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T is with pleasure that I again call the attention of my customers this season to the two 
following sterling novelties. Both have come through another year’s trial with flying colors, ¢ 
and more successful gardeners than ever before are sounding their praises in all sections of | 
the country. If you wish to surprise your neighbors as well as yourself, do not under any cir- 
cumstances omit either Maule’s Prizetaker Onion, or Maule’s Earliest Tomato from your order. 
MAULE’S EARLIEST TOMATO. 
The one extraordinary qualification above all others I have to make 
for this new Tomato, is its wonderful earliness. Until 1892, when I 
offered for the first time Maule’s Earliest, 1 had recommended Earliest 
The greatest Novelty in Tomatoes offered in many 
years. Five days earlier than any other sort. 
dener in America. It is well to bear in mind that while there are 
half a dozen new Tomatoes offered every year, but few ever amount to 
Advance as the ne plus ultra of early Tomatoes; but Earliest Advance 
willnow have to take a back seat, for Maule’s Earliest is not 
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anything. Wealready have in the Matchless and Ignotum, abont the ® 
erfection as to size, shape, productiveness, etc. 1t remains for Maule’s 
arliest to fill the only niche that is vacant in the recent improvement 
only fully three days earlier, but at the same time, is of much 
larger size, of a magnificent color and delicious flavor. In addition, it 
is not liable t® crack and is very free from core. While possibly not 
quite as smooth as the Matchless, it is by no means rough, as can be 
seen from the illustration opposite, which is a good representation of 
this superior variety. Graham & Johnson, of Reynoldsburg, O., prob- 
ably the largest growers of Tomato seed in the country, having made it 
their special business for years, are considered by all the leading seeds- 
men about the best judges of Tomatoes in America; they have this to 
say about it: ‘‘Maule’s Earliest is of bright red color and good size, a 
little irregular in shape and a good yielder for so early a variety. We 
consider it as early as any ever grown. Its fruit was all picked earlier 
than any other variety, although the plants were set several days later.”’ 
Such a recommendation from such celebrated growers, who have exper- 
imented with hundreds upon hundreds of varieties, should at once 
stamp Maule’s Earliest as a variety worthy of trial by every gar= 
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Maule’s Prizetaker Onion. ‘{"5 “Gide onions’ es 
First offered in 1888, and has proven the greatest acquisition in years. Has been universally endorsed by every one who 
has tried it as the largest, handsomest, finest flavored, most superior Yellow Globe Onion ever introduced. ‘There has never 
been an Onion in these United States that could equal it; six years ago I made the prediction that it would supplant all other 
Yellow Globe Onions in cultivation as soon as its sterling qualities were known, and this has come to pass. Maule’s Prize- 
taker has excited more favorable notice from the agricultural press and progressive gardeners in all parts of the country than 
any other variety. Prizetaker is of a bright, clean straw color, and always grows to a uniform shape, which is a perfect 
globe. Has a very small neck, and always ripens up large and fine without any stiff neck. In market it attracts marked 
attention, and is sure to bring two or three times the price of any other, either red, white or yellow, for Prizetaker is more at- 
tractive in appearance, than the large Spanish Onions imported and sold in large cities for many years at fabulous prices. 
With ordinary cultivation frequently yields 700 to 800 bushels per acre, and with extra care and attention often runs up to 
of this delicious vegetable. A really first-class early Tomato has not 2 
been offered the American public, since the introduction of the Ad- # 
vance, almost a dozen years ago, consequently it is with great pleasure ju 
I offer my customers this year a tomato of such superlative merit ® 
in that one feature, viz., earliness (which is really the most import- 2 
ant quality ofall, not alone to the market gardener, but to the home 
gardener as well). Maule’s Earliest must not be confused with a To- & | 
mato offered by a Chicago seedsman called Earliest Of All. Maule’s 
Earliest is smoother, ahd is as much as a week or more earlier than the 
Chicago Tomato mentioned. Thousands of dollars were made by my 
customers last year by planting Maule’s Harliest. In some cases my 
friends report that they had tomatoes in market two to three weeks 
earlier than any other gardener, thereby realizing fancy prices for all 
they had to sell. This same experience is sure to occur again, ana if 
you want to get the top fancy prices, be sure to include Maule’s Ear- 
liest in your order. Packet, 15 cts.; ounce, 40 cts.; 44lb, $1.25; lb., $4.00. 



1,000 bushels per acre. 
Mr. Greiner has frequently been quoted as praising Prizetaker in the highest terms, so that many of 
my friends will likely be interested in hearing what he has to say about it after another season’s experience. 
“T consider Prizetaker, fittingly characterized by me in 1888 as the 
“King of All Onions,” has not yet found its peer. It excels every onion 
now existing, in beauty, size and productiveness, and equals the best 
in quality, being as mild in flavor as the Imporéed Spanish Onion of our 
groceries. Do you want to make money in onion growing? Plant the 
Prizetaker; if you are after the largest profits, plant none but the Prize- 
taker. You can easily and most profitably dispense with all others. 
Plant it on the plan now generally known as, ‘The New Onion Cul- 
ture,’ and you will make more money than you ever did in onion grow- 
ing before. The Prizetaker sells. Thesmall and medium sized speci- 
mens go for Yellow Danvers, the large ones you can crate and sell for 
Spanish Onions. If you do only reasonably well, youshould grow 1,000 
bushels per acre, and every bushel of this crop will sell for more money 
than a bushel of the old varieties. I have been enthusiastic over the 
Prizetaker ever since its introduction. During the six years that I have 
grown it, more or less extensively, my enthusiasm has been steadily 
growing, and after this season’s (1893) experience, which proves the 
Prizetaker also the best onion to resist drought, lam ready to give up 
all other varieties for the Prizetaker, and am only sorry that I have not 
done so years ago. It would have increased my profits in the business 
hundreds of dollars. You can grow a good crop of Prizetakers even in 
a@ dry season, when all other sorts are dwarfed and a failure. In short, 
the Prizetaker is the onion for me. T. GREINER, La Salle, N. Y. 

It will be seen from this letter that Mr. Greiner is as en- 
thusiastiec as ever concerning Prizetaker. His experience 
has been the same as that of more than 75,000 people to whom 
I have sold seed of this variety during the last six years. 
I am glad to be able to offer Prizetaker this season at more 
reasonable prices than ever before. I have harvested a larger 
crop than ever, and as long as the seed holds out, I will be 
pleased to offer it at the following low prices: 
PRICES OF PRIZETAKER FOR 1894: 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 8O cents; }1b., $1.00; 
Ib., $8.00; 10 Ibs., $25.00. 
A COPY OF T. GREINER’S EXCELLENT WORK @—@® 
‘‘New Onion Culture,” 
Revised edition, price 50 cents, postpaid, will be furnished FREE to 
every purchaser of a pound of Prizetaker seed, making the request 
for same on their order. 

Farm and Fireside: ‘‘The King of all Onions, 
and the King of all yellow Globe Onions. This is certainly a strong claim for any 
new variety. It was made last spring by Mr. Wm. Henry Maule, of Philadelphia, 
in behalf of ‘Maule’s Prizetaker; but this time the introducer has been too blushing- 
ly modest in his claims. I pronounce this novelty the King of all Onions ever 
grown in America. It is ahead of any domestic Onion I have ever seen, and finer 
than anything I ever expected to grow. If you want to see what the Onion looks 
like, go to the nearest fruit store and behold the Spanish Onion on sale there at five 
cents or more a pound. There is no reason why the ‘Prizetaker’ should not take 
the place of the imported bulb and be sold at a high price—at least until generally 
grown. The two varieties cannot be told apart. Here is a chance for the. progres- 
sive Onion grower that he cannot afford to neglect, for there is money in it. The 
name ‘Prizetaker,’ although not very elegant, is nevertheless quite appropriately 
selected. Any fair average specimen will take the prize atan exhibition against 
the finest specimens of other sorts. It isseldom, very seldom, that we come across a 
novelty that marks such a long step in advance in the culture of vegetables. Besides 
being a ‘Prizetaker,’ it will also surely prove to be a ‘Pricetaker.’ A word to the 
wise is sufficient.’ 
Orchard and Garden: ‘The finest Onion we have ever raised is Maule’s Prize- 
taker, as beautiful and as large as the Spanish Onion on sale at our fruit stands, and 
Surpassing by far the excellent Spanish Onion sent out by Cb! 
Prizetaker, in short, is the acme of beauty and perfection, and will undoubtedly be- 
come the most popular Yellow Onion in cultivation. Mark what we say.” 
Popular Gardening: ‘*‘ Note from the Popular Gardening Grounds 
at La Salle-on-the Niagara, A Prizetaker. We always try every new 
Onion that we hear of, and the older ones, too. This season again we had a great 
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Two years ago, owing to my low prices, other houses in the trad 
sent me orders for onion seed, through outside parties, aggregatin 
4000 to 5000 pounds, at my full retail price, which in many cases was below their wholesale. 
to such an extent that I could not supply all my regular customers, and had to return thousands of dollars. 
Onion seed (see pages 46, 47 and 48) are very low this season, and I reserve the right at any time to refuse order 
EXCLUSIVELY FOR ONION SEED AND NOTHING ELSE. At prices quoted, I will be pleased to furnish m 
regular customers with all the onion seed they want as long as my supply holds out; but I do object to dealers sending 
Special Note—1894 Onion Seed Prices. 

number of varieties, among them Silver King, Mammoth Pompeii, Spanish King, 
and various other mammoth sorts. Owing to the new condition of the soil, lateness 
of the season, and lack of various requisites at the proper time, our success was 
nothing to brag about although we have a fair crop. Among the score or more of 
choicest sorts however, none can hold the candle to Prizetaker, a variety introduced 
in 1888 by Mr. Wm. Henry Maule. Our specimens last year were the finest On- 
ions we ever raised, equalling in size and beauty the imported Spanish Onions of 
our fruit stores and groceries, and our experience with them this year only strength- 
ens our good opinion of it. A few rows grown with good care, but otherwise by no 
means under the most favorable circumstances, gave us bulbs the smallest of which 
weighed over one-half of a pound each, and which yielded at the rate of over 1,000 
bushels per acre. With special care we think we could even double this yield, and 
propose to do this next year. Its name is undoubtedly proper. No other variety 
can take the prize at any exhibition in competition with a well-grown Prizetaker; 
at least this is the conclusion of two season’s trial with it. It has proved itself to be 
the Onion par excellence. 
In competition for the $100 prize last year, James Moss, 
Westminster, Cala., sent ina Prizetaker Onion weighing 4 Ibs. 
13 ozs. It was absolutely one of the finest onioms I have ever 
seen. In 1889, however, a Prizetaker Onion reaching the enor= 
mous weight of 6 Ibs. 2 ozs. was raised. This will give every 
one some idea of the mammoth size attained by Prizetaker with 
extraordinary cultivation. 
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