A Ten Strike! 



• • • 



TTHE MANNER in which I promptly met the demands of my cus- 

 tomers In regard to reducing prices on Onion seed last season 

 proved one of the most popular movements ever made since this busi- 

 ness has been established. As my old friends well know, I almost cut 

 my prices in half, and started right at the beginning of the season, of- 

 fering seed at rock bottom figures, with the result that the lirst two 

 months of last season I did very nearly all the Onion seed business. 

 Finally my competitors were compelled to do something, and some of 



them met my prices. Now I ask my friends, to whom does the credit be- *i 

 long? To the firm appreciating the situation, and who are at once will- J 

 ing to apply the knife and give their customers the advantage of every J 

 possible reduction, or to the firm who only reduce their prices when pos- t 

 itively compelled to do so, to do any business? I am perfectly willing to | 

 submit to the verdict of my friends. This year's crop of Onion seed is £ 

 not !i large one by any means, owing to the severe drought In many sec- | 

 tions of the country ; however, I am still willing, as long as my supply \ 

 of seed holds out, to abide by last year's low figures, namely : 10 pounds » 

 of either Manlr'a lied VVrthcmAcld, Yellow Globe Danvera, K(- £ 

 tra Karl} Red, Yellow Dutch, Southport Yellow Globe or lied J 

 Globe, for $10.00, delivered free to any post-office In America. « 

 Brighter, fresher or plumper seed cannot be obtained anywhere at any J 

 price, and I would certainly advise early orders. 



MPW PIICTniTTPDC Should remember that 

 ID SB UUOlUJULnO Mamie's reliable Onion 

 seed Is only grown from carefully band sorted 

 and selected bulbs, is always of high germinat- 

 ing quality and of unusual vigor of growth, 

 by reason of Its superlative vitality. My On 

 Ion seed now has a reputation in almost 

 ery prominent Onion growing district 

 in America unsurpassed by 

 any other honse in the 

 trade. 



YELLOW GLOBE DAXVERS.-Of good size, globular form, { 

 very thick bulb, with small neck. Yery choice, well flavored, rath- ( 

 er mild and very early. In many markets it will find readv sale ! 

 at much higher prices than any other variety. Frequently pro- a 

 duces 600 bushels and more per acre from ~seed, the llrst year, ; 

 and for reliability in bottoming it is unsurpassed. After Maule's . 

 Prizetaker, It is best of all Yellow Onions. I only list the one I 

 variety, as 1 have but one strain of Danvers Onion, and that the best I 

 Globe. For my part, I cannot see the distinction between Globe I 

 Dan vers and Round Dan vers, unless it be in quality of the seed, and , 

 I have no second grade of anything in this book. The best is what ' 

 I find my trade always desires, and that is what they get. Packet, 1 

 10 cents; ounce, In cents; 1 { pound, -10 cents; pound, SI. 25. 



MAULE'S WETHERSFIELD. — There are manv strains of! 

 this justly celebrated onion olfcred, but none that 'can surpass { 

 Maule's famous stock of this popular variety. Growing to large I 

 size, 1 to 2-pound onions from seed the first vear are of frequent oc- > 

 currence. The S50.00 prize offered in 1887 for the heaviest was secured jj 

 by one of my customers lor a specimen weighing 2% pounds. It 5 

 grows with unusual regularity, scallions being almost unknown. 3 

 600 to 800 bushels have frequently been raised on a single acre; and r 

 in 1888, in competition for the S250 prize, several of my customers produced 

 even a larger quantity. The premium being finally secured bv Randolph By- 

 ers, of Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo Co., Cal., he having raised the enor- L 

 mous quantity of 66ffl05 pounds of marketable onions on one acre of ground. ■ 

 The shape is well shown in illustration. In color the skin is deep purplish C 

 red and the flesh white. Moderately grained and of a good strong flavor it 2 

 a magnificent keeper. Maule's Bed Wethersfield is unquestionably • 

 the king of all red onions, as Prizetaker is the king of all yellow and « 

 Silver King the king of all white. C 

 50,000 of my customers unanimously endorse it as the best « 

 they have ever sown. I trust no onion grower recelv- J 



this catalogue will fail to try at least a small » 

 quantity <>f Maule's Bed Wethersfield, for all * 



ght to know Just how superior it Is. 

 Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 

 pound, -10 cents; pound, 81.35. 



The Situation warrants an 

 advance in prices • • • 



this year in Onion Seed 

 over the prices quoted by 

 me last season ; but I am 

 willing to hold the fort at 

 the old figures just as 

 long as my supply of On- 

 ion seed holds out. It will 

 be well for my customers 

 to remember, however, 

 that good, fresh seed, crop 

 of '94, can not be bought 

 for one cent less per 

 pound than the prices 

 quoted herewith. 



will 

 ' pounds 

 Maule's 



YOUR 

 ORDER 

 Amounts to 

 $10.00, You 

 Want to Read Our 

 Offer concerning T. B. 

 TERRY'S NEW BOOK 



deliver 10 I 

 either of S 

 Red Weth-5 

 ersfield, Yellow Globe § 

 Danvers, Extra Early "j 

 Red, Yellow Dutch, South- f 

 Yellow Globe or Red" 

 Globe, to any Post Office inl 

 America, for $10.00. Every Customer has i 

 the privilege of making up his entire order of 10 lbs. with one 'a 

 variety, or he can order 5 lbs. of 2 sorts, 2 lbs. each of 5 sorts, etc. » 



