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JOHNSON . & • STOKES • PHILADELPHIA 



THE MAMMOTH PRIZETAKER ONION. 



American Grown Seed Crop of 1893. 



This handsome variety was first introduced bj- us a few j'ears since 

 from Spain, where it is largely grown for shipmeut to other coun nes. 

 Hundreds of American onion growers who have 

 grown it on our recommendation, agree m pro- 

 nouncing it the largest, handsomest aud 

 most profitable yellow variety they have 

 ever grown. Man}' specimens sent 

 in to us had attained weights of 

 from four to six pounds under 

 special culture. It is the large, 

 beautiful onion that is seen every 

 fall on sale at the fruit stores and 

 stands in the large cities (see photo- 

 graph opposite). The outside skin 

 is of a rich j-ellovv straw color while 

 the flesh is white, sweet, mild and 

 tender. Thev bottom well, are free 

 from stiff necks, and have produced 

 in several instances, more bushels 

 of marketable onions to the acre 

 than an}- other variety known In 

 market they attract special atten- 

 tion, aud have always been picked 

 out at two to three times the price 

 of any other sort on sale. The seed 

 we offer is American grown, and 

 much superior in quality to the 

 cheaper imported seed ofi"ered by 

 some. Pkt., loc. ; oz., 35c.; % lb., 

 90c.; lb., $3.25; 5 lbs. and over, 

 $3 00 per lb. 



THE GHERT KEEPING OfllOflS, IWRV Bfllili flHD GOIiDEfJ Bfllili. 



Since our introduction of these valuable varieties, five years since, the demand for the seed has been 

 so great that we have been obliged to double our acreage for seed each year. They originated with one 

 of the most successful onion growers of Ohio, his onions frequently controlling the late markets and sell- 

 ing rapidly at high prices even long after new 

 onions arrived from the South, owing to their 

 excellent keeping qualities, fine appearance 

 and handsome shape. These varieties are 

 sure to bottom well ; in fact, one hundred 

 plants, if cultivated properly, will produce one 

 hundred fine, perfect, full proportioned onions, 

 of much belter quality for keeping or im- 

 mediate use than the Southport Globe varieties. 

 These extra qualities always insure 

 extra prices to the growers. 



GOLDEN BALL ONION. 



The shape of this splendid variety is well 

 shown in the accompanying photograph. Skin 

 is a rich golden color, flesh of exquisite white- 

 ness, mild, well-flavored, and of unapproach- 

 able quality, occupying the very first rank as a 

 keeping variety. Pkt., 10c. ; oz., 30c.; J4 lb., 

 90c.; lb., ^3.50.' 



IVORY BALL ONION. 



In size, shape and keeping qualities, this 

 variety is an exact counterpart of our Goltlen 

 BaU. The skin and flesh, however, are of a 

 pearly whiteness and so smooth, round and 

 handsome that, to a casual observer, they 

 might easily be taken for billiard balls. It is 

 just as easy to grow as the yellow varieties, and 

 we recommend it to market growers in preler- 

 ence, for the reason that white-skinned usually 

 command a higher price than yellow onions. 

 Pkt., loc; oz., 40c.; % lb., $1.25 ; lb., ^.50. 



