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H. W. BUCKBEE. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. 



Buckbee 



BUeKBEE'S PEDIGREE RED WETHERSFIELD ONION, 



See Painting from Nature on Back ©over of Catalogue. 



THE GREATEST OF ALL RED ONIONS. 



There are many strains of this justly celebrated Onion offered, 

 but I venture to say none that can surpass Buckbee's Prize Medal 

 Stock of this famous variety. The various strains, good, bad and 

 indifferent, that are generally offered the unwary planter, come to 

 maturity all the way from August up until as late as October. This 

 unreliability of cropping is very disastrous to some localities. The 

 seed which' I am offering is of the earliest form, grown from hand- 

 sorted bulbs that will produce very large Onions of immense size; 

 \V 2 to 2y 2 pound Onions from seed the first year are of frequent 

 occurrence^ 3uckbee's Bed Wethersfteld grows with unusual regu- 

 larilv, scullions being unknown. It is a magnificent keeper. An 

 enormous cropper. 700 to 1,000 bushels have frequently been raised 

 upou a single acre. 



I have received many letters from my customers Stating their 

 yields to be over 1,000 bushels per acre the past season. The shape 

 is accurately shown in the illustration above. In color the skin is a 

 deep, rich, purplish red, while the flesh is of a beautiful white, 

 finely grained and of good flavor. My customers throughout .the 

 country endorse It as the best Red Onion they have grown. I 

 trust no Onion grower that receives my catalogue will fail to 

 try at least a small quantity of Buckbee's Bed Wetherneld Onion, 

 for all ought to know how much superior it is to other strains 

 offered. 



SELECTED STOCK SEED KT OWN GROWTH. 



This seed will produce highly rich-colored long-keeping Onions, 

 sure to command the highest prices in the market. Will yield 

 double the amount of any seed you can secure from anv other 

 dealers. Pkt. lOq oz. 15c; H lb. 35c; H ib. 60c; lb. 51.00. 



Mr. Y\ ischmeyer. of Deadwood. S. Dakota, Tone of the largest 

 Onion growers in the country, writes: "Have tried every strain 

 of this popular Onion, but find Buckbee's Large Bed Wethers- 

 field far in advance of all others." 





Mr. Garnet, of North Iladley, Mass., writes: "I am pleased 

 to state that the 30 pounds of Onion seed procured from vou 

 this spring has produced splendid results. I believe that every 

 seed grew." 







CHEAP ONION SEED 

 IS EXPENSIVE j* 

 EVEN AS A GIFT 



The country is flooded with it, but I am 

 satisfied that good fresh seed, crop of 1902, 

 cannot be purchased at lower prices than 

 quoted in this book. The figures given here- 

 with are the lowest prices I will likely be 

 able to quote for many years to come. Bear 

 in mind, good, sound, plump seed has always 

 been ono of my greatest specialties, and that 

 more than 100,000 Onion growers look to mo 

 annually for their supply of seed, 



The risk is too great to take chances 

 on cheap, poor seed. GET THE BEST. 



MONEY IN ONIONS 



IF YOU PLANT 

 THE RIGHT SEED 



New customers should remember that Buck- 

 bee's Reliable Onion Seed is only grown from 

 carefully hand-sorted and selected bulbs, is 

 always of high germinating quality and of 

 unusual vigor of growth by reason of its su- 

 perlative vitality. My Onion Seed now has a 

 reputation in almost every prominent Onion- 

 growing district in America, unsurpassed by 

 any other house in the trade. 



THE BEST 



IS WHAT I FIND 

 MY CUSTOMERS 

 ALWAYS WANT 



And that is what they secure if they send di- 

 rect to headquarters for THE BEST ONION 

 SEED IN THE WORLD, namely: 



H. W. BUCKBEE, 



Rockford Seed Farms, 

 ROCKFORD, ILLS. 



DON'T FORGET THAT BEEFSTEAK IS THE BEST TOMATO. SEE INSIDE FRONT COVER PAGE. 



