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JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA. 



THE SPANISH KING, or PRIZE TAKER ONION. 



PROFIT 



yielded 1127 bushels per acre, from seed, 

 <»ettlng the grower, at $1.20 per bushel 

 $1352.40 



Pkt., 15c.; oz., 40c.; 3^ lb., S1.25; lb., S4.00. 



This new and handsome va- 

 riety is a splendid type of the 

 celebrated Spanish fancy onions, 

 which are annually imported 

 into the United States from 

 Spain, and sold by confectioners 

 and fruiterers in our large cities, 

 at from twenty-five to fifty cents 

 each, and even higher. For 

 three years we have each year 

 succeeded in securing a small 

 quantity of this seed, 

 which we distributed 

 among our custom- 

 ers. The results have 

 been astonishing, as 

 the onions grown 

 here quite rival the 

 imported ones, in 

 great beauty and en- 

 ormous size, weigh- 

 ing in many cases 

 from ihree to four 

 pounds each, one 

 magnificent speci- 

 men sent in this sea- 

 son reached the 

 enormous size and 

 weight of five pounds 

 and two ounces, far 

 eclipsing in size and 

 beauty the Silver 

 King, Giant Rocca, 

 Tripoli, and other 

 fine Italian sorts. We 

 have received hun- 

 dreds of testimonial 

 letters from thegrow- 

 ers, who all agree in 

 pronouncing the 

 Spanish King the 

 largest, handsomest 

 and most wonderful 



«nd profitable variety they have ever grown. Our engraving is an exact representation of a fine speci- 

 :men, and shows their handsome shape. The outside skin is of a rich yellow color, while the flesh is 

 ■white, and so sweet, mild and tender that they can be eaten raw like an apple. They bottom well, are 

 free from stiff necks, and have produced more bushels of marketable onions to the acre than any other 

 variety known in America. The seed we offer this season, is grown for us by a reliable Spanish grower, 

 near Barcelona, Spain. 



The well-known agricultural paper, Orchard and Garden, December, 1887, contains the following 

 in its notes on onion tests : 



"We grew twenty-three varieties from seed, side by side, the past season. Among all these, the 

 Spanish King, introduced by Johnson & Stokes, was the only one with which we were entirely satis- 

 fied, and had we sowed the whole patch with this, the product would have been four times as large as it 

 actually turned out. The bulbs were by far the largest of all, and among the rest we had Silver King 

 and a number of other Mammoth sorts." 



Prices for 1889 : Pkt, 15c.; oz., 40c.; % lb., I1.25 ; lb., $4.00. 



A. C. Beglet, Wallace's Switch, Va., wrftes: "The 

 Spanish King Onion far surpasses any onion I have eva 

 gnrown. From the sowing of two ounces, I harvested eigK 

 teen bushels. I think every seed came up. The onion is o(. 

 a fine flavor, large, brittle and delicious. They are the onion." 



G. W. TiNDALL. Upper Alton, 111., writes: "YourSpan- 

 ish King Onions were extra fine, while on exhibition •were 

 admired by all, and took first premium. Silver King are 

 also very good, but not so large and good for keeping pur- 

 poses." 



Mes. C. "W. Flbtcher, "White Eyes Plains, O., writes: 

 "Spanish King Onion is superior to any I ever planted. All 

 seeds are ■what you claim, they are of the choicest quality. 

 I received better filled packets and more extras than from 

 any other firm." 



John Ton, F.ernwood, 111., writes: " Your Spanish King 

 Onion proved first-class. I tvill have at least one hundred 

 bushels, the finest I ever saw." 



Jno. Banschee, Jr., Freeport, 111., writes: " YonrSpan- 

 Tsh. King Onion is by far the largest, finest and sweetest I 

 -ever grew ; for twenty-two years I have raised onions, but the 

 'best could not equal these." 



W. H. Mitchell, Hills-ville, "Va., ■writes: "Short 

 Stemmed Dnmihead Cabbage and Spanish King Onion were 

 a grand success, especially the onion, which surpassed everj-- 

 thing in the oniolB line ever g:rown in this part of the coun- 

 riry." 



