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JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 



nflnnoTH yellow frizet/iker oniom. 



This handsome variety was first introduced by us a few years since from Spain, where it is largely 

 g^own for shipment to other countries Hundreds of American onion growers agree in pronouncing it 

 the largest, handsomest and most profitable yellow variety they have ever grown. It is the very large, 

 beautiful onion that is seen every fall on sale at the fruit stores and stands in the large cities (see photo- 

 graph above, ^ natural size). The outside skin is of a rich yellow straw color, while the flesh is white, 

 sweet, mild and tender. The}' bottom well, are free from stiff necks and produce enormously. The seed 

 we offer is American grown, crop of 1896, and much superior in quality to the cheaper, imported seed 

 offered by some. Pkt., loc; oz., 20c.; % lb., 40c.; lb., J1.25 ; 5 lbs., J6.00 ; 10 lbs. and over, $1.15 per 

 lb., by express or freight. 



MEW WHITE FRIZE-WINMER ONION. 



In magnificent shape and enormous size, the White Prize-Winner, is the exact counterpart of 

 the Mammoth Yellow Prizetaker, described above, differing only in its handsome silvery white 

 skin. Hundreds of our best market gardeners and onion growers have given it a trial, and, judging by 

 the large number of favorable reports, nothing' equal to it in the line of white onions has ever before 

 been grown in America. One enthusiastic customer, who grew it, says : "It completely astonished 

 me ; there has never been an onion grown in America that can hold a candle to it." Another writes : 

 "It is the most valuable addition to the onion family ever made." It will pay every onion grower to 

 sow the White Prize- Winner. Pkt., loc; oz., 35c.; % lb., |i.oo; lb., I3.40. 



EXTRA LARGE RED WETHERSFIELD. (See iUus- 

 tralion on preceding page.) Onion yrowera who prefer the 

 red varieties will tind this a luagnitieent strain, far surpass- 

 ing the ordinary Red Wetliersfleld in size, productive- 

 ness and keeping qualities. It is of the finest form, skin 

 deep purplish red, Hesh purplish white, much finer grained 

 than many of the red sorts. Immense crops of this onion 

 are grown each season, from our seed, by some of the largest 

 growers in the United States, who realize the very highest 

 prices for their crops. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; 34 lb., 25c.; lb., 

 75c.; 5 lbs., S3.50 ; 10 lbs. and over, 65c. per lb., by ex- 

 press. 



PHIXADELPHIA EXTRA EARLY RED FL.AT. 

 Ten days to two weeks earlier than ttie Large Red Wethers- 

 field, of medium size and deep red color, an abundant pro- 

 ducer and of good form and flavor, keeping well. It is well 

 adapted to the cold, mucky soils of the North and North- 

 west, where other varieties fail to produce fuh-Mzea onions. 

 Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; Jilb., 30c.; lb., 85c.; 5 lbs., $4.00; lU lbs. and 

 over, 75c. per lb. 



PHILADELPHIA WHITE SILVER SKIN, or 

 PORTUGAL. (See illustration on preceding page.) A good 

 variety for family use; skin and flesh pure white, mild 

 flavor and flat shape. The best white onion to grow largely 

 for sets. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 'iOc; }4 lb., 6lc.; lb., $1.65; 5 Ib.s., JS.OO"; 

 10 lbs. and over, SI. 50 per lb. 



AMERICAN EXTRA EARLY PEARL. The earliest 

 large white onion. See Specialties, page ]1 Pkt., lOc; oz., 

 25c.; 34 lb , 75c.; lb., $2.50; 10 lbs. and over, $2.40 per lb. 



QOLbEN B^LL ONION. 



Since our introduction of the Golden Ball and Ivory Ball 

 Onions, a few years since, the demand for the seed lias been 

 so great that we have been obliged to double our acreage for 

 seed each year. They originatecj with, one of the most suc- 

 cessful onion growers of Ohio, his onions frequently control- 

 ling the late markets and sellingrapidly at high prices, even 

 long after new onions arrived from the South, owing to their 

 excellent keeping qualities, fine appearance and handsome 

 shape. They are sure to bottom well, and are of much 

 better quality for keeping or immediate use than the South- 

 port Globe varieties. In the Golden Ball the skin is of a rich 

 golden color, flesh white, mild, well flavored and of un- 

 approachable quality, occupying the very first rank as a 

 keeping variety. Pkt., lOc; oz., 25c.; H lb., 75c.; lb., $2.65. 



IVORY BALL ONION. 



(See Illustration on Preceding Page.) 



In size, shape and keeping qualities, this variety is an 

 exact counterpart of Golden Ball, aud is unquestionably 

 the greatest keeper of all white otiion.s. The skin and flesh, 

 however, are of a pearly whiteness, and so smooth, round 

 and handsome, that, to a casual observer, they might easily 

 be taken for billiard balls. It is just as easy to grow as the 

 yellow varieties, and we recommend it to market grrowers in 

 preference, for the reason that white-skinned usually com- 

 mand a higher price. Pkl., lOc; oz., 30c.; 34 "^-i ^^c.; lb., 

 $3.15. 



