PETER HENDERSON fit CO., MEW YORK- 



PRIZETAKER ONION 



THE GRANDEST VARIETY GROWN 

 FOR THE AMERICAN CLIMATE 



EXCELS 



IN SIZE 



IN VIGOR 



IN KEEPING QUALITY 



Its Mildness of Flavor and Tenderness are 

 Unequalled even by the Bermuda Varieties 



Attains the Enormous Size of 

 the Famous Spanish Onion 



UNTIL the introduction of Prizetaker, we were dependent on the 

 imported stock from Spain to satisfy the demand for large 

 onions of good quality. The popularity of Prizetaker was there- 

 fore assured when it was first introduced and has remained in 

 constant favor. It attains its phenomenal size under exactly the 

 same conditions necessary to the cultivation of other sorts. It yields 

 an abundant supply of young plants for early use in salads, etc., 

 and may be used continuously throughout the season. When matured 

 in the fall, the outer skin is of a pale brownish-yellow color, the 

 bulb is solid and heavy, almost round and without neck. The flesh 

 is crisp, white and of excellent quality. 



A crop grown under ordinary conditions will produce bulbs 14 

 inches round. We have frequently seen them attain a circumference 

 of 16 and 18 inches. In consequence of its size, the yield per acre 

 is sometimes prodigious; we have known crops that produced 1,200 

 and 1,500 bushels per acre. 



A good way to secure very large onions is to sow early in a shel- 

 tered spot, and transplant the young plants when frost is gone. 

 (See cut.) 



Price, 10c. pkt., 25c. oz., 75c. \ lb., $2.50 lb., 5 lbs. and upward, 

 $2.40 lb. 



PRIZETAKER ONIONS are Praised 



from the Atlantic to the Pacific, 



from the Lakes to the Gulf 



"The Prizetaker Onion Seed I got from you was fine. I grew some 

 weighing 2i lbs. each. Everybody praised them." 



EDW. G1RARD, Delchamps, Ala. 

 "I raised your Prizetaker Onion last season and they were very 

 fine and large, the smallest measured 13£ inches round and many of 

 them were 15 to 18 inches around." 



CALVIN RANDALL, Orono, Me. 

 "Prizetaker Onion is the greatest and best Onion that was ever 

 raised. I had one last year that measured 14 inches in circumference." 

 J. M. GREGORY, Sunderland, Vl. 



"The Prizetaker Onions have done well; many grew nearly as 

 large as Ponderosa Tomatoes. I am very much pleased with them." 



JOHN A. BROWN, Middletown, N. Y. 



"I want all who are interested in Onions to understand that 

 your Prizetaker stands viithout a peer. I have been growing them for 

 four years — on the same ground and getting 1,200 bushels to the acre,' 

 practically all the Onions were perfect specimens (no scallions) and their 

 size immense. I express you four of them to-day: they measure 16 to IS 

 inches in circumference and weigh 1^ to 1^ lbs. each. I raised many larger 

 and heavier specimens, but I want you to see the average of my crop. My 

 Prizetaker Onions took the first premium at the Inter-Mountain Fair at 

 Boise this year, and last year formed a part of the Idaho Exhibit at St. 

 Louis, attracting widespread attention. 



" I have given up growing any other Onion but your matchless 

 Prizetaker." 



JAMES TORRANCE, Oreana, Idaho. 



"I have grown your Prizetaker Onions for two years and think them 

 the best onions that grow." 



THOS. HA YES, Hoodsport, Wash. 



"Prizetaker Onions proved a great success, the finest onions I ever 

 grew; large yield, large, even size; mild and desirable flavor." 



JOSEPH ATKINSON, Hawley, Pa. 



"I raised your Prizetaker Onion last year and never saw any 

 thing like it. Some of them weighed as much as 2\ lbs., and then they are 

 so mild that a baby can eat them." 



Mrs. E. A. BELL, Belles Store, La. 



Prizetaker Onions, grown from our seed, received 



an award of merit from the 



Royal Horticultural Society of England 



Our new Leaflet, " How to Grow Onions for Home and Market," SJuf, m"£o*"*!: Frcc to Customers if asked for. 



