WM. HENRY MAULE, Inc., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Vegetable Seeds — 63 



Maule's Select Onion Seed 



Culture. — Onions do best on a rich loam, previously cultivated for 

 two years. Stiff clay and liglit 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. 

 J'>rill in 4 to 5 lbs. of seed per acre, one-ha If inch deep. If sets are wanted, 

 use 6U to 80 lbs. of seed per acre. Sis 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. 



THE F^ING 



ONIONS 



Maule's Prizetaker Onion 



Headqucirter's Stock can be obtained only from W^m. Henry Maule, Inc. 



'oithout stifibess 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. Maulers Prizetaker 

 has attracted more attention and awakened wider and more 

 cordial enthusiasm than any other onion ever iyitroduced to the 

 American public. It is the largest, finest flavored and most 

 superior Yellow Globe onion under cultivation for either 

 the home garden or market. 



We named and introduced this great onion in 1888, and ever 

 since have given it special proiuiuence in every catalogue we 

 have issued. Today, twenty-nine years after it was named by 

 us, it will be found illustrated in almost every catalogue. 



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 has a very small neck, and ripens up 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; quarter pound, 50 cents; pound, $1. 75, postpaid. 



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White Welsh Onion 



WEL 

 ON. 



This is one of the best green bunch onions known. 

 Pearly white in appearance and mild In flavor it is 

 a most desirable bunch onion for market gardeners 

 or the home garden. It does not form a bulb, but 

 very early in the Spring, before seeds or sets are 

 planted, it produces a fine bunch onion or scallion, 

 which is quite attractive and coming in a season 

 when green stufl' is scarce. It is a money maker, 

 and will be appreciated where an early green bunch 

 onion is in demand. Being very hardy, requires 

 no winter mulching. Authorities everywhere recom- 

 mend this variety, and market gardeners will find 

 it an exceedingly profitable crop. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; \i lb., 75 cts.; lb., $2.50. 



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Giant Italian Leek 



Largest and most uniform of 

 all. Gives satisfaction every- 

 where. It is easily grown, and is 

 perfectly hardy. Sow the seed in 

 the early spring in drills 1 inch 

 deep and 12 to IS inches apart, thin 

 out or transplant to 10 inches apart 

 in the rows. Use 1 ounce to 150 feet 

 of drill; 4 pounds to an acre. 



Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 20 cts.; 

 % pound, 50 cts.; pound, $1.75. 



GIANT ITALIAN LEEK. 



