WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Vegetable Seeds—65 
ONIONS. A Leading Specialty for Years. 
For the third consecutive year, the Onion Seed question is a matter for serious consideration with every market grower, 
Southport White Globe is so very short that good seed is worth any price asked. Another short item is Large Red 
Wethersfield ; I never knew but once before the crop of this standard variety to be so short in my business experience of 
more than thirty years. In fact, good Onion Seed of all the leading varieties is not only very high in price, but very short 
in quantity ; so that every grower needing 10 pounds or more of seed should place his order at the earliest possible moment, 
the earlier the better. At this writing, Nov. 4, 1907, I have already sold almost 1,000 pounds for 1908 sowing. 
acre. Fine marketable size onions (according to variety planted) are 
easily produced the first year from early spring sown seed. Culture 
should be frequent though shallow. The same ground may be used for 
onions, season after season, if well fertilized annually. Bone mea) isan 
excellent fertilizer. Winter storage demands dryness and protection 
from sudden changes. Onions should never be handled while frozen. 
CULTURE.—Onions do best on arich loam, previously cultivated for 
two years. Stiff clay and light sand are equally unfavorable. The land 
should be highly fertilized with well-rotted manure, complete fertiliz- 
ers, etc. Fresh stable manure has a tendency to produce soft onions. 
Drill in 4 to 5 lbs. of seed per acre, one-halfinchdeep. If sets are wanted, 
use 60 to 80 Ibs. of seed per acre. Six to ten bushels of sets will plant an 
: MAULE’S ) 
JARGE RED WETHERS 
Maule’s 
Large Red Wethersfield. 
This has been one of my leading specialties for 
more than twenty years. The engraving is 
from a photograph. In color the skin is deep 
purplish red. The flesh is white, moderately 
grained, and of good character. One of my 
patrons grew 66,905 pounds of Maule’s Large Red 
Wethersfield onions on aSingle acre of ground, 
some years ago, in competition for a prize of $250. 
Yields of 600 to 800 bushels per acre are not 
unusual. Onion seed value depends greatly upon 
the way the stock is selected and cared for, and 
the seed which I offer is of the earliest form, 
/ grown from hand sorted bulbs and sure to pro- 
duce large onions. Specimens of Maule’s Large 
Red Wethersfield weighing one or even two 
pounds the first year from seed are not uncom. 
mon, and there is a noteworthy uniformity of 
Size, Scullions being unknown and is a magnifi- 
cent keeper. Many strains of Red Wethersfield 
are offered the American public, but my careful 
comparative tests convince me that none surpass 
to the one here described. It is in every way 
a perfect red onion for home and market purposes. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 
ly pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.25. 
Fl 
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Maule’s Yellow Globe Danvers. 
My strain of Yellow Globe Danvers Onion is unsurpassed. It always attains a good size, 
with deep bulb and small neck. It is choice in flavor, being rather mild, and is invariably 
a market favorite at prices above average quotations. It frequently produces 600 bushels 
per acre, and capable of doing even better under extra culture. It is early and profitable, 
anda splendid keeper. My strain of Yellow Globe Danvers has been famous for the past 
quarter century in every onion growing district of the United States, and I have supplied 
direct to onion growers more than 200,000 pounds of the seed. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 14 pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.50. 
MAULE'S 
Yettow cuore 25 Cents 
DANVERS ‘ 
Buys any six 
5-cent packets 
Buys any three 
10-cent packets 
Buys any two 
It will succeed in cold, mucky ground, where other sorts would fail. 
It matures ten days sooner than the Red Wethersfield. It can be made 
| to produce fine, marketable onions in 90 days from the sowing of the 
| seed. It is of mild flavor, and keeps well. The color is a deep, rich red, 
the grain is fine and close and the onion is solid'and heavy. It is hardy, 
reliable, and well adapted for early market. Extra Early Red will suc- 
ceed almost anywhere, but is peculiarly fitted for northern latitudes, 
where the seasons are short and cool. 
Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 20 cts.; 4 pound, 60 cts.; pound, $2.00. 
Round Danvers. 
This is a strain originally selected from Yellow Globe Danvers, and per- 
fected by careful breeding. Its table and market qualities are the same 
- as those of its parent. It differs from Yellow Globe Danvers mainly in 
shape, being more flattened. The claim is made for it that it ripens more 
surely in moist situations than the globe-shaped sorts, and that it isa 
little earlier. It is certainly a first-class onion in yield, flavor and keep- 
ing qualities. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; 4 lb., 60 cts.; lb., $2.25. 
