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VEGETABLE SEED SPECIALTIES-"^ 



THE FAMOUS 



PR1ZETHKEH 8NI0H 



The Grandest "Variety Grown 

 for tKe American Climate 



Excels in Yield Excels in Size 



Excels in Keeping Qualities 



Its Mildness of Flavor and Tenderness are 

 Unequalled even by the Bermuda Varieties 



In Size it is Not Excelled by the 

 Enormous Varieties from Spain 



THE Prizetaker Onion has now been several 

 years on the market and is recognized as 

 one of our best standard varieties. Rarely has 

 any vegetable attained prominence more rapidly; 

 it succeeds everywhere — east, west, north and 

 south — and whether grown for home use or for 

 marketing it gives universal satisfaction, yielding 

 onions often 14 inches around and at the rate 

 of 1,200 to 1,500 bushels per acre — often much 

 more under exceptionally good culture. Its 

 immense size and mildness of flavor delight 

 every one who raises it. Nothing short of actual 

 knowledge of this variety will convey a really 

 adequate idea of its great value, whether con- 

 sidered as a variety for commercial or private 

 culture. Its immense size will recommend it to 

 all, particularly when it is known that its keeping 

 qualities are unexcelled. The exterior color is 

 pale yellow, and the interior clear sparkling 

 white. It is easily grown, medium early in 

 maturing, mild in flavor. By sowing early in 

 a sheltered spot and transplanting the young 

 plants, it can be grown to an immense size. (See 

 cut.) Price, 10c. pkt., 20c. oz., 50c. -} lb., $1.75 

 lb., 5 lbs. and upward, $1.65 lb. 



Prizetaker Onions, grown from our seed, 



received an award of merit from the 



Royal Horticultural Society of England. 



IN PRAISE OF PRIZETAKER ONIONS 



"I want all who are interested in Onions to understand that your Prizetaker stands 

 without a peer. I have been growing them for four years — on Vie same ground and getting 1,200 

 bushels to the acre; practically all the Onions were perfect specimens (no scallions) and their size 

 immense. I express you four of them to-day; they measure 16 to 18 iiiches in circumference and 

 weigh 1^ to 1? lbs. each. I raised many larger and heavier specimens, but I want you to see the average 

 of my crop. My Prizetaker Onions took the first premium at the Inter-Mountain Pair at Boise 

 this year, and last year formed a part of the Idaho Exhibit at St. Louis, attracting widespread attention, 



" I have given up growing any other Onion but your matchless Prizetaker." 



JAMES TORRANCE, Oreana, Idaho. 



"The Prizetaker Onion seed produced a wonderful crop. The season here was very dry and 

 yet some of the Onions measured Hi inches in circumference. Mild in flavor, of large size, and a 

 good keeper, it surely is a perfect vegetable." HIRAM COLLEGE, Hiram, Ohio. 



"I raised your Prizetaker Onion last year and never saw anything like it. Some of them 

 weighed as much as 2i lbs., and then they are so mild that a baby can eat them." Mrs. E. A. BELL, 



Belles Store, La. 



"We raised your Prizetaker Onion last season and every tone who sees or eats themis delighted. 

 They are rightly named, for they took the first premium at our Lewis County Fair among a large number 

 of competitors." Mrs. M. M. LYMAN, Lowville, N. Y. 



WHITE PORTUGAL 



OR SILVER SKIN ONION 



The leading White Flat Onion. For the family garden 

 it is one of the best. The bulbs attain a good size, ri] Til- 

 ing evenly; the color is a beautiful silvery- white when 

 cured under cover. Its shape is flat but symmetrical. 

 For a white variety it is not only early, but a good 

 keeper. For slicing and boiling it is one of the best, 

 the flesh being mild and tender. It is largely grown 

 for pickles when sown three or four times as thick as 

 usual and is also extensivclv sown for sets. {See ait.) 

 Eastern-grown Seed, 10c. pkt., 25c. oz., 60c. J lb., 

 $2.25 lb., 5 lbs. and upward, $2.15 lb. 



' '/ raised more Onions from J lb. of your seed than one of my neigh- 

 bors did from V. lbs. of Philadelphia Onion Seed." 



S. SMI Til. Oswego, X. Y. 

 "My Onions frotn your Onion Seed are a perfect crop, both for size 

 and quality, free from mixture. They arc ripe ?<ow. There may be 

 other seedsmen just as good, but I u-oulel hate to risk a change.' 



ROBERT BIRCH, Plymouth, Mich. 



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