


2 MONSTER ONIONS. 
GIANT RED VESUVIUS This is the largest red onion 
® in cultivation. When Lintro 
duced this great onion to the public a few years ago, I pre 
dicted a brilliant future for it. My predictions have been 
realized in every particular, and thousands of growers are 
now ready to attest its merits. It has become famous. Itis 
an onion of Italian parentage, as its name implies. Its 
shape is correctly shown in the illustration. Its coloris a 
bright and beautiful scarlet. Itssize isindicated by the fact 
that it frequently attains a weight of 1 to 2 pounds the first 
year from se Its flavor is decided and pleasant. Its keep 
ing qualities are satisfactory, but it is not of a type suited to 
a long period of storage. None of the foreign onions are as 
well adapted to protracted storage as the American varieties 
but the foreign sorts frequently command higher prices 
The Vesuvius is one of the best keepers of itsclass. Taken 
altogether, this is the brightest and best red onion I have 
ever seen, and is worthy of the highest praise implied in the 
statement that it is good enough to be called a red Prize- 
taker. Inits early stages of growth it is light in color, witb 
streaks of white alternated with the red, but as it approaches 
maturity it assumes both without and within the character- 
istic red color which has given it such wide favor and fame 
The seed reached me through the hands of an Italian gen- 
tleman visiting the World’s Fair at Chicago. He informed 
me that in Southern Italy this onion was superior to any- 
thing else in cultivation,and that a few growers had kept it 
to themselves foryears. He described it as the brightest red 
onion known in any of the Italian markets, and stated that 
on account of its beautifulshape and color it always brought 
top prices on the stalls. I secured the seed, and his claims 
have been amply verified. There has been time since its 
introduction for this fine onion to be widely tested and it 
gives me pleasure to say that it does well in widely sep- 
arated sections of country, under different climatie condi- 
tions. A patron in Canada grew specimers 164 inches in 
circumference and weighing Over 2 pounds each,anda Utah 
. testimonial mentions 871 bushels of Red Vesuvius onions to 
the acre. These endorsements indicate that in size and pro 
: duectiveness the Red Vesuvius are all that could be desired. 
= This onion does remarkably well in the South, ranking in 
quality with the Bermudas, and being of very considerable 
cash value to the truckers and gardeners. Packet, 10 cents; 
ounce, 30 cents; 44 pound, 90 cents; pound, $3.00. 
DISCOUNT ON PACKETS AND OUNCES. 
My special discount on seeds this year applies to botb 
packets and ounces as follows: For $1.00 you may select 
seeds in packets and ounces to the value of $1.30; for $2.00 you 
may select $2.75 worth of packets and ounces; for $3.00 
= Select $4.25 worth; for $4.00 select $5.70 and 
for $5.00 you may select $7.50 worth of 
packets and ounces. Remember, 
however, this discount applies 
to packets and ounces 
only and is not al- 
lowed on seeds by 
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‘i You should have Greiner's hook, ‘The New Onion Cul- 
ture.”’ You have heard of it, of course, if you have 
read the gardening papers during recent years, for the new 
way is rapidly taking the place of the old method. The new 
culture has frequently resulted in doubling the crop usually 
raised by the ordinary method. The plan is feasible, and 
is increasing in favor with market gardeners 
througout the country. Get the book. 
It costs only 50 cts. I keep it for sale. 






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MAMMOTH SILVER KING Thesuccess of this great onion is one of my business monuments. 
« I first introduced it to the public sixteen years ago, and it at once 
took position as a record breaker and record maker. The skin is of a beautiful, silvery white. 
The flesh has a particularly mild and pleasant flavor, and is s0 sweet that it may be eaten raw, § 
like an apple. No other white onion attains such mammoth size, nor will any other white va- 
riety grow uniformly so large. The bulbs are of an attractive shape, flattened, but thick, as 
shown in the illustration. ‘he picture is from nature, as to size and markings. The average 
diameter of fully grown Mammoth Silver King onions is from 5 to 74 inches, and the bulbs often § 
attain a weight of 24 to4 pounds. I havea record of one of these onions weighing 4 pounds and 
9 ounces. Thousands of letters and postal cards have reached me containing words of the high- 
est praise of the wonderful size, early maturity and good quality of this now famous onion, and 
the fact that these voluntary testimonials come from all parts of the country proves the adapta- 
bility of the onion to a wide range of soil and climate. With such a record as this, I, of course, ) 
continue to give a prominent place in my catalogue to Silver King onion, and to endorse its 
merits. Nothing among vegetables, except Prizetaker onion and my Surehead cabbage, has ¥////7_ 
been so universally commended by my patrons as this splendid white onion. Packet, 10 cents; & . 
ounce, 25 cents; 4 pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.50. 


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