From five days to two weeks earlier than any other 
variety. This and New Imperial are the greatest 
novelties in Tomatoes offered in many years. 
The qualification above all others I have to make for this new 
Tomato is its wonderful earliness. Until 1892, when I offered for the first 
time Maule’s Earliest, I had recommended Earliest Advance as the ne 
plus ultra of early Tomatoes; but Earliest Advance will now have to take 
a back seat, for Maule’s Earliest is not only fully three days earlier, but at 
the same time is of much larger size, of a magnificent color and delicious 
flavor. In addition, it is not liable to crack and is very free from core. 
While possibly not quite as smooth as the Matchless, it is by no means 
rough, as can be seen from the illustration herewith which is a good re- 
presentation of this superior variety. Graham and Johnson, of Reynolds- 
burg, O., probably the largest growers of Tomato seed in the country, hav- 
ing made it their special business for years, are considered by all the lead- 
ing seedsmen, about the best judges of Tomatoes in America; they have 
this to say about it: ““Maule’s Earliest is of bright red color and good size, 
a little irregular in shape and a good yielder for so early a variety. We 
consider it as early as any ever grown. Its fruit was all picked earlier 
than any other variety, although the plants were set several days later.” 
Such a recommendation, from such celebrated growers, who have ex- 
perimented with hundreds upon hundreds of varieties, should at once 
stamp Maule’s Earliest as a variety worthy of trial by every gardener in 
America. It is well to bear in mind that while there are half a dozen new 
tomatoes offered every year, but very few ever amount to anything. We 
already have in the Matchless and Ignotum about the perfection as to 
size, shape, productiveness, ete. It remains for Maule’s Earliest to fill 
the only niche that is vacant in the recent improvement of this delicious 
vegetable. <A really first-class early Tomato has not been offered the 
American public, since the introduction of the Advance, almost a dozen 
years ago, consequently it is with great pleasure I offer my customers a 
tomato of such superlative merit in that one feature, viz., earliness, 
(which is really the most important quality of all, not alone to the market 
gardener but to the home gardener as well). Maule’s Earliest must not 
be confused with a Tomato offered by a Chicago Seedsman called Earliest 
of All. Maule’s Earliest is smoother, and is as much as a week or more 
earlier than the Chicago Tomato mentioned. Thousands of dollars were 
made by my customers last year by planting Maule’s Earliest. In some 
cases my friends report that they had tomatoes in market two or three 
weeks earlier than any other gardener, thereby realizing fancy prices for 
all they had to sell. This same experience is sure to occur again, and if 
you want to get the top fancy prices, include Maule’s Earliest in your order. 
Packet, 15 cents; ounce, 40 cents; 144 pound, $1.25; pound, $4.00. 
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to the customer who sends me on or before Octo- 
$100.00 ber 15th, 1896, the six largest and best speci- 
mens of Giant Red Vesuvius Onions, grown 
from seed purchased of me this year. 
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kas A copy of T. Greiner’s “NEW ONION CULTURE,” the new method, is sent free 
with every order for $3.00 worth of Onion Seed or over , if requested when ordering. 
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- periment Station, writes: ‘““We received from you last Spring 
consider first-class onion land.’’ 
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GIANT RED VESUVIUS ONION. 
By all odds the largest and heaviest red Onion 
in cultivation. In a comparative test at the 
Utah Experiment Station it surpassed every 
thing, including such good Onions as Prize- 
taker, making the remarkable yield of 871 
bushels per acre. 
This onion, which I first introduced two years ago, under 
the name of No. 1700, and named Giant Red Vesuvius last 
year, has made a@ record-breaking record. As stated then I 3 
procured the seed from an Italian gentleman, in this coun- 
try visiting the World’s Fair. He informed me that in 
Southern Italy it was superior to anything in cultivation, 
and that a few growers had kept it to themselves for years. 
He described it as the brightest red onion known in any of ry 
the Italian markets, and stated that on account of its beau- i 
tiful shape and superior color it always brought top market 
prices. His claims have been more than fulfilled. I fur- 3 
nished seed last year to thousands of my friends who are P 
unanimous in praising Giant Red Vesuvius in the highest 
terms, and it has really been far above my expectations. 
The two following extracts from letters received gives some 
idea of the enthusiasm my friends have for this new onion: 
William Gilpin, M. D., Brechin, Ont., Canada, says: “I 
wrote you some time ago to see if you could send me some 
more of the Giant Red Vesuvius Onion. I am proud to tell 
you I swept everything at the Fall fairs just closed. I took 
first prize on Giant Red Vesuvius at Brechin, Orvilla and 
Cunningham, and second on Prizetakers. The Giant Vesu- 
vius measured 164% inches around, and weighed 2 1bs. 1 oz. 
They were simply a surprise to exhibitors.”’ 
E. E. Richmond, M.S. A., of the Utah Agricultural Ex- 
AA 0} SIOPsO [[e ssoI1ppy 
a small package of seed of Giant Red Vesuvius Onion. We 
find this variety has done better than any other variety, in- 
cluding the Prizetaker. The figures stand—Prizetaker, 660 
bushels per acre; Giant Red Vesuvius, 871 bushels per acre. 
They were grown by the new method on land that I do not 
In shape the Vesuvius is exactly similar to illustration 
herewith. It will readily grow to weigh 1 to 2 lbs., of a mild, 
pleasant flavor, an excellent keeper, always of a bright 
searlet color; in fact it is the brightest red onion I have ever 
seen, and might almost be called a Red Prizetaker. So much 
was I impressed with Vesuvius that in my travels I visited 
Southern Italy to examine the claims made for it. I found 
it to be just as represented. Nowhere in the markets of ~* 
Naples, Rome, Milan, Florence, etc., were there anything so 
handsome. I alsospent quite a time in Spain, but could find e 
nothing anywheres approaching Vesuvius for a red, or a 
Prizetaker for a yellow onion. Vesuvius should really have « 
a page in this book, but my supply of seed is limited and # 
does not warrant such an extended notice. > 
Packet, 15 cents; ounce, 40 cents; 14 lb., $1.25; pound, $4.00. = 
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