N O V E L T I E vS A N I) S V E C I A L T I E S 



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A GRAND NEW ONION 



JOHNSON'S DARK RED BEAUTY 



HANDSOME COLOR— FINE SHAPE- EXCELLENT KEEPER 



See Colored Illustration on Back of this Catalogue 



Distributed Last Season as "Unnamed" 



Seed Now Placed on Sale for the 



First Time 



We distributed last season among our friends 

 for trial several thousand packets of this wonder- 

 ful new onion. All unanimously pronounce it a 

 grand success, and we give below a few samples 

 from the many letters received. 



As was the case with the Grand New Cabbage, 

 described on page 7, we made the naming of this 

 onion the occasion of a Unique Prize Competition, 

 offering $100 in Cash Prizes for the best names 

 suggested. Of the names sent in, "Johnson's 

 Dark Red Beauty" was decided upon as the most 

 appropriate, with ten other names as the next best. 

 Checks aggregating $100 have been sent to the 

 successful competitors as follows: 



JOHNSON s DARK KKI) BEAVTV ONION. 



l'kt.. 20c.; OZ..S0O.: \i ll>., 81. "H). 



First Prize, $50.00 for Best Name (Johnson's Dark Red Beauty). 



Mrs. Ai.vin 1'iiAKSON, Springtown, Pa. 



Mus. Julia Scabborough, Mount Gilead, N. C. 



Geo. W. Ridgeway, Barnegat, X.J. 



J. P. Kline, Coopereburg, Pa. 



Mbs. Chas. S. They, Bridgeport, Pa. 



Mus. Emma Haslet, Mount Vernon, Mo. 



Ten Next Best Names, $5.00 Each. 



Mus. Catherine Fox, Odessa, Del. 

 Ortie Nixon, Monroeville, X. J. 

 W. A. Burgess, Pawling, N. Y. 

 D. C. Stephens, Lebanon, Mo. 

 Mrs. \V. E. Rodgehs, Hooversville 



Pa. 



.1 \Mi.s E. Crawford, Audubon, X. J. 



.1. I>. Sru. 1. man, Kdenton, X. C. 



F. E. Olvey, South Haven, Mich. 



J. B. King, Guy, N.C. 



('. II. Dewey, Homer, X. Y. 



Johnson's Dark Red Beauty is beyond a doubt one of the most magnificent strains of red onion 



we have ever seen. The testimonials below recommend its elegant round shape and extra dark red 

 color, its excellent keeping qualities and general uniformity as to size and shape. Price, pkt., aoc; 

 oz., 50c; I lb., $1.50. For further description, we, therefore, leave it in the hands of its friends and 



call your attention to 



What Those Who Have Grown It Say 



BEATS THEM ALL. 



Mas. T. C. Hkikn, Desota, III, writes: "The new Onion, 

 Johnson's l>ark Keel Beauty, beats tliem all. From one 

 I acket 1 raised 45 pounds, all large size and perfect shape." 



A <.KI A I SELLER. 



W'M. ALEXANDER, lMymonth, Mich, August 28, 1907, 

 writes : " Your new red ODlOD Johnson's I>urk Red 

 Keauty, Is very line, round-shaped and qulok growing, li 



will be a great seller." 



ROUND AS A CANNON BALL. 



Jacob E. Swartwood, Scotia, iv, August n, iikit, writes 

 'My onions, raised from Johnson's Bark Red Beauty, 



are now in good growing condition* 1 pulled s tmlh on 

 August. 21st and was surprised to flml It already of medium 

 size, with B ilark ml color and round as a cannon ball." 



SHINING liki: A PIECE OF satin. 



mks. c. Pox, Odessa, Del., September. 1907, writes : "Youi 



new liiirk Kill Beauty Onion grows of uniform large 



very handsome, shining like a piece ol satin. I consider it 



the most beautiful onion 1 ever Raw." 



ALL PERFECT. 



II. .1. SUXEBS /.anesville, Ohio, August 1 ">, 1*>I7. arritBS "] 

 have harvested your new onion Johnson's Diirk Kril 

 Beauty, and ihey are beauties, one just like the other: all 



perfect'' 



BETTER THAN WKTllKUsHKl.il. 



ij. c. Stephens Lebanon, Bio . Angus) 32, 1907, writes 



"I planted one row each of Large Wethersfleld, l'n el 

 and your new Dark Ki-d Beauty Onion in the same Held, 

 gi\ Ing all the same care. Your new onion is large and non 

 uniform in shape than either of the others.' 



LEAVES ALL OTHERS IN THE REAR. 



w. \ Buroesb, Pawling, N. Y, August 19, 190T, writes 



think your new onion. l>ark Red Beauty, la something re- 

 markable. I tasted It alongside ol Ked \\ et licrsii, ,1 Silver 

 King and Pri/etaker. and to dale it has left them all in the 



>l R] l v \ KONE1 HAK1 B 



i n \ i \ . Soutb Haven ' 



"Your new onion Johnson's Hark Red Beauty, 

 surely be S EttOUej maker l,u any one who plants \\ •' 



