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Title: Good seeds at fair prices
Identifier: CAT31285756 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Northrup King Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Minnesota Minneapolis Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn. : Northrup, King & 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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MADE A " I made a mistake in planting' the Red Weth- ersfield Onion I got from you. I ptit the seed in thick, allowing t fox* bad seed, but they ALL, CAME UP, I and gave me the trouble of thinning* \ them out. It is a marvelous Onion." Angus McDowell, Wausaukee, Wis. I ♦ « MUtMMHMMt ♦♦♦»♦»♦<»♦♦» +♦♦♦»♦ uur Packets of Onions contain on the average about 1,500 seeds. One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill; 4 to 5 lbs. to the acre are required for large Onions. 50 to 60 lbs. to the acre for sets or pickles. HEXTRA EARLY RED FEAT. (Sometimes called Ex- tra Early Red Wetliersfield.) A medium sized flat variety, good yielder. Ready for use about two weeks earlier than Earge Red Wethersfield. Very desirable for early marketing. Best where seasons are very short. Good keeper. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; *4 lb., 35c; lb., $1.25, postpaid. EXTRA EARLY RED GLOBE. Much used for early bunch onions. Not a good keeper. Earge pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; ^4 lb., 35c; lb., $1.30. EAREY RED GLOBE, (Gregory's Strain.) Ten days earlier than the Southport Red Globe. Large pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; V41b., 40c; lb., $1.25. SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE. The Standard ♦Red Globe; productive? splendid keeper. Attains great size; quality excellent. Earge pkt., 5c; oz., loc; % lb., 40c; lb., $1.25. I?* LARGE RED WETHERSFIELD. The Standard Red sort; attains a large size; very popular; a splendid keeper. Earge pkt., 5c; OZ.,12c; M lb., 35c; lb., $1.25. ^YELLOW GLOBE DANYERS. Perfectly globe shaped; heavy cropper; excellent keeper, and attains large size. Large pkt., 5c; oz., 12c; M lb., 35c; lb., $1.25. fc/SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE. Spher- ical in shape. Eater than Yellow Globe Dan- vers. Color, rich yellow. Earge pkt., 5c; oz., 12c; H lb., 35c; lb., $1.25. ^YELLOW DANVERS. A standard sort; roundish; an excellent keeper. In product- iveness exceeds all other varieties. Earge pkt., 5c; oz., 12c; hi lb., 30c; lb., $1.00. — YELLOW STRASBURG or DUTCH. Eater * and more flat than the Danvers. The best sorts from which to grow "sets." Earge pkt., 5c; oz., 12c; hi lb., 35c; lb., $1.25. I WHITE PORTUGAL or AMERICAN SIL- Produces early onions of mild flavoi; large- ly used for growing sets and pickles. Large pkt., 5c; oz.,20c; hi lb., 60c; lb., $2.00. J/PARIS WHITE SILVERSKIN. An early, small, round, white variety. Excellent for bunching, pickles, Earge pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; hi lb., 60c; lb., $2.15. to WHITE GLOBE. Large size, handsome form, mild flavor. Large pkt., 5c; oz.. 25c; H lb., 75c; lb., $2.00. , WHITE N., K. & CO.'S PICKLING. For early bunch- In g, pickling and sets. Small, hard, round; keeps well; does not turn green whei exposed to the sun. Earge pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; hi lb., 60c; lb., $2.00 tWHITE NEW QUEEN. Small; noted for extreme earliness and mildness of flavor; much used al<=o for pickling. Earge pkt., 3c- oz. 20c: hi lb., 60c; lb., $2.00.

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