II. W. BUCKBEE, ROOKFORD, ILLINOIS 



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BUCKBEE S XIlW WAMPUM 



BUCKBEE'S NEW WAMPUM 



THE GREAT MONEY MAKER 

 A rich Golden Yellow— Guality simply superb. 

 Grown by 100,000 planters in 1906. and all of them were delighted. 



This grand new variety, which was sent out for trial in 1898, 

 has proven, as its name indicates, the Money Making Onicn. Its color 

 is a beautiful golden yellow, very attractive and striking. It is 

 the most perfect globe-shaped Onion in existence today. The 

 bulbs are firm and solid and excellent keepers. The necks are 

 small, and curve down to almost nothing. Is an enormous yielder 

 -various customers claim from 1.000 to 2,000 bushels per acre. If 

 you wish the best Onion you ever planted, try this greatest of 

 all Onions. 



My own growth choicest Northern. grown high-grade pedigree 

 stock seed, pkt. 5c; oz. 20c. ; 2 oz. 38c; % It. 70c; % lb.$l. 30; 

 lb. $2.50. 



Selected Yellow Globe Danvers 



The finest standard Yellow Globe Danvers Onion ever offered. 

 Of fine, symmetrical, large size, average specimens weighing from 

 one to two pounds each. Tbe bulbs are very choice, finely grained, 

 exceptionally mild and very early. It is a grand, magnificent 

 keeper. Frequently produces ^00 bushels or more to the acre 

 from seed the first year. I control the best stock of this celebrated 

 variety. 



My own growth choicest Northern-grown, high-grade pedigree 

 stock seed, pkt. 4c. ; oz. 18c. ; 2 oz. 35c; % lb. 60c ; % lb. $1.10; 

 lb <2.00. 



Selected Yellow Strasburg, or Dutch 



Buckbee's Great Cardinal Onion 



[See painting from nature inside front cover page.] 



The World-Beating Red Onion. An Enor 

 mous Yielder. Best Flavored. A Splen- 

 did Keeper. Handsome Color. Wonder- 

 ful Shipper. Matures Early. 



Originated on Rockford Seed Farms and has already made a rep- 

 utation that is world wide. It is the money-making Ouion. It has 

 size and density, coupled with a splendid flavor, is one of the very 

 best keepers ever introduced, and has the size and shape to recom- 

 mend it in the highest degree for the market. I would not praise it 

 so highly if I did not believe it to be alone in its class. It is one of 

 the real money-makers. No one but Buckbee can furnish GREAT 

 CARDINAL SEED. The crop is not large. Order early. Pkt. 10c. 

 oz. 20c; 2 oz. 35c; % lb. 60c. ; 3^ lb. $1.10; lb. $2.00, postpaid 



NEW CREOLE 



POPULAR SOUTHERN VARIETY 



Grown in preference to other varieties in the South. The 

 Creole or Louisiana Onion shape is a medium flat globe of a dark 

 straw color. The flesh is a beautiful white, of excellent flavor. Is 

 in the market early, and the supply has never yet equaled the de- 

 mand for this favorite vegetable. The best Onion for Southern 

 markets. 



My own growth choicest Northern-grown, high-grade pedigree 



stock seed, pkt 5c. ; 

 lb. $2.00. 



oz. 20c; 2 oz. 35c; M lb. 60c. 



Buckbee's Extra Early Combination 



NOTHING EARLIER IN ONIONS 



This'distinct variety is the very earliest Onion in cultivation. 

 Of a pure paper-white color, very mild and delicate in flavor; from 

 one to one and one-half inches in diameter, and three-fourths of 

 an inch in thickness. Its extreme earliness makes it very valu- 

 able for early table use as well as bunch Onions for market. Its 

 extreme earliness and fine quality cannot fail to make it a 

 favorite Combination Onion, in every garden. It pays to plant 

 the best. 



My own growth choicest Northern-grown, high-grade pedigree 



stock seed, pkt. 5c ; oz. 20c. ; 2 oz. 3 5c; 

 lb. §2.00. 



% lb. 60c ; K lb $1.10; 



EXTRA EARLY RED 



Bulbs are quite flat and of good size; skin yellow, of darker 

 color than the Danvers; flesh white, of mild flavor; keeps well. 

 This is the variety that is used the most extensively for growing 

 yellow Onion sets. A great yielder and splendid keeper. 



My own growth choicest Northern-grown, high-grade pedlgeee 

 stock seed, pkt. 4c; oz. 12c; 2 oz. 21c; % lb. 38c. ; Jjf, lb. 72c. ; 



EXTRA EARLY NEW QUEEN 



A favorite early variety 

 of fine shape. Always 

 good yielder and mag- 

 nificent keeper, It is of 

 the most excellent qual- 

 ity. Its beautiful shape 

 and rich purplish-crim- 

 son color make it ex- 

 tremely attractive and 

 desirable fo» all general 

 purposes. Money in Buck- 

 bee's Onion Seed. 



My own growth choicest 

 Northern-grown . h i g h - 

 grade pedigree stock seed, 

 pkt. 3c ; oz. 9c; 2 oz. 

 16c; U lb. 28c; K !&• 

 54c; lb. 98c. 



EXTRA EARLY RED 



A silver-skinned variety of quick growth and remarkable keeping qualities. If 

 sown in early Spring it will produce Onions one to two inches in diameter early in 

 Summer; if sown in July it will, with favorable weather, be ready to pull late in 

 Autumn and be sound and fit for use the following Summer. Particularly valuable 

 for pickles. 



My own growth choicest Northern -grown high-grade, pedigree stock seed, pkt. 4c. ; 

 oz. 12c; 2 oz. 22c; > 4 lb. 42c; > 2 X lb. 82c ; lb. SI. 60. 



A I <TRA UA~X RHO W.V 



Australian Brown 



Most Valuable of All Recent Intro- 

 ductions. 



Of medium size, wonderfully hard, 

 solid, and most attractive for mar- 

 ket, as to form and appearance. 

 They are extremely early in ripen- 

 ing, and never make any stiff-necks 

 or seal lions. The Coming Onion. EXTRA 



EARLY: LONG KEEPING. Planted at the same time as Red Wethersfield it proved to 

 be nearly four weeks earlier and ripened off more uniformly. The color of the skin is 

 clear amber brown. 



My own growth choicest Northern-grown, high-grade pedigree stock seed, pkt. 4c; 



TO ONION GROWERS 



If you buy ten pounds of any variety, ask for special 

 price. I can save you money on every deal, Over 

 100,000 customers are with me. Buckbee's Great 

 Pedigree Onion Seed is the brightest, freshest obtain- 

 able, and I advise early orders, as I cannot keep 

 these Bargain Offers open after my own growth of 

 seed is exhausted. 



oz. 12c ; 2 oz. 20c; 



lb. 35c. 



lb. 65c; lb. si. 25. 



ONION SEED IS VEEY SCARCE THIS YEAR. ORDER EARLY 



