...BUCKBEFS RED WETHERSFIELD ONION... 



ONE OF nv LEADING SPECIALTIES. 



The Greatest of All Red Onions. 



There are many strains of this justly celebrated onion offered, 

 but I venture to say none that can sui-pass Buckbee's Prize Medal 

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

 /Siflfereni, that are generally offered the un"svary planter, comes to 

 rmaturity all the waj- 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 

 liand sorted bulbs that will produce very large onions of immense 

 size, 13>.2 and 2}4 pound onions from seed the first year are of fre- 

 vqaent occurence. Buckbee's Red Wethersfield grows with unusual 

 iregTilai'ity, scallions being unknown. It is a magnificent keeper. 

 An. enormous cropper, 700 to 1000 bushels have frequently been 

 raised upon a single acre. 



-Mr. Wischmeyer, of Deadwood, Dak., one of the largest onion 

 -■growers in the country, writes: "Have tried every strain nf this 

 popular onion, but find Buckbee's Large Red Wethersfi,eld far in ad- 

 vance of all others," 



I have received many letters from my customers stating their 

 Yields to be over 1000 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 mv catalogue will fail to try at 

 least a small quantity of Buckbee's Red Wethersfield Oaion. For all 

 ought to know how "much superior it is to other strains offered. 



MR. 6AR::SiET, of NoHhBadley, Mass., wi-itis': 



'T am pleased to state tlidt the tJiirty pounds of onion seed procured 

 from you this spring, has produced splendid results. I believe that 

 every seed greiv." 



Cheap Onion Seed is Ex- 

 pensive-Even as 

 a Gift. 



The country is flooded with it, but 

 I am satisfied that good fresh seed, 

 crop of 1899, cannot be purchased at 

 lower prices than quoted in this 

 book. The figures given herewith 

 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 one of 

 my greatest specialties, and that 

 more than 100,000 onion growers look 

 to me annually for their supply of 

 seed. 



NEW CUSTOMERS 



Should remember that Buckbee's 

 Reliable Ouion Seed is only grown 

 from carefully hand sorted and 

 selected bulbs, is always of high 

 germinating quality and of unus- 

 ual vigor of growth by reason of 

 its superlative vitality. My onion 

 seed now has a reputation in al- 

 most every prominent onion grow- 

 ing district in America unsur- 

 passed by any other house in the 

 otrade. 



The Best is what 

 I Find my 

 Customers Always 

 Want, 



And that is what they secure if they 

 send direct to headquarters, 

 for the Best Onion Seed 

 in the World, 

 namely: 



H. W. BUCKBEE, 



ROCKFORD SEED FARMS, 



ROCKFORD, 



ILLINOIS. 



SELECTED STOCK SEED MY OWN GROWTH— This seed •will produce hieWy rich colored, long-keeping onions, sure to comniand the highest 

 prices in the market. Will yield double the amount of any seed you c«n secure from any other dealers. Pkt. 4c, oz. 8c, 1-4 lb 28c, 1-2 lb. 

 .50c. pound 90c. 



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