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34. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

ONION--Ger. Zwiebel.
One ounce will sow about 100 feet of drill; 4 pounds will sow one acre.
This is, with perhaps the one exception of Cabbage, the most important crop grown, both in market and family gardens, and there is no other vegetable where the quality of the seed exerts a greater influence upon the crop than in Onions. There is more
MONEY IN ONIONS
grown from the seed than in almost any other crop. Those grown from our select
HIGH GRADE ONION SEED
possess the following qualifications of superior merit:
7 Points. Earliness, Productiveness, Reliability, Perfect Shaped Bulbs, Solidity, Fine Texture and Keeping Qualities. Sowing seed to produce large Onions is the cheapest, easiest, best, and most satisfactory way. Large onions can easily be grown the first year from the seed by obtaining our seed, which is all northern grown, and new, crop of 1889. It won't pay you to use the cheap imported or southern grown seeds, which produce a large proportion of scullions and Onions that will not keep well. Poor seed, even as a gift, is the dearest the planter can use. We want you to try OUR seed, and have therefore put the price down to as low a rate as good, reliable seed can be sold at.
CULTURE--As early as the ground can be worked in the spring, sow the seed in drills fourteen inches apart, covering one-half inch. They should be in rich, sandy soil, which is as free from weeds as possible. Commence hoeing as soon as the rows can be seen; skim the ground over the surface; avoid stirring deeply and work the soil away from the bulbs. At second hoeing, weed carefully and thoroughly by hand. When the tops die, pull and spread evenly over the ground; stir or turn until fully dried, then cut the tops one-half inch from the bulb.

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DRAWN FROM NATURE.
No. 1, Extra Early Red; No. 2, Large Red Wethersfield; No. 3, Yellow Globe Danvers; No. 4, White Portugal; No. 5, Extra Early Pearl; No. 6, White Globe.

FOR PICKLES OR SETS--Good ground should be prepared as above, and the seed should be sown very thickly in broad drills, about 40 pounds to the acre for sets, and 15 to 20 lbs. for pickling.
For sowing onion seed and cultivating crop it will pay you to purchase a good drill and hand cultivator, see description elsewhere. Lang's Hand Weeder (price 30 cents, postpaid) is the best hand-weeder made. Try it.
EXTRA EARLY PEARL--Earliest of all. Pearly white translucent, growing almost with the rapidity of a Radish, form flat, flavor very mild. Wonderfully fine. Try it; per lb. $2.50; 1/4 lb. 80c; oz. 25c... 10.
Extra Early Red--Very early, matures about two weeks before the Wethersfield; per lb. $1.50 ; 1/4 lb. 45c; oz. 15c... 5.
White Portugal, Silver Skin--Matures early, very mild flavor, medium size, and generally preferred for table use; not a good keeper; per lb. $2.40; 1/4 lb. 70c; oz. 25c. 5.
LARGE RED WETHERSFIELD--The standard sort throughout the West, as they are more hardy, and immense crops can be raised, when more tender varieties would fail. They grow to a large size, fine form; skin deep purplish red, moderately fine grained and strong flavor. Very productive and an excellent keeper. For shipping purposes it is considered one of the best, as it will bear almost any amount of handling without any apparent injury. We offer Iowa grown seed, extra select,--5 lbs. or more by express, at $1.20 per pound, or postpaid per lb. $1.40; 1/4 lb. 45c; oz. 15c... 5.
Large Red Wethersfield--Eastern grown per lb. $1.20; 1/4 lb. 40c; oz. 15c... 5.
YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS--A very handsome, round or globe-shaped variety, of large size, with thin yellow [continued next page]

Remember that $1.00 pays for seeds in packets to the amount of $1.35, and to deduct 10 cents per lb. if you have seeds sent at your expense.