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You should have Greiner's hook, "The New Onion Cul- 

 ture." You have heard of it, of course, if you have 

 read the gardening papers during recent years, for the new 

 way is rapidly takin? the place of the old method. The new 

 culture has frequently resulted in doubling the crop usually 

 raised by the ordinary method. The plan is feasible, and 

 is increasing in favor with market gardent is _.-.,^-?s"?"'^ 

 througout the country. Get the boo! 

 It costs onlv 50 cts. I keep it for sale. 



-A. valuable reference book 

 and almanac F RFE ^ee 

 offer on second cover 

 page ol this book 



2 MONSTER ONIONS. 



niailT BCn UC6IIUIIIC '^^'B is the largest red onioa 

 UlAnl nCU fCOUfflUOi In cultivation. When I intro- 

 duced this great onion to the public a few years ago, I pre- 

 dicted a brilliant future for it. My predictions have been 

 realized in every particular, and thousands of growers are 

 now ready to attest its merits. It has become famous. It is 

 an onion of Italian parentage, as its name Implies. Its 

 shape is correctly shown in the illusiration. Its color is a 

 bright and beautiful scarlet. Its size is indicated by the fact 

 that It frequently attains a weight of 1 to 2 pounds the first 

 year from seed. Its flavor is decided and pleasant. Its keep- 

 lug liualities are satisfactorj-, but It Is not of a t\ pe suited to 

 a long period of storage. None of the foreign onions aie as 

 well adapted to protracted storage as the American varieties, 

 but the foreign sorts frequently command higher prices. 

 The Vesuvius is one of the best keepers of its class. Taken 

 altogether, this is the brightest and best red onion I ha^e 

 ever seen, and is worthy of the highest praise implied in the 

 statement that it Is good enough to be called a red Prize- 

 taker. In its early stages of growth it is light in color, with 

 streaks of white alternated with the red, but as it approaches 

 maturity it assumes both without and within the character- 

 istic red color which has given It such wide favor and fame. 

 The seed reached me through the hands of an Italian gentle- 

 man visiting the World's Fair at Chicago. He informed me 

 that in Southern Italy this onion was superior to auythicg 

 else 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 the Italian markets, and staled that 

 on account of its beautiful shape and color it always brought 

 top prices on the stalls. I secured the seed, andhis clainiS 

 h.ive been amply verihed. There Las been time since its 

 Introduction for this flne onion to be widely tested, and it 

 gives me pleasure to say that it does well in widely sep-. 

 arated sections of country, under diflerent climatic condi- 

 tions. A patron in Canada grew speclmeiiS Ky^ inches in 

 circumference and weighing over 2 pounds each, and a Utfcb 

 testimonial mentions (STl bushels of Red Vesuvius onions to 

 the acre. These endorsements indicate that in size and pro- 

 ductiveness the Ked Vesuvius are all that could be desired. 

 This onion does remarkaljly well in the South, ranking m 

 quality with the Bermudas, and being of very considerable 

 cash value to the truckers and gardeners. Packet, 10 cenlsj 

 ounce, 30 c&uts; i-^ pound, Si. 00; pound, ga.OO. 



dTsgount on packets and ounces. 



;\ly special discount on seeds this year applies to both 

 packets and ounces as follows: lor $1.00 you may Select 

 seeds in packets and ounces to the value ot S1.30; for S2.00 you 

 may select i2.,o worth of packets and ounces; for So.OO 

 select $4.2.5 worth; for S-l.CO select So.70 and 

 for $5.00 you may select ST.50 worth of 

 packets and ounces. Kemember, 

 ^_^ however, this discount applies 

 *~ to packets and ounces 



only and is not al- 

 lowed on seeds by 

 the l,^ pound, 

 pound, pint or 

 quart, etc. 



MAMMOTH S LVER KSNG. 



The success of this great onion is one of my business monuments 

 I first introduced it to the public fifteen years ago, and it at once 

 took position as a ricoid breaker and record maker. The skin is of a beautilul, silvery while. 

 The tlesh has a particularly mild and pleasant llavor, and is so sweet that it may be eaten raw, 

 like an apple. No other while onion attains such mammoth size, nor will any other white va- 

 riety grow uniformly so large. The bulbs are of an attractive shape, Ilatteiied, but thick, as 

 shown in the illustration. The picture is from nature, as to size and markings. The averaiie 

 diameter of fully grown Mammoth Silver King onions is from 5 to TU inches, and the bulbs oil. n 

 attain a weight of 2'2 to 4 pounds. I have a record of one of these onions weighing 4 pounds ami 

 9 ounces. Thousands of letters and postal cards have reached me containing words of the hitli- 

 est praise of the wonderful size, early maturity and good quality of this now famous onion, aiul 

 the fact that these voluntary testimonials conie from all parts of the country proves the adapta- 

 bility of the onion to a wide range of soil and climate. With such a record as t his, I, of cour^i , 

 continue to give a prominent place in my catalogue to Silver King onion, and to endorse its 

 merits. Nothing among vegetables, except Prlzetaker onion and my Surehead cabbage, has 

 been so universally commended by mv patrons as this splendid white onion. Packet, 10 cents; 

 ounce, 20 cents; '4 pound, 60 cents; pound, $2.00. 



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