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3<J( ^ JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADFXPHIA ^^ 



Xo one can appreciate the value of reliable seeds better than those who have been once dis- 

 appointed. Too much care cannot be exercised in selecting your supply of onion seed. There is no 

 vegetable in which the quality of the seed exerts a greater influence upon the crop. Our stock is all 

 grown from clioice bulbs, selected carefully by hand, and is unsurpassed in this coun- 

 try. During our whole business career as seedsmen, it has always been our aim to make quality a 

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

 efforts than in onions, the demand for our seed having increased so rapidly that we have been obliged 

 to largely increase our facilities for growing every year for several years past. 



/Kr^Iarket Gardeners and Onion Growers who use 

 large quantities of Onion Seed and Oniun Sets will 

 please write for special prices. 



LtOW PRICES FOI^ 1898 



In conseciiieiioe of having liarvested a lavgt and very fine 

 crop of Onion S4ed the pa-^t season, we have reduced our 

 prices this year to the lowest at which we liave ever offered 

 our Pedigree Seed. While we liave made our prices at the 

 lowest lising rate for tlie quality we furnish, yet we want to 

 meet the competition of other first-class houses, and would 

 request Market Gardeners and Onion Growers wanting 

 large lots to write ns before placing their orders, stating 

 about what they desire to purchase, and where possible we 

 will quote special rates. 



Full-Sized Onions the First Tear. The seed we offer 

 will grow full-sized onions the first year. To do this they 

 should be sown as soon as possible in the spring, no matter 

 if the weather is cold, so the soil works lip well. This gives 

 them a good start ahead of the weeds before hot weather. 

 -One ounce will sow one hundred feet of drill. To grow 

 large onions from seed, five pounds to the acre; to grow 

 small sets, fifty to sixty pounds to the acre are required. 

 R Book Hll Onion Gpouuefs Should Have 



Full information for Culture, Storage and Jlarket- 

 ing, of both onions and onion sets, will be found in our new 

 up-to-date book. "Farm Gardening," which we send free 

 with all orders of S3. 00 and over. 



Philadelphia Yellom Globe Danvers Onion 



This improved variety is pronounced by onion growers, 

 who now grow it in preference to all other onions, the very 

 best strain in cultivation. It is the earliest yellow globe 

 variety, large in size, uniformly perfect in shape and the 

 largest cropper, producing from seed 1000 bushels to the 

 acre with good cultivation. It is also the most reliable for 

 bottoming, and one of the best keepers of all American 

 Onions. In fact, it is everything that could be desired as a 

 market or table onion. Prices of our Pedigree Tested 

 Seed, crop of 1S97, grown from selected hand-picked bulbs: 

 Pkt., 5c.: oz.. 10c ; H lb., 2-5c.: lb., TOe , post-paid : lb . 60c.; 

 5-lb. lots, oSc. per lb.; 10 lbs. and over, 50c. per lb., by express. 



Ejdtra Iiatrge Hed Wethersfield 



Onion growers who prefer the red varieties will find this 

 a m.agnificent strain, far surpas.sing the ordinary Ked Wetli- 

 ersfield in size, productiveness and keeping qualities. 

 It is of the finest form, skin deep purplish reil, flesh purplish 

 white, much finer grained than many of the red sorts. Im- 

 mense crops of this onion are grown each season, from our 

 seed, by some of the largest growers in the United States, 

 who realize the verv highest prices for their crops. Pkt . 6c.; 

 oz.. 10c.; 341b., 2.5c.: lb., TOc, post-paid: lb., 60c.; 5 lbs., S2.75; 

 10 lbs. and over, 50c. per lb., by express or freight. 



Philadelphia Extra Early Red Flat 



Ten days to two weeks earlier than the Large Red Weth- 

 ersfield, of medium size and deep red color, an abundant pro- 

 ducer and of good form and flavor, keeping well. It is well 

 adapted to the cold, mucky soils of the North and North- 

 west, where other varieties fail to produce full-sized onions. 

 Pkt., 5c.; oz., lOe.; Ji lb., 25c.; lb., TOc, post-paid; lb., 60c.; 5 

 lbs., $2.75; 10 lbs. and over, 50c. per lb. 



I^ound Velloui Oanveps Onion 



Our superior stock of this celebrated variety is of fine 

 round shape; grows to goofi size, "v^'ith thin yello^v skin, 

 white flesh, fine grained, mild flavor and excellent quality. 

 It ripens early, frequently producing from six to eight hun- 

 dred bushels to the acre; keeps well and is a splendid sort. 

 Pkt., DC.; oz., lOc; % lb., 20c.: lb., 60c.. post-paid. Bv express 

 or freight, lb., 50c.; 5 lbs. for 82.25 ; 10 lbs. and over, 40c. per lb. 



Vellotxt Dutch, ot» Stfasbuf g 



The great set onion — our pedigree Philadelphia-grown 

 seed. The most popular variety for sets, grown so exten- 

 sively by market gardeners around Philadelphia. The sets 

 of this variety grow round, plump and bright. Full-size 

 onions are somewhat flattened, flesh pure white, mild flavor 

 and an excellent keeper. Skin bright yellow. Pkt.,.5c.; oz., 

 10c, ; ^i lb., 25c.: lb., 70c., post-paid: lb., 60c.; 5-lb. lots, 55c. per 

 lb.; 10 lbs. and over, 50c. per 11)., by freight or express. 



We will deliver free to 



post-office in the 



ted States 5 lbs. of 



either Philadelphia Yel- 



Philadelphia Extra Early Red Flat, Round Yellow Danvers, or Phila- 



5 lbs. of one varietv, or thev can 



g Special Offer on the aboV e 5 {lost Popular Onions ?S 



low Globe Danvers, Extra Large Red Wethersfield 



delphia Yellow Dutch or Strasburg for S3. 00. Customers have the privilege of orderin, 



order 1 lb. of each of the five varieties. All you have to do is to make up an order for 5 lbs. of the above sorts and send 83.00. 



