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JOHNSON .-.&.•. STOKES .'. PHILADELPHIA .• 



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Xo one can appreciate the value of reliable seeds better than tlio=e 

 ■who have been once disappointed, and too niiicli carec:inuot be exercised 

 in selecting your supply. There is no vegetable Avhere the quality of the 

 seed exerts a greater influence upon the crop than in onions. Ourstoek is all 

 grown from choice bulbs, selected caret'iilly by hand, and is unsur- 

 passed iu tliis country. During our whole business ciireer as seedsmen, 

 it has always been our aim fo make quality a_ first consideration, price 

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

 etl'orts than in onions, thedeuiand for our seed liaving increased so rapidly 

 that we have been obliged to double our facilities for growing every 

 year for several years past. 



CrXTliKE. There is no crop, perhaps, more sure than that of onions. 

 Rich soil, with a good application ol manure every year, and proper atten- 

 tion, will almost invariably insure a good crop. Five hundred bushels per 

 acre is a medium crop, while from eight to twelve hundred bushels are not 

 unusual, under the best cultivation. There are three varieties of onions 

 commonly raised, namely, red, white and yellow. The yellow ones take 

 the lead, as they are more hardy, p:row larger, and bear handling better 

 than either of the other sorts. Onions, unlike most other crops, may be 

 raised on the same ground for an indetinite length of time. 



PHrLAT)ET,PHIA-OKOWX SEED, or such raised in that portion of Pennsylvania, is unqnestionahly earlier than 

 New England seed, and still more so as compared with AVestern seed. This is an important feature, :.s the early marketed 

 onions always bring the highest prices. The growth conclusively proves the assertion, Philadelphia seed making bulbs of 

 better quality for keeping or immediate u.'c, either as sets or fuU-.sized onions, long befoi-e seed from any other localit.v. 

 Large, full-.sized onions can be grown from our seed the first season in any section of the United States, both North and 

 South, at no greater cost than carrots, parsnips, beets, rutabagas, or the onion sets themselves, while the net return per acre 

 •will be from two to five times as great. Five pounds of .seed will sow an acre for this purpose. To grow small sets, fifty 

 pounds to the Mere is required. Please read " AVliat t)nion Growers Say," on other pages. 



This remarkable new onion is the earliest and best of all the white varieties. It grows to enormous size, and 



ety is Philadelpliia grow u, miu siioum iiui ut; coiinjuiiuirt-i « mt a v^ncfijj. ii..i-"j'ii'-vi . »-..-w*,. — - — _— -^.- - - _- - +-_„ 



AVhite Etna, or Earlv Pearl, which is an entirelv different onion, although somewhat resembling the American ^-xtra 

 Earlv Pearl in shape, being flatter, not as thick through, and it is vastly inferior m size and keeping qualities to the 

 Geuuine American Extra Earlv Pearl as grown and sold by us. Pkt., lOc; oz., Soc; >4 lb., tl.UU; lb., SJ.aU. 



