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JOHNSON . & . STOKES • PHILADELPHIA 



AMERICAN ONIONS— Continued. 



PHILADELPHIA. AVHITE SILVER SKIN, or 

 POKTUGAL. A good variety for family use; sicin and 

 flesli pure wliite, mild flavor and flat shape. The best white 

 onion to grow largely for sets. Pkt., lOc; oz., 35c.; }4 't)-i 

 Sl.OO ; lb., $8.76, post-paid ; 5 lbs. and over, S3.50 per lb. 



WHITE GLOBE. \ large, firm, globe shaped variety, 

 with white skin; tine flesh; handsome in shape and a good 

 keeper. Pkt., lOc.; oz., 35c.; J4 lb., $1.00 ; lb., 83.75. 



NEW WHITE BUNCH ONION. The be.st onion for 

 selling in bunches or using in a green state. It i.s a very 

 early, vigorous grower and produces large, showy, white 

 onionsof the finest quality. Pkt., lOe.; oz., 25c.; 14.1b., 75c.; 

 lb., 32 DO ; 5 lbs. and over, S2.50 per lb. 



HARD ROUND SILVER SKIN FOR PICKLING. 

 The best onion for pickling, producing uniformsmall, round 

 handsome onions, with pure white skin neverturning green 

 from exposure. Pkt., lOc; oz., 25e.; ij lb., "Oc; lb., S2.25; 

 5 lbs. ami .>ver. 82.00 per lb. 



Our Pedigree Onion Seed. 



H. A. Davis, Sunderland, Mass., Nov. 4, 1893, writes: 

 "I purchased of you last spring four pounds of your Pedi- 

 gree Onion seed, from the yield of which I sold 744 bushels 

 of onions at an average of 50 cents per bushel. I also pur- 

 chased, at the same time in the spring, from a prominent 

 Eastern seed house, the same amount of onion seed and at 

 the same price as those I bought from you, and liarvested 

 just 311J4 bushels that sold at an average of 38 cents per 

 bushel. Both these lots were sown and fertilized and 

 tended alike. Moral — Use Johnson <fc Stokes' seed." 



Philadelphia Yellow Globe Sanvers. 



" In twenty years' experience your Philadelphia Yellow 

 Globe Danvers has proven the best and handsomest onion I 

 have ever grown. It takes first prize at all our e.xliibitions. " 

 — Heney HosKisfS, Binghamton, N. Y. 



Extra Large Red "Wethersfleld. 



" Extra Large Red WethersfieUi Onions from your seed 

 awarded first prize at our State and county fairs in u Held of 

 thirteen competitors. " — M. L. Houston, Shawneetown, 111. 



Mammoth Prizetaker. 



"Mammoth Prizetaker Onion produced the finest crop 

 of onions ever grown in this part of the State. They took 

 first premiimi at Xew Jersey Interstate Fair." — Perkins 

 Bros., Kingston, N. J. 



American Extra Early Pearl. 



" American Extra Early Pearl Onion, the largest and best 

 ever seen here. Many weighed over six pounds." — J.'L. 

 Travk, Cresswell, N. C. 



New Onion, White Prize-Winner. 



(See colored iUnslralion on back of litis book and page 15.) 

 This new onion was offered last season for the first time, 

 and is pronounced by all who have grown it the most mag- 

 nificent onion in cultivation. In shape and size it is the exact 

 counterpart of the Mammoth Prizetaker, differing only 

 in its pure white skin. Pkt., 15c.; 2 pkts., '-'.Sc; oz., 50c.; 

 14 lb., 81.50; lb,,S5.00. 



ITALIAN ONIONS. 



The following varieties we have imported from the most 

 reliable growers of Italy. They have all been tested and 

 have proven a perfect success in every section of this 

 country, and are largely grown for market, being milder 

 in flavor than American varieties, and well adapted for early 

 market and home garden iL^e. They are of Avonderful 

 quick growth, forming tine large onii>ns in a short time. 



NEvV ^VaiTE ADRIATIC BARLETTA. The earl- 

 iest, neatest and smallest onion grown; val liable f^or pickling 

 or table u-e. Its great rapidity of growth will astonish every- 

 one who tries it. Pkt., lOc; oz., 23c.; ^^Ib.. 75c.; lb., $2.75. 



MAltt.ttOTH POMPEII, or COPPERKING. Grows 

 to enormous size; skin of a dark red color, flesh white and 

 unusually mild in flavor. Fine exhibition and market 

 varietv. Pkt., lOc; oz., 20c.; 14 lb.,60c.; lb., $2.00. 



GIANT KOCCA. Large, of globular shape, reddish 

 brown skin, and delicate flavor, sometimes w^eighing three 

 pounds and over. "Valuable and remarkably handsome. 

 Pkt., -oc; oz., -lOc; % lb., 60c.; lb., S2.00. 



W^HITB QUEEN. A rapid grower, white skin, of mild 

 flavor, early and remarkable forits keeping qualities. Pkt., 

 oc; oz., 25c.; Ji lb., 70c.; lb., S2.40. 



GI.ANT WHITE ITALIAN TRIPOLI. (El Paso, or 

 Large Mexican.) A large, white, flat onion, of mild flavor 

 and beautiful form. Pkt., oc; oz., 20c.; 341b., 60e.; lb., S2.25. 



MAMMOTH SILVER KING. This mammoth variety 

 is of attractive shape, with silvery white skin and flesh, 



of a most agreeable mild flavor. It matures a little later than 

 our Extra Early Pearl, is of flatter shape, and frequently 

 measures twenty inches in circumference, and weighs three 

 to three and one-half pounds. Pkt., 10c. ; oz., 30c.; '4 lb., 80c.; 

 lb., ¥3.00. 



Philadelphia Onion Sets. 



t i "P)HILADELPHIA GROWN onion sets " are everywhere 

 J7 recognized as the best. Experienced gardeners in- 

 sist upon having them, and enormous quantities are 

 supplied annually to dealers and growers in all parts of the 

 country. We grow each season large quantities of white, 

 yellow and red onion sets. These are grown from our Phila- 

 delphia .seed, which being earlier, makes sets of better quality 

 than that grown in any other section. 



We shall be glatl to quote special prices by the bushel or 

 barrel (3 bushels), at any time, when requested. 



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j,^ 1 BUSHUr 



PHILADELPHIA YELLOW^ DUTCH and DAN- 

 VERS ONION SETS, each, per qt., 25c.; qt., post-paid, 

 35c. 



PHILADELPHIA EXTRA EARLY RED ONION 



SETS, per qt., .30c.; qt., post-paid, 40c. 



W^HITB ONION SETS,qt.,35c.;qt., post-paid, 45c. 



POTATO ONION SETS, qt., 30c.; qt., post-paid, 40c. 



TOP ONIO N SETS, per qt. ,30c.; qt., post-paid , 40 c. 



WE AME HEADQUARTERS FOR ONION SETS, 

 and sell cheaper by the peck, l)nshel or barrel. We will 

 quote special prices on application. We grow sets of the 

 foreign onions for fall shipments only, as the sets are 

 hard to keep over winter and should be planted in the fall. 



