
universally grown than any other vegetable. 

CuLTURE.—Onions do best ona fich loam. previously cultivated for 
two years. Stiff clay and light sand are equally unfavorable. The land 
should be highly fertilized with well-rotted manure, complete fertiliz- 
ers, etc. Fresh stable manure has a tendency to produce soft onions. 
For dry (fall) onions a packet will sow about 50 feet of drill, an ounce 
about 300 feet, 4 to 5 lbs. of seed per acre. Sow in drills 12 to 18 inches 
| apart as early in spring as possible and cover one-halfinechdeep. When 
| large enough thin to 3 inches apart. 









j Head when tops turn yellow and skin becomes tough aud transparent; Onions may be pulled up, dried and stered 67 
Maule’s Select Onion Seeds 
From the earliest times to the present day, Onions have been used as an article of food, and are, perhaps, more 
Our select strains are annually used by many of the largest onion 
growers, for whom they have yielded highly satisfactory returns and proved a big money making crop. ? 
and don’t thin out; use 60 to 80 Ibs. of seed per acre. Six to ten bushels 
of sets will plant an acre. Fine marketable size onions (according to 
variety planted) are easily produced the first year from early spring 
sown seed, maturing in froin 60 to 126 days. Culture should be frequent 
though shallow. The same ground may be used for onions, season after 
season, if well fertilized annually. Bone meal isan excellent fertilizer. 
Winter storage demands dryness and protection from sudden changes. 
If sets are wanted, sow seed thickly | Onions should never be handled while frozen. 
. THE ag ONIONS 
Ss 
IN of all 
“tie GLO 






























































SS=, 

We named and introduced this great onion in 1888, and ever 
| since have given it special prominence in every catalogue we 

| haveissued. Today, thirty-two years after it was named by 
| us, it will be found in almost every seedsman’s catalogue. 
Prizetaker is by far the handsomest, most productive, most 
| popular and best of all Yellow Globe onions. It isa bright, 
clear straw color, and always grows to a uniform shape, which 
is a perfect globe. It hasa very small neck, and ripens up 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents ; 
85 CENTS, POSTPAID. 

e== = 
mw Maule’s Prizetaker Onion 
The Largest, Most Productive, Mild Flavored Yellow Globe Onion in Existence 
| Learn More About Horticulture and Agr 
: St We offer the best books which should be in every household. 
NEW ONION CULTURE. By T. GREINER. New and highly valuable methods for growing onions 
Illustrated, Cloth Bound. 






























































































firm and solid. In market it never fails to attract attention 
on account of its beauty, and is sure to bring a far better price 
than any other onion. Maule’s Prizetaker has attracted 
more attention and awakened wider and more cordial enthu- 
siasm than any other onion ever introduced to the American 
public, It is the largest, finest flavored and most superior 
Yellow Globe onion under cultivation for either the home 
garden or market. Matures in 100 days. 
Headquarters Stock can be obtained only from Wm. Henry Maule, Inc. 
quarter pound, 75 cents; 
pound, $2.50, postpaid. 

iculture 

by reading a good book, 
written by an authority 
See index on page 176. 




if 
of the largest size and yield for home or market. § 

