62 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1913 



ONIONS A Leading Specialty for Years 



I am glad to be able to report this year that as a rule 

 my crops of the various varieties of Onion have been better 

 this season than for a number of j'ears. So much so that 

 on some varieties I am able to quote lower prices than I 



have for some time past. Furthermore, the crop harvested 

 is imusuallj plump and of very high germination. All who 

 favor me with their orders may rest assured that they cannot 

 under any circumstances secure better seed at any price. 



CuLTUEE. — Onions do best on a rich loam, previovisly cultivated for 

 two years. Still' clay and light sand are equally unfavorable. The land 

 should be highly fertilized with well-rotted manure, complete fertiliz- 

 ers, etc. Fresh stable manure has a tendency to produce soft onions. 

 Prill in i to 5 lbs. of seed per acre, one-half inch deep. If sets are wanted, 

 use 60 to 80 lbs. of seed per acre. Six to ten bushels of sets will plant an 



acre. Fine marketable size onions (according to variety planted) are 

 easily produced the first year from early spring sown seed. Culture 

 should be frequent though shallow. The same ground may be used for 

 onions, season after season, if well fertilized annually. Bone meal is an 

 excellent fertilizer. Winter storage demands dryness and protection 

 from sudden changes. Onions should never be handled while frozen. 



MAULFS 

 COMMERCIAL 



e Union 



The handsomest and best variety since the 

 Prizetaker was offered to the American pub- 

 lic. Unquestionably the best seller and best 

 keeper of any sort now on the market. On- 

 ions harvested September 1st have been 

 perfectly sound and merchantable June 1st. 



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My attention was first called to the Commercial Onion nine or ten 

 years ago by one of the largest growers of onions In this country, who 

 told me that he had been'for years selecting them from my original 

 Prizetaker and breeding them down to a size that he considered more 

 merchantable. His efforts have been rewarded by securing an onion 

 fully as handsome as the Prizetaker in every way; of more uniform 

 size, and whose keeping qualities were simply remarkable and decid- 

 edly superior to the parent variety. Six hundred bushels per acre 

 have been no unusual yield, and this quantity has been frequently sur- 

 passed. Twenty-five years ago I introduced the Prizetaker onion, and in 

 all that time 1 have not found a single variety that could equal, let alone 

 surpass it, in any way, until now. I take great pleasure in offering my 

 customers Maule's Commercial Onion, a variety that has proved as 

 popular and equally as desirable. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; quarter pound, 60 cents; pound, $2.00, postpaid. 



