POPULAR VEGETABLE SEEDS 



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_ No one can appreciate the value of reliable seeds better than those who ha-^e been once disap- 

 pointed. Too much care cannot be exercised in selecting your supply of onion seed. There is no 

 vegetable in which the quality of the seed exerts a greater influence upon the crop. Our stock is all 

 grown from choice bulbs, selected carefully by hand, and is unsurpassed in this country. 



During our whole business career as seedsmen, it has always been our aim to make quality a first 

 consideration, price afterwards, and in no one crop have we met with greater reward for our eiforts 

 than in onions, the demand for our seed having increased so rapidly that we have been obliged to 

 largely increase our lacilities for growing every year for several years past. 



PHOTOGRAPH OF A SELECT LIST OF OUR BEST AMERICAN ONIONS. GROWN FROM OUR PEDHiKEE SEtlJ. 



Philadelphia Giroxxin Seed, 



■or that raised in the southeastern part of Pennsylvania, is 

 unquestionably earlier than New England seed, and still 

 earlier compared with Western seed. This is an important 

 feature, as the early market onions always bring the highest 

 prices. The growth conclusively proves our claim, the Phil- 

 ;adelphia seed making bulbs of better quality for keeping or 

 immediate use, either assets or full-sized onions, long before 

 seed from any other locality. Large, full-sized onions cun be 

 ^rown from our seed the first season in any section of the 

 United States, North or South. 



One ounce will sow one hundred feet of drill. To grow 

 large onions from seed, five pounds to the acre; to grow small 

 .■sets, fifty to sixty pounds to the acre are required. 



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<NnPPial hnm Ptrlr?P<I "^''^ crops of Onion Seed ^ 



apeeiai UOUl rrieeS. have agam been large, and ^ 



we would call attention to our Low Prices for 1897. ^ 



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anywhere for less money. i 



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Books on Onion Cultaire. 



Full information for Culture, Storage and Market- 

 ing, of both onions and onion sets, will be found in our book 

 ■of SlOO Prize Essays. This book is sent by mail, postage 

 paid, on receipt of price, 25 cents, or may be had iree as a 

 premium with all orders to the amount of $2.00 and over. 



R Book nil Onion Gvoutefs Should Have. 

 The New Onion Culture, or how to grow 2000 bushels 

 to the acre, by T. Greiner, should be read by all onion grow- 

 ers. Price, 50 cents, post-paid, or may be had free with 

 orders of $3.00 and over. (See Book Premiums, page 17.) 



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F^ound VellotJU Danveirs Onion. 



Our superior stock of this celebrated variety is of fine 

 round shape ; grows to good size, with thin yellow skin, 

 white flesh, fine grained, mild flavor and e.vcellent quality. 

 It ripens early, frequently producing from six to eight hun- 

 dred bushels to the acre; keeps well and is a .splendid sort. 

 Pkt., 5c.; oz., lOc; % lb., 20c.; lb., 6Uc. By express or freight, 

 5 lbs. for 82.75; 10 lbs. and over, 50c. per lb. 



Philadelphia Yelloai Globe Danvers Onion. 



This improved variety is pronounced by all market gar- 

 deners and onion growers, who now grow it in preference to 

 all other onions, the very best strain in cultivation. It is the 

 earliest yellow globe variety, large in size, uniformly 

 perfect in shape and the largest cropper, producing from 

 seed 1000 bushels to the acre with good cultivation. It is also 

 the most reliable for bottoming, and one of the best keepers 

 of all American Onions. In fact, it is everything that could 

 be desired as a market or table onion. Prices of our Pedi- 

 gree Tested Seed, crop of 1896, grown froni selected hand- 

 picked bulbs : Pkt., 5c.; oz., lOc; % lb., 25c.; lb., 70c.; 5-lb. 

 lots, 65c. per lb.; 10 lbs. and over, 6Uc. per lb., by express or 

 freight. 



Philadelphia Extra Early Bed Globe Onion. 



A new and distinct variety, maturing as early as the 

 Extra Early Flat Ked, but of a beautiful globe shape; 

 much rounder and handsomer than the ordinary Early Red 

 Globe, as shown in our illustration above; skin deep red, 

 flesh mild and tender; an excellent keeper. In bottoming 

 and cropping qualities it is very superior, and very desirable 

 for table or market use. Pkt., 5o.; oz., 20c.; J^ lb., 50c.; lb., 

 81.50 ; 5 lbs., $7.25, by express. 



