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No one can appreciate the value of reliable seeds better than those who have been once disap- 

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

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

 grown from choice billbs, selected carefully by hand, and is unsurpassed in this country. 

 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. 



PHOTOGRAPH OF A GROWING CROP OF OUR PEDIGREE ONION SEED ON OUR PENNSYLVANIA FARM. 



PHILADELPHIA GROWN SEED, or that raised in the southeastern part of Pennsylvania, 

 is unquestionably earlier than New England seed, and still earlier compared with Western seed. This 

 is an important feature, as the early market onions always bring the highest prices. The growth con- 

 clusively proves our claim, the Philadelphia seed making bulbs of better quality for keeping or imme- 

 diate use, either as sets or full sized onions, long before seed from any other locality. Large, full sized 

 onions can be grown from our seed the first season in any section of the United States, North or South, 

 at no greater cost than carrots, parsnips, beets, ruta-bagas, or the onion sets themselves, while the net 

 return per acre will be from two to five times as great. Five pounds of seed will sow an acre for this 

 purpose. To grow small sets, fifty to sixty pounds to the acre is required. 



There is no crop, perhaps, more sure than onions. 

 Rich soil, "n'ith a good application of manure every year, and 

 proper attention will almost invariably insure a good crop. 

 Five hundred bushels per acre is a medium crop, while from 

 eight hundred to one thousand bushels are not unusual under 

 the best cultivation. Yellow onions take the lead in most 

 sections, as they are more hardy, grow larger, and bear hand- 

 ling better. Onions, unlike most other crops, may be raised 

 on the same ground for an indefinite length of time. 



The onion not only contains considerable nutriment and 

 has valuable medicinal properties, but is most useful in coun- 

 teracting the had effects of sedentary life. The disagreeable 

 odor it imparts to the breath may be avoided in a great meas- 

 ure by thorough cooking, or by eating a few leaves of parsley. 



Full information for Culture, Storage and Market- 

 ing of both onions and onion sets, see our book of 8100 

 Prize Essays. This book is sent by mail, postage paid, on 

 receipt of price, .30 cents, or may be had free as a premium 

 ■with all orders to the amount of $2.00 and over. 



A BOOK YOU SHOULD HAVE. 



The New Onion Culture, or how to grow 2000 bushels 

 to the acre, by T. Greiner, should also be read by all onion 

 growers. Price, .50 cents, post-paid, or may be had free with 

 orders of 1S3.00 and over. (See Book Premiums, page 25.) 



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