16—Vegetable Seed Novelties THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1908 
New Icy Yellow Onion. 
It gives me pleasure to offer my customers a brand new onion; 
to which, on account of its peculiar color, 1 have given the name of 
Icy Yellow. I have had samples of this onion constantly on my desk 
for 4 months, during which time they have been admired by growers 
of onions, not only in this country, but by many from abroad. Icy 
Yellow is certainly a most attractive and peculiar colored yellow 
onion; ap onion tbat will command attention at all times, either on 
the fruit or market stall, on account of its handsome appearance. If 
secured it from one of the largest growers of onion sets in this coun- 
try, a gentleman whose farm is in Illinois, and who has this to say: 
“As to the history of the new onion, about7 or 8 years ago in clean- 
ing upa bushel of yellow onion sets, I found four small sets, the color 
of which struck me as being very peculiar, different from anything 1 = 
had eyer seen in upwards of 30 years of onion culture. I planted them - 
the following spring, and in the fall found but three of them had = 
grown, and were the same color as the sets when planted. By 1905 
I had succeeded in growing about 30 bushels of the finest appearing 
; onions I had ever seem, and this year, had it not been for the terrible 
/ drought last summer I would have had quite a lot of seed. These 
ovions are extremely early, very mild in flavor, and are the finest 
looking onions in existence.” 
The originator, being a grower of sets, has preferred to grow the sets 
one year and Jarge onions the next year. Iam now prepared to say 
Iey Yellow will positively grow large onions the first year, and it will 
certainly grow the finest sets. you have ever seen. Above everything 
else I want to empbasize the fact that Icy Yellow is a most remark- 
able keeper; it surpasses, in keeping qualities, every other variety I 
have bad any experience with; this is certainly an excellent recom- 
mendation. Supply of seed this year is still limited. 
Packet, 15 cemts; ounce, 60 cents. 
There is no one man in the great potato growing 
State of Maine who has spent so much time in by- 
bridizing and experimenting with seed potatoes as 
W.E. Johnson. The Merrill potato was originated 
by him in 1901, and he thought it so good that he 
named it after his partner, the Merrill potato. I 
have been watching the Merrill potato carefully for 
the last year or two, and it has impressed me so 
favorably after tria!s at Panmure and elsewhere, I 
decided to list it in my catalogue this season, 
knowing it will soon make a place for itself on 
account of its superior flavor, its wonderful cook- 
ing qualities and its heavy crops. In color the 
new Merrill potato is a creamy white; tubers round 
and oblong, Similar in shape to Early Rose, as is 
shown in the illustration herewith. It makes an 
immense vine growth dark green in color, with 
large clusters of white blossoms, and one can 
almost see the vines grow as soon as they are out 
of the ground. It.is avery heavy yielder of large, 
smooth potatoes, skin is well netted, it is very fine 
grained and always cooks remarkably flaky. It is 
not an extra early potato, being later than the 
extra earlies and earlier than the late varieties, it 
can be called a good second early. 
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THE NEW MERRILL POTATO. 
Lb., 40 cts.; 3 lbs., $1.00, by mail, postpaid. By express or freight, not prepaid, pk., $1.00; 44 bu., $1.50; bu., $2.50; bbl., $5.50. 
New Hodson Wax Bush Bean. 
A new and entirely distinct type of wax bean. Produces a 
healthy growth of foliage, resists rust and blight, and is 
remakably prolific, with long, straight, handsome, light yel- 
low, oval-shaped pods, somewhat resembling Wardwell’s 
Kidney Wax. The pods are brittle and tender, and of fine 
texture, if picked when young are entirely stringless. Its 
good qualities and remarkable productiveness make it one 
of the best late or main crop wax beans for home garden or 
market. Packet, 10 cts.; pint, 25 cts.; quart, 45 cts., 
postpaid. Peck, $2.00; bushel, $7.00. 
The offer on page 91, of The Practi- 
cal Farmer for 3 years: for $1250; ais 
worthy the attention of every reader of 
this book in view of the fact that this is 
MY OWN PAPER 
and that you can have your money 
back at the end of 3 months, tf it is 
not all | recommend it to be. 
SEE PAGE 91. 
NEW HODSON WAX BUSH BEAN, 
