File:Illustrated seed and floral catalogue - 1900 (1900) (20564026931).jpg

Title: Illustrated seed and floral catalogue : 1900
Identifier: CAT31284499 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: C. W. Eichling (Firm); Eichling, C. W; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Louisiana New Orleans Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: New Orleans, La. : C. W. Eichling
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
GARDEN, FIELD AND FLOWER SEEDS. 23
Text Appearing After Image:
Culture—Sow broadcast in September and October, and when about six inches high, transplant in rows one foot apart and five inches in the row; if dry when the seed is sown; water the bed and cover with moss, which must be removed as soon as the seed comes up. Louisiana Creole Onion. The most reli- able variety grown in Louisiana; of good size, red color and mild flavor. Price fluctuating; given on application. The origin of the Creole Onion is not known. It has been planted in Louisiana for generations and is to-day the most valu- able of all existing varieties for the South- ern States. It is difficult to convince Northern planters and even seed merchants of the pecularities of Onion culture in the South and the seed boxes in the country stores continue to contain Northern Onion seed which has never yet made an Onion in the extreme South. Wherever Eichling's seeds are sold by merchants they will give you the genuine Creole if you ask for Onion seed. Red Bermuda Onion. Owing to the frequent failure of the seed crop of the Creole Onion, trials with imported varieties have been made, and the Red Bermuda was found to make a good reliable Onion in our section. It is flat like the Creole, a little lighter in color and much earlier. For a first crop it can be well recommended. It should, however, be allowed to ripen thoroughly before harvesting, to limprove its keeping qualities. Oz. 20c; I lb. 65c; lb. $2.25, postpaid. Red Bermuda Onion.

Note About Images