Peter Peerbolte

Company History: Peter Peerbolte Company was an onion farming company. The company was located in South Holland, Illinois. They specialized in Onion Sets. Onion sets are small bulbs grown from seed for planting next season. ... Planted the second season they produce an early crop of bulb onions in long-season regions—well ahead of the main crop, and in short-season regions, they produce larger onions than naturally possible. Peerbolte had their own train cars, for shipping the onion sets throughout North America.

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