70 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1916 



456 Silver Skin or White Portugal 



A mild and pleasant onion, of somewhat flattened shape. It is very 

 popular for family use and one of the best for pickling, also for slicing 

 or boiling. A favorite with many when young as a salad or bunching 

 onion; excellent for winter. This variety is largely grown for sets, and 

 is regarded as a standard sort on account of it being hard and firm. 



Packet, 10 cts.; ouiice, 30 cts.; I4' poiiiitl, 85 cts.; pouiicl, $3.00. 



438 



Extra Early Red 



It will succeed in cold, mucky ground, where other sorts would fail. 

 It matures ten days sooner than the Red Wethersfleld. 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, 5 cts.; ounce, 20 cts.; ]y^ pound, 60 cts.; pound, $3.00. 



AUSTRALIAN BROWN ONION. 



437 



MAULE'S YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS ONION. 



Maule's Yellow Globe Danvers 



Our strain of Yellow Globe Danvers onion is unsurpassed. 

 It always attains a good size, with deep bulb and small neck. 

 It is choice in flavor, being rather mild, and is invariably a 

 marlvet favorite at prices above average quotations. It fre- 

 quently produces 600 bushels per acre, and capable of doing 

 even better under extra culture. It is early and profitable, 

 and a splendid keeper. Our strain of Yellow Globe Danvers 

 has been famous for the past quarter century in every onion 

 growing district of the United States, and we have supi^lied 

 direct to onion growers more than 20,000 pounds of the seed. 

 Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents; quarter pound, 60 cents; 

 pound, $2.00, postpaid. 



457 



Australian Brown 



This onion has claimed a place in America within recent years, and 

 seems perfectly able to maintain it. It is of medium size, very early, 

 rather flattened in shape, of brown color, and wonderfully hard and 

 solid. Its leading and most valuable feature, aside from appearance 

 and quality, is its long keeping ability. It wiU keep for a year or more 

 Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 15 cts.; % pound, 40 cts.; pound, $1.50. 



452 



Yellow Dutch. or Strasburg 



A standard market sort, very productive and profitable. Flattened 

 in shape. The flesh is mild and good. An excellent keeper and shipper 

 At Philadelphia and elsewhere it is grown extensively for sets. 



Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 20 cts.! '4 pound. GO cts.; pound, $2.00. 



