
MAULE’S RELIABLE ONION SEED. 
iS — any good soil; preferably a rich, sandy loam, previously cultivated. Fertilize liberally with rotted manure, or with artificial 
erin Bante depth Lee, inch, at the rate 4 or 5 pounds to acre for large onions; 60 to 80 pounds per acre for sets. Or use sets at the 
> rate of 6 to 10 bushels peracre. Or Start onion seed in frames, under glass, and transplant to open ground, 3 inches apart in the row. This excel- 
- lent plan was first generally practiced with my celebrated Prizetaker onion, and is often referred to as the ‘‘new onion culture. Onions are quite 
~ hardy and may be planted early. Frequent shallow culture is best, and the same soil may be used year after year, without rotation of crops, if 
well fertilized annually. Winter storage demands dryness, coolness, good ventilation, and freedom from sudden changes. Spread 18 inches of 
straw on barn or garret floor, then 6 to 10 inches of onions, then 2 feet of straw; or keep on shelves ina dry, cool cellar, where windows can be 
S. closed in severe weather. Set large onions in open ground in September for early spring bunching. Protect with litter during winter. 



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ACROP of DANVERS YELIOW BOO BUSHELS to THe ACRE 
MAULE’S YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS. 
The choice strain of Globe Danvers onion I offer the public is of fine 
form, as shown in the picture, with very thick bulb and smai] neck. 
It always attains a good size. Choice in flavor, being rather mild, 
and is such a market favorite as to find ready sale at prices usually 
= 5or 10 cents per bushel above all other varieties, except Prizetaker- 
It is,in fact, the best yellow onion on the market, except Prizetaker. 
f It frequently produces 600 bushels per acre, and is capable of doing 
even better under extra culture. It is very early and profitable, and 
=j a splendid keeper. My strain of Yellow Globe Danvers has been 
1 famous for the past twenty years in every onion growing district of 
i the United States, and there is nothing better of its kind to be had, 
| except Prizetaker, as already mentioned; nor will Prizetaker ever 
# push Yellow Globe Danvers wholly out of the market. There will 
} always be a demand for the latter, and I can confidently assure the 
H public that I have the best known strain. In fact, I have only one 
strain of Danvers, and devote my energies to the perfection of that 
one. Have no second grade to sell as Round Danvers, Flat Danvers, 
SSS ete. Since I first offered this improved strain of Globe Danvers I 
== = = have supplied direct to the onion growers of America far more than 
MAULE’S LARGE RED WETHERSFIELD. 
100,000 pounds of the seed, a record unsurpassed 
eh F by any other seed house. This extensive distribu- 
te jg This has been one of my leading specialties for more than 20 years. The tion is in itself a testimony to the value of this 
a” shape and size of my Strain of this great plandaxd enlon are SOO ene strain. Pkt., 5c.; 0z., 15c.; 14 1b., 40c.; 1b., $1.50. 
“#2 engraving, from a photograph. In color the skin is deep, purplishred. ihe 
#3 flesh is white, moderately grained, and of a good, strong character. The MAULE’S PRIZETAKER. 
n flavor, when cooked, is highly relishable. Ove of my patrons grew 66,905 Maule’s Prizetaker is unquestionably the larg- 
pounds of Maule’s Large Red Wethersfield onions on a single acre of ground, est and finest of all Yellow Globe Onions. If you 
some years ago, in competition for a prize of $250. This is at the rate of 1,200 once grow it I am sure you will agree with me 
“ or 1,300 bushels per acre, the legal weight of a bushel of onions varying in dif- that in the way of onions nothing to date can 
= ferent States from 50 to 57 pounds. Yields of 600 to 800 bushels of my equal it. Everyone who has grown my 
i" Wethersfield per acre are not rare. Onion seed value depends greatly headquarters strain of Prizetaker praises 
upon the way the stock is selected and cared for, and the seed which I it, because it is handsome in ap- 
5 offer is of the earliest form, grown from hand sorted bulbs and sure to pearance, mild in flavor, 
= produce large onions. Specimens of Maule’s Weth- 
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sey. = very productive and al- 
* ersfield weighing one to two pounds the first year ways sells well 
from seed are not uncommon, and there is See specialties. 
a noteworthy uniformity of size, scallions in front of book. 
@ being unknown. This onion is a ¢ 
‘ws magnificent keeper, and thou- 
6 sands of my customers speak of it 
every year in terms of highest 
praise. Many strains of Wethers- 
field are offered the Amer- 
ican public, but my care- 
ful comparative tests con- 
vince me that none are in 
= the slightest degree super- 
ior to the one here de- 
scribed,whose virtues have 
become so firmly estab- 
lished and are so widely 
endorsed. It is a per- 
fect red onion for home 
and market purposes. 
Packet, 5cts.; ounce, 15 cts.; 
© 14 |b., 40 cts.; lb., $1.50. 









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My friends will notice \ 
that I have had toadvance \ 
my onion seed prices some- 
what over last season, owing 
toan unusually short crop of \y 
seed. The fields never looked \ \\ 
better up to August 20th; but YW \ 
when we came to thresh out, we \ 
discovered that in order to make \ \ 
the seed of strong germinating WX 
quality considerable seed had to be WW \\\ 
blown out, so I have much less than I WN \ 
anticipated. One field of Prizetaker that NW 
I thought would surely go over 3,000 pounds, WN 
producing a little over 900 pounds. 
I wish to call the attention of my friends to the 

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order amounting to $25.00 or over y rill & itle rther Sy Nis Ss : T 
discount of 20 per cent. These discounts make a anonnccdied = AA NS SS WE H ERSF IELD. 

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