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I have, personally, looked in various parts of Europe and America for an onion surpassing Prizetaker in beauty, 
productiveness and general merit, and believe there is nothing better in the whole world, unless it be 
the New Commercial. 
Prizetaker is unexcelled either for home use or as a money maker. 
Headquarters Stock can be obtained only from Wm. Henry Maule. 
I named and introduced this great onion in 1888, and ever 
since have given it special prominence in every catalogue I 
have issued. Today, twenty-one years after it was named by 
me, it will be found prominently illustrated in almost every 
catalogue. Some eall it Smith’s Prizetaker, Brown’s Prize- 
taker, and Robinson’s Prizetaker; but no matter how many 
seedsmen put their names in front of Prizetaker, there is only 
one Prizetaker, and that is Maule’s, named and introduced 
by me, and for five years catalogued by myself exclusively. 
Prizetaker is by far the handsomest, most productive, most 
popular and best of all Yellow Globe Onions. It is a bright, 
clear straw color, and always grows to a uniform shape, which 
is a perfect globe. It hasa very small neck, and ripens up 

without stiffness of the neck. In market it never fails to 
attract attention on account of its beauty, and is sure to bring 
a far better price than any other onion. It is even more at- 
tractive in appearance than the large Spanish onions sold on 
the city fruit stands—in fact, takes the place of that variety. 
My predictions made years ago, at the time of its introdue- 
tion, that Prizetaker would supplant all others of its class, has 
long since been verified. J¢ has attracted more attention and 
awakened wider and more cordial enthusiasm than any other 
onion ever introduced to the American public, It has proven 
itself a great acquisition to farmers and gardeners, and is 
today admitted to be the largest, finest flavored and most 
superior Yellow Globe Onion under cultivation. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents; quarter pound, 70 cents; pound, $2.25, postpaid. 

White Welsh Onion. 
WHITE WELSH ONION CULTURE.—Sow the seed 
thinly in rows 12 to 16 inches apart; using 8 to 10 
pounds of seed per acre on rich land, preferably in 
the early spring, but not later than the latter part of 
July, so as to have plants well established before 
winter sets in. Plants hardy. Requires no mulching. 
My old friend Mr. Greiner had this to say about 
this bunch onion:—“‘In the new bunch onion culture, 
I am figuring out the gross returns from one-sixth 
acre to be fully $1,000, nine-tenths of it being clear 
profit. Fig. 1 shows a bunchas given in the Cyclopedia 
of American Horticulture. I find this onion hardy as 
an oak, and thesuggestion ofa bulb makes it suitable 
for a bunch onion. A bunch, such as we made them 
and found ready sale for them, is shown in Fig. 2. 
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These bunches were quite attractive and coming ina 
season when green stuff is scarce, extremely service- 
able for the purposes of abunch onion. We put about 
ten stalks to the bundle, or twice as many as found 
in the average bunch in the market. We could 
have disposed of a good many more than we had, 
even in our local market, and Buffalo and the 
smaller cities nearby would gladly have taken large 
quantities. Where the plants stood fairly thick in 
the row (as thick as we should aim to have them, 
and as we can get them by sowing 8 or 10 pounds of 
seed to the acre, on rich ground) we made four 
dozen bunches from 6 feet of row, the rows being 14 
inches apart. When a spot of ground 14 inches 
wide by 6 feet long brings one dollar, you can easily 
figure out that the acre rate is fully $6,000, less than 
one-tenth of which goes for Jabor in preparing 
(cleaning and bunching) the product for market. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; 14 Ib., 85 cts.; lb., $3.00. 




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