66 — Vegetable Seeds 



TME MAULE seed book for 1907 



MftULE'S RELIABLE ONION SEED, my greatest specify. 



In the thirty years I have been in the seed business on my own account, I do not think 1 have ever been confronted 

 with a more serious problem than the onion seed situation this year. Last year a number of varieties were very short 

 indeed, but this season the crops are very much worse. Many plois that in the early summer bid fair to produce anywhere 

 from 500 to 600 pounds of seed to the acre, fell down so terribly that in some cases as low as 75 pounds per acre was the 

 amount of good seed harvested. My customers well know that onion seed has been one of my greatest specialties for years; 

 but I go into the season of 1907 with the smallest amount of seed in my warehouses I have had for more than twenty years. 

 What seed I have cannot be surpassed in quality in these United Htates, but the trouble is the quantity. 1 have 'made 

 my prices as reasonable as I possibly can under the circumstances, and when I am sold out I cannot possibly replace 

 my stock, so I would certainly advise early orders from all my customers who do not wish to be disappointed. 



Culture. — Onions do best on a rich 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-hall inch deep. If sets are wanted, 

 use 60 to 80 lbs. of seed per acre. Six to ten bushels of sets will plant an 



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 meal is an 

 excellent fertilizer. Winter storage demands dryness and protection 

 from sudden changes. Onions should never be handled while frozen. 



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 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. The flavor when 

 cooked is highly relishable. One of my patrons 

 giew 66,905 pounds of Jlaules Large Red Wethers- 

 field onions on a single acre of ground, some years 

 ago. in competition for a prize of 8250. This is at 

 the rate of 1,200 or 1,300 bushels per acre, the legal 

 weight of a bushel of onions varying in different 

 states from 50 to 57 pounds. Yields of 600 to SCO 

 bushels of my Wethersfield per acre are not rare. 

 ( mlon seed value depends greatly upon the way 

 tlie stock is selected and cared for, and the seed 

 ^^ hich I ofl'er is of the earliest form, grown from 

 band sorted bulbs and sure to produce large onions. 

 S[)ecimens of Maule's Large Red Wethersfield 

 weighing one or even two pounds the first year 

 fiom seed are not uncommon, and there is a note- 

 ^^ (jrthy uniformity of size, scullions being un- 

 known. This onion is a magnificent keeper, and 

 my customers speak of it every year in terms of 

 higfiest praise. Many strains of Red Wethersfield 

 <u 6 offered the American public, but my careful 

 (omparative tests convince me that none are 

 eciual to the one here described. It is in every way 

 a perfect red onion for home and market purposes. 

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V Maulers Yellow Globe Danvers* 



Mj stiain of Yellow Globe Danvers Onion Is unsurpassed. It always attains a good size, 

 ^^ ith 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 6(;0 bushels 

 per acie. and capable of doing even better under extra culture. It is early and profitable, 

 and a splendid keeper. My strain of Yellow Globe Danvers has been famous for the past 

 (luai ter century In every onion growing district of the United States, and I have supplied 

 diiect to onion growers more than 200,000 pounds of the seed. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents; M pound, 75 cents; pound, 82.50. 



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\y Extra Early Red* 



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 cents; ounce, 20 cents; i^ pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.75. 



W 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 is a 

 little earlier. It is certainly a first-class onion in yield, flavor and keep- 

 ing qualities. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; i^ lb., 60 cts.; lb., 82.25. 



