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State of California, 



County of San Louis 

 Obispo. 



I, Randolph Byers of 

 Arroyo Grande, purchased 

 from Wm. Henry Maule, seeds- 

 man of Philadelphia, Pa., five 

 pounds of Onion seeds of the variety 

 known as Maule's Bed Wethersfield 

 and grew during the present year 

 from the same, one acre of Onions 

 said Arroyo Grande Valley, in competition with 

 other growers in the United states, for a prize of §250, 

 offered by said W. H. Maule, for the best acre of 

 Onions grown from said variety of seed furnished by 

 said W. H. Maule, and the weight of said acre of 

 Onions is as given below ; said Onions were grown 

 without irrigation or the use of fertilizers. 



We, Herbert N. Adams and Charles H. Forsting, 

 measured the ground and found it to be one acre. We 

 also weighed the Onions grown by Randolph Byers 

 and said Onions weighed sixty-six thousand nine 

 hundred and five pounds (66,905). 



In witness whereof we have hereunto set our 

 hand and seals this fourteenth day of September, 1888. 

 C. H. Forsting, H N. Adams, Randolph Byers. 



Subscribed and sworn to at my office in the town 

 of Arroyo Grande, California, before me J.F.Beckett, 

 a Notary Public, in and for San Louis Obispo County, 

 California, residing therein, duly commissioned and 

 sworn, this fourteenth day of September, A. D., 1888. 



Florida, N. Y. 



Dear Sir :— Enclosed find sworn statement of 

 the result of the Red Wethersfleld Onion Seed pur- 

 chased of yon early in the Spring of 1888, to enter in 

 competition for the prize offered by you for the 

 greatest number of bushels of Onions grown from 

 your seed on one measured acre of land. The seed 

 proved to be strictly first-class as result fully justifies, 

 and it was accomplished with very little extra care. 

 Yours respectfully, Lewis D. Adams. 

 State of New York,) 

 County of Orange. / 



Lewis D. Adams, of said County, being duly 

 sworn, says he raised on one measured acre of bog 

 meadow-land this season, 1888, nine hundred and 

 thirty-nine (939) bushels of Onions from seed 

 purchased from Wm. Henry Maule of Philadel- 

 phia, Pa., the seed being the Wethersfleld Red 

 variety. Lewis D. Adams. 



Sworn before me, the 21st day of Sept.. 1888. 

 Oscar Rosencrans. j. p. 



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FROM 

 ^ATURE. 





MAULE'S WETHERSFIELD There are 



many strains of this justly celebrated Onion offered, but 

 none that can surpass Maule's famous stock of this popular 

 variety. Growing to a large size, one to two pound onions 

 from seed the first year are of frequent occurrence. The 850 

 prize offered in 1887 for the heaviest was secured by one 

 of my customers for a specimen weighing 2% pounds. It 

 grows with unusual regularity, scallions being almost un- 

 known. 600 to 800 bushels have frequently been raised 

 on a single acre ; and last year in competition for the $250 

 prize several of my customers produced even a larger 

 quantity. The premium being finally secured by Ran- 

 dolph Byers, of Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo Co., 

 Cal., he having raised the enormous quantity of 66.905 

 pounds of marketable onions on one acre of ground. Mr. 

 Byers' report, together with a number of other large 

 yields, will also be found on this page. The shape is well 

 shown in illustration above. In color the skin is deep 

 purplish red, and the flesh white. Moderately grained and 

 of a good strong flavor, it is a magnificent keeper. Maule's 

 Red Wethersfleld is unquestionably the king of all red 

 onions as Prizetaker is king of all yellow, and Silver King 

 the king of all white. 



Almost 50,000 of my customers who purchased it last 

 year unanimously endorse it as the best they have ever 

 sown. I trust no onion grower receiving this catalogue 

 will fail to try at least a small quantity of Maule's 

 Red Wethersfleld, for all ought to know just how superior 

 it is. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; % lb., 50 cts.: lb., SI. 45. 



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Terri- 

 tory of Idaho, 

 County' of Ada. 

 I, W. A. Simpson, here- 

 by certify that I sowed 

 in March, 1888, five pounds of 

 Maule's Wethersfleld Onions 

 (from seed) on one acre less 485 

 feet, from which I have harvested 

 fifty-five thousand, nine hundred and 

 thirty-six lb. (55,936) of good marketable onions. 

 Territory of Idaho,) W. A. Simpson. 



County of Ada. j ss - Boise City, Idaho. 



George Goodrich and John J. Smith being duly 

 sworn, each for himself, says : that they saw the 

 onions above referred toand the ground upon which 

 they were grown ; that we measured the ground 

 with the Surveyor's chain, and measured or weighed 

 the onions on a Fairbanks scale ; that there was 485 

 feet less than one acre of ground upon which there 

 was sown five pounds of Maule's Wethersfleld 

 Onions, from which he harvested fifty-five thousand 

 nine hundred and thirty-six pounds of good market- 

 able onions. George Goodrich. John J. Smith. 

 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st day 

 of September, 1888. B. S. Prickett, 



Clerk Probate Court. 

 Chas. Matteson, Hancock, Mass.: "Seeds pur- 

 chased of you last Spring gave perfect satisfaction. 

 Red Wethersfleld Onions are splendid. I never 

 saw a more uniform and handsome lot than those 

 raised from your seeds the past season. Blood 

 Turnip Beets raised last year from your seed kept 

 sound and fresh until last August." 



G. F. Myre, Harvy, Ky.: *'I bought 1 packet 

 of Wethersfleld Onion Seed from which I raised 3 

 pecks of onions, and would have had more but I 

 sowed them too thick. It will pay anybody to plant 

 Maule's Seeds, as they run no risk." 



W. M. Bolen, Rockdale, Texas. "I sowed 6 

 pounds of Maule's Wethersfield Onion Seed on the 

 last day of Feb., and raised 335 bushels of as fine 

 onions as I ever saw. The merchants in Rockdale 

 to whom I have been selling the Wethersfleld 

 Onions, say they give better satisfaction than any 

 onions they ever handled. My sales have been 

 from ?1.50 to $1.65 per bushel. This was my first 

 attempt, and was the greatest show of anything of 

 this kind the people in this country ever saw." 



S. S. Hersey, Hart, Mich.: " I am well satisfied 

 with your seeds. I have been raising onions for six 

 years, but must say my Wethersfleld are the largest 

 I ever raised." 



