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H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORO ILLINOIS. 



bcel Red 



THE GREATEST OF ALL HE'D OJVIOJVS. 



The Grandest Variety Grown for the American Climate. 



Money in 

 Onions 



Ifyoti plant 

 the right seed 



The best is what I find my customers always want, and that is 

 what they get by sending direct to Buckbee, the Best Onion Seed on Earth. 

 New customers should remember that Buckbee's Reliable Oni>>n 

 Seed is only grown from carelully hand-sorted and selected bulbs, 

 is always or high germinating quality, and of unusual vigor of 

 growth by reason of its superlative vitality. My Onion Seed has a reputation in every prominent Onion growing district 

 In America of being tne best, unsurpassed by any other house in the trade. 



CHEAP ONION SEED IS EXPENSIVE. (Even as a Gift.) 



The country is flooded with cheap onion seed but I am satisfied that fresh high-grade pedigree Onion seed of the past sea- 

 son's crop 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 ereat- 

 est specialties, and that more than 100,000 onion growers look to me annually for their supply of seed. The risk is too great to 

 take chances on cheap, poor seed. Get the best, and remember that cheap onion seed Is tue poorest investment in the world 

 The failure can never be known until an entire season's labor and outlay are lost. "Buckbee's Onion Seed Is Full of Life" and 

 will give you the best results. 



BUCKBEES* PE.DIGRE,E, RED WETHE.RSFIE.LD. 



My Leading Specialty. 



One of the chief departments of my seed growing business consists of growing Buckbee's Pedigree Red Wethersfield Onion 

 for seed purposes only. My stock has reached such a high point of merit that it is a household word everywhere that "Buckbee's 

 Pedigree Red Wethersfield Onion Seed is the most reliable and produces more good marketable Onions per acre than any other 

 offered." And, from the many thousands of unsolicited testimonials which I have received from all over the country, I have every 

 reason to believe that the time which I personally spend in my Onion fields is truly appreciated by my many thousands of custo- 

 mers who stand by me and say: "Buckbee's Seeds Are Full of Life.'- 



There are many strains of this justly celebrated onion offered, but I venture to say none that can surpass Buckbee's Brize 

 Medal Stock of this famous variety. The various strains, good, bad and indifferent, that are generally offered the unwarv planter 

 come to maturity all the way from August up until as late as October. This unreliability of cropping is very disastrous to 

 most localities. 



THE GREATEST OF ALL RED ONIONS. 



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; \% to 2H-pound Onions from seed the first year are of frequent occurrence. Buckbee's Red Wethersfield grows 

 with unusual regularity, scallions b<-ing unknown. It is a magnificent keeper. An enormous cropper. 700 to 1,000 bushels have 

 frequently been raised upon a single arre. 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 deeo 

 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. 



NEVER HAS BEEN KNOWN TO FAIL. 



I trust no Onion grower that receives mv catalogue will fall to try at least a small quantitv of Buckbee's Bed Wethersfield 

 Onion, for all ought to know how much superior it is 10 other strains offered. This seed will produce highly rich-colored lone- 

 keeping Onoins, sure to command the highest price in the market. W ill yield double the amount of any seed you can secure 



My own growth, choicest northern grown, high grade pedigree stock seed. Pkt 4c. ; oz. 7c. ; 2 oz. 14c, ; & lb, 26c : 14 lb 

 48c. : lb. 90c 



Don't Forget That Buckbee's Beefsteak is the Best Tomato-See Inside Front Cover Pag*. 



