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Mautle’s Select Onion Seeds 
CuLTURE.—Onions do best onarich loam, previously cultivated for | and don’t thin out; use 60 to 80 lbs. of seed per acre. Hight to ten bushels 
two years. Stiff clay and light sand are equally unfavorable. The land | of sets will plant an acre. Fine marketable size onions (according to 
should be highly fertilized with well-rotted manure, complete fertiliz- | variety planted) are easily produced the first year from early spring 
ers, etc. Fresh stable manure has a tendency to produce soft onions. | sown seed, maturing in from 60 to 126 days. Culture should be frequent 
For dry (fall) onions a packet will sow about 50 feet of drill, an ounce | though shallow. The same ground may be used for onions, season after 
about 300 feet, 4 to 5 lbs. of seed per acre. Sow in drills 12 to 18 inches | season, if well fertilized annually. Bone meal isan excellent fertilizer. 
apart as early in spring as possible and cover one-halfinch deep. When| Winter storage demands dryness and protection from sudder changes. 
large enough thin to 3 inchesapart. Ifsets are wanted, sow seed thickly | Onions should never be handled while frozen. 
Customers may order half pounds at the pound rate, 2 pounds or over at the 5 pound rate, postpaid. 




444 SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE ONION. 445 SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE ONION. 
44 Southport Red Globe Onion 
The Standard Red Globe Onion. An Enormous Yielder 
In districts in New York and Ohio, we frequently ship 1,000 pounds of this Red Globe 
onion annually. Itis a perfect globe, skin being of arich glossy red; flesh fine grained, 
white and always mild and pleasant, maturing in120days. Itis very hardy and a 
splendid keeper. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents; quarter pound, 70 cents; 
pound, $2.25; 5 pounds, $10.00, postpaid. 
45 Southport White Globe Onion 
The Handsomest and Best Winter Keeping White Onion 
This onion, on account of its handsome appearance, always brings top prices in the 
city markets. It is silvery white in color, globe shaped in form, flesh of delicious flavor, 
and a fine keeper. This main crop variety is excellent for the home garden; matures 
in 120 days. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 35 cents; quarter pound, 90 cents; 
pound, $3.25; 5 pounds, $15.00, postpaid. 
46 Southport Yellow Globe Onion 
A Sure Cropper and Long Keeping Onion for Home or Market 
One of the most popular of the Yellow Globe onions, andour annual sales run into 
thousands of pounds. Perfectly globe shaped with rather full shoulder, rich yellow 
skin, fine grained, mild creamy white flesh. Very productive and a good keeper; 
matures in 110 days. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents; quarter pound, 70 cents; 
pound, $2.25; 5 pounds, $10.00, postpaid. 

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446 SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE ONIO. 
Maule’s Collection of Three Best Southport Globe Onions 8:3 White 
One packet each of the 3 sorts for 25 cents, postpaid. One ounce each of the 3 sorts for 75 cents, postpaid. 
NEW ONION CULTURE. x70 MEXEE QMIGMS austares ana colors 
ie : Book by T. GREINER. This mixture contains a grand assortment of the different colored 
ew and highly valuable methods for growing onions and various shaped onions, maturing at intervals in 60 to 120 days, so 
of the largest size and yield for home or market. as to give a supply of onions fit for the table when wanted, or for 
Illustrated. Cloth poy $1.00, Seay saving for winter use, as all are good keepers. 



Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 45 cents; 
pound, $1,50, postpaid, 


