








68—Vegetable Seeds THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1910 
ONIONS. A Leading Specialty for Years. 
Another year I have to report a most successful crop of all | for many years past, on account of large stocks; at the same 
varieties of onions, except the Southport White Globe, which | time the quality may be depended upon and will be sure to 
is again very short, as well as Large Red Wethersfield. Myj| please my customers who favor me with their orders. I 
prices last year, as my friends well know, were very reason- | flatter myself that my high class onion seed has made a repu- 
able; but I am going to do even better this season; in fact, I| tation for itself wherever onions are planted, surpassed by 
am offering onion seed this year at lower prices than I have| none, equaled by few. 



CULTURE.—Onions do best on arich loam, previously cultivated for |acre. Fine marketable size onions (according to variety planted) are 
two years. Stiff clay and light sand are equally unfavorable. The land | easily produced the first year from early spring sown seed. Culture » 
should be highly fertilized with well-rotted manure, complete fertiliz- | should be frequent though shallow. The same ground may be used for © 
ers, €tc. Fresh stable manure has a tendency to produce soft onions. | onions, season after season, if well fertilized annually. Bone mealisan - 
Drill in 4 to 5 lbs. of seed per acre, one-halfinch deep. Ifsets are wanted, | excellent fertilizer. Winter storage demands dryness and protection 
use 60 to 89 Ibs. of seed per acre. Six to ten busheis of sets will plant an | from sudden changes. Onions should never be handled while frozen. 
~ 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 depenaGs greatly upon 
the way the stock is selected and cared for, and 
Hii toe 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, scallions 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 
the one here described. It is in every way a 
perfect red onion for home and market purposes. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 
ly pound, 70 cents; pound, $2.25. 



MAULE'S at) 
JARGE RED WETHERSFE 














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; oumce, L5 cents; 4 pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.35. 
UCU EE a MAULE’S i, 
M7 YELLOW GuoBE 25 Cents | 

Buys any six 
5-cent packets 
Buys any three 
10-cent packets \eae: s 
Buys any two AK ae Se 
15-cent packets = SSS ae 
Extra Early Red. 
It will sueceed 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.: 14 pound, 60 cts.; pound, $2.00. 
it Is a Fact Worthy of Attention 
that all my prices on Onion Seed are for the seed postpaid 
by mail. Should you order seed and pay the transportation 
charges yourself, deduct 10 cents from every pound ordered. 



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