J. A. Everitt
Published: 2017-10-28
Total Pages: 140
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Excerpt from Annual Catalogue of Celebrated Trademark Seeds and Other Specialties, 1897 Every person who visits our large cities has doubtless noticed the large, beautiful onions Offered for sale on the fruit stands every fall. These onions were originally imported, but since the introduction of this famous variety there is getting to be less need of the imported stock, and the demand is being filled by American-grown Prize Takers. They are of a beautiful rich straw color, and grow to enormous size, averaging twelve to fourteen inches in circumference, and under favorable circumstances attain a wei ht of five pounds the first year from the seed although of such great size, they are very firm. Ci the mildest avor, are oftentimes eaten as an apple. They have a very small neck, perfect. Globe shape. On market they always attract attention, and bring two or three times the price of ordinary onions of any other color. They are wonderfully productive and can be grown by any person. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.