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Title: Buist's garden guide and almanac : 1898
Identifier: CAT31291679 (find matches)
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Robert Buist Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Grasses, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Agricultural implements, Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Robert Buist Company
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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90 BUIST'S GARDEN GUIDE. HEAVIEST CROPPING ONION In the World.
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,?he Great Yellow Prize-Taker.— This variety has become famous all over the World, not only for its enormous size, but for the beautifully formed and attractive Onions it produces which frequently measure 12 to 15 inches in circumference and from 3 to 4 lbs. in weight, they are of a rich straw color and exceedingly mild and delicate in flavor; a single Onion will make a dish for a small family, they are crisp and solid and a good keeping variety; highly recommended. Per packet, 10 cts.; oz. ^0 cis.; \ lb., 60 cts.; lb., 82.00. Giant Rocca of Naples.—The Rocca class of the Italian Onions is very highly prized, as they all possess very fine qualities and attair a very large size, frequently ranging from one and a half to two lbs. each, this variety is of globular form, with a light reddish-brown skin, is exceedingly mild and of a very deli- cate flavor; it requires the full season to form large Onions, the seed should be sown in Spring as soon as the soil can be pulverized, but in the South sow in September or October which will produce large bulbs by Spring. Per oz., 15 cts.; %lb., 45 cts.; lb., $1.50. Giant Red Rocca.—This variety has all the fine qualities of the Yellow Kocca of the same beautiful form but of a light red color, is slightly stronger in flavor. Per oz., 20 cts.; Xlb., 50 cts-; lb., $1.75.

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