62 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1914 



ONIONS, A leading specialty for years 



CULTCEE. — Onions do best on a rich loam, previously cultivated for 

 two years. Stifl'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. 

 Drill in 4 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 



MAULE'S COMMERCIAL YELLOW GLOBE ONION. 



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Maulers Yellow Globe Danvers 



My strain of Yellow Globe Danvers Onion is unsurimssed. 

 It always attains a good size, with deep bulb and small neck. 

 It is choice in flavor, being rather mild, and is invariably a 

 market favorite at prices above average quotations. It fre- 

 quently produces 600 bushels per acre, and capable of doing 



Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25, postpaid 



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Extra Early Red 



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

 easily produced the first vear 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. 



even better under extra culture. It is early and profitable, 

 and a splendid keeper. My strain of Yellow Globe Danvers 

 has been famous lor the past quarter century in every onion 

 growing district of the United States, and I have supplied 

 direct to onion growers more than 20,000 pounds of the seed. 



MAULE'S YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS ONION. 



It will succeed in cold, mucky ground, where other sorts would fail. 

 It matures ten days sooner than the Red "Wethersfield. It can be made 

 to produce fine, marketable onions in 90 days from the sowing of the 

 seed. It is of mild flavor, and keeps well. The color is a deep, rich red, 

 the grain is fine and close and the onion is solid and hea\Tr. It is hardy, 

 reliable, and well adapted for early market. Extra Early Red will suc- 

 ceed almost anywhere, but is peculiarly fitted for northern latitudes, 

 where the seasons are short and cool. 



Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 15 cts.; ]4 pound, 40 cts.; pound, $1.25. 



