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= New Giant Gibraltar Onion. 
A Splendid Foreign Sort Resembling Prizetaker. 
Giant Gibraltar Onion is a beautiful globe-shaped variety with a thin 
skin of light straw color. The flesh is white, mild and sweet, and the 
onion makes a large and quick growth from spring-sown seeds. It 
strikes me as possessing exceptional value. I have grown it in an experi- 
mental way at my Briar Crest trial grounds, and am well pleased with it. 
To get the views of a practical onion grower upon its merits, and to have 
it intelligently contrasted with Prizetaker, I wrote last July to Mr. Te 
Greiner, of La Salle, New York, or information. Mr. Greiner replied 
as follows: ; 
“Outside of the fact that the Gibraltar and the Prizetaker are of large 
-®& size and mild flavor, there is not the least similarity between the two. 
_* They differ in leafand bulb. * * The Gibraltar is somewhat later than 
& the Prizetaker when used for dry bulbs. It is much larger and a surer 
£ cropper. It is considerably milder in flavor; in fact, to the onion lover 
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& a Spanish onion, for sale in early fall (August and September) at a high 
- price. It will take in market as soon as customers find out its superior 
= oints. Its color is a very light (almost whitish) straw color, very much 
= different from the Prizetaker. But it must be sold soon after being 
Fy gathered, as it will not keep long. I use it altogether as agreen bunch- 
ing onion, and sow it in drills, as for sets, repeatedly, for succession, 
~ and eyen as late as July 30.” 2 : 
$<] Mr. Greiner’s statement that Gibraltar is “much larger and a surer 
4] cropper” with him than the famous Prizetaker is indeed high praise; 
> and there are doubtless other localities where Giant Gibraltar woul 
@ excel any other sort for autumn sales. I think every market and pri- 
vate gardener should try Gibraltars for bunching purposes and for im- 
mediate consumption. 
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- is now distinctly American. Giant Gibraltar on the other hand is dis- 
2 tinctly foreign. The former hasa place of its own, in which it is per- 
fectly secure. The latter, has yet to establish its reputati.c, but lam 
= sure it will do so, to the great satisfaction and profit o: gardeners 
- throughout the U. S. and Canada. PEt, 10c.; 02., 2e.; 14 Ib., 75¢.; lb., $2.25. 
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EARLY POTATO. 
THE COMING FAVORITE. 
None More Quick To Mature—None Finer—None More Proof Against Drought 
Burpee & Co., I offered $250 in Cash Prizeson Eureka which were duly 
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D For six years I have been watching the development of this grand | 
| early potato, and last year I offered it to the public for the first time, 
but could not sell it except by the pound, nor in larger lots than eight 
@ pounds to one person. This year my stock is larger, and consequently 
© I can offer it in more liberal quantities and on better terms. 
The yariety is well named, for it combines more good qualities than 
any other extra early potato. Last year in conjunction with W. Atlee 
23.—Annual Catalogue for 1902 of Maule’s Four-Leaf Clover GUARANTER 
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| publish the full reports on this page so I have compiled them all ina 
| little circular which will be mailed to all interested on application. 
| - As to its origin and history, the originator says of it: ‘Eureka Extra 
| Early was a chance hill found growing in a field of Early Morn pota- 
| toes, season of 1895. In looking over the field a single plant was noticed 
distinct from the rest which died while all the 
others were still green. On digging, nine large 
tubers and several unmerchantable ones were 
found,which were slightly different in shape from 
the Morn. Every tuber was saved and planted the 
following spring. Stock has been worked up ever 
since, and it has never failed to, produce a large 
crop of extra early potatoes. The plant is dwarf 
and compact, maturing in advance of the Early 
Rose and Bovee. It never has had the blight. The 
tubers are round, slightly flattened. Whiteskin, 
free from disease. Flesh, white and mealy; no 
cores or black specks. Quality unsurpassed. One 
point alone which makes it valuable is that it has 
never taken second growth, and resists drought 
better than any other potato I have ever grown. 
Grown side by side with the Bovee the past season, 
it produced a third more large tubers, and matured 
ten days in advance of Bovee. The potatoes were 
perfect, while the Bovee took second growth.” 
One of the points which the season of 1901 em- 
phasized was the ability of Eureka to resist second 
growth: that is, the tendency to produce ill-shaped 
tubers when wet weather succeeds drought. Other 
varieties were badly effected, but the Eureka un- 
4 der the same conditions retained its regular shape. 
Nothing inthis catalogue promises a greater 
money return, to those who invest in it, than this 
potato. An investment of $8.00 by one of my 
customers in Colorado, the first year I offered 
Freeman potato made a return of $2700 in actual 
cash inside of three years. The illustration is an 
exact representation of Eureka, drawn from na 
ture. It shows a cluster from a single bill, 
duced in size. 
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Lb., 50 cts., 8 lbs., $1.25, by mail, postpaid. Py 
express or freight, pk., $1.50; $4 bu., $2.50; bu., $4.00, 
