken up and spread
thinly over a floor, securely protected from dampness
exposed to the air.
rapidity and makes full size roots from seed the first
season. The skin is a pure white waxy color with
flesh snowy white, and so delicate and' tender that
the raw onioi. may be eaten like an apple. Often
they grow 6 inches in diameter and weigh 3 pounds.
It is valued as a very early sort.
Packets, 5c. and 10c. Ounce, 15c. Quarter pound,
r5c. Half pound, 1.25. Pound, $2.50.
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PUMPKIN.-^iirH^
wo pounds to the acre. Hills eight feet apart.
Potato. — The flnest variety for table use.
Packet, 5c. and 10c. Quarter pound, 15c. Half pound,
2^ii. Pound, 40c. ,
mectieut Field or Large Yellow.—
The common field variety so largely grown amongst
corn. Excellent for stock feeding. Per pound, 10c.
10 pounds, 90c. 25 pounds, $2. " Pint, 10c. Quart,
15c. Gallon, 40c.. Peck, 75c. Bushel, $2.50.
Tour seed^ias given splendid sati.'if action, and I think
you iDill get several orders from this place.
Dec. 12, '98. C. B. GATES, Miss.
I have used your seed for 4 years on th^ Manatee
River, Fla., and found them as good as I ever used. I
leant to use them now in Alabama.
C. G. BARNES, Ala.
My neighbor informed me you sell good se^d, so I icill
give you a trial.