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64 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1912 



456 



Silver Skin 



Same as White Portugal, Philadelphia White, etc. A mild and pleas- 

 ant onion, of somewhat flattened shape. It Is very popular for family 

 use and one of the best for pickling, also for slicing or boillug. A favor- 

 ite with many when young as a salad or bunching onion; excellent for 

 winter. Near Philadelphia this variety is largely grown for sets, and is 

 regarded as a standard sort on account of it being hard and firm and an 

 excellent lieeper. 



Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 20 cts.; % pound, 60 cts.; pound, $2.00. 



452 Yellow Dutch or Strasburg 



A standard market sort, very productive and profitable. Flattened 

 in shape. The flesh is mild and good. An excellent keeper and shipper. 

 At Philadelphia and elsewhere it is grown extensively for sets. 



Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 15 cts.; {^ pound, 40 cts.; pound, $1.25. 



457 Australian Brown 



This onion has claimed a place in America within recent years, and 

 seems abundantly able to maintain it. It Is of medium size and of 

 good quality, very early, rather flattened in shape, of brown color, and 

 wonderfully hard and solid. It begins to form a bulb at an early 

 period of its growth when only a few inches high, and quickly reaches 

 maturity. Its leading and most valuable feature, aside from appear- 

 atuce and quality, is Its long keeping ability. It will literally keep for 

 a year or more. It has developed a sudden and wide popularity in this 

 jcountry since its advent here, especially in the Middle West. 



Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 15 cts., '^ pound, 4:0 cts.; pound, $1.50. 



461 Mammoth Silver King 



I Introdticed this grand onion to the public over 26 years ago. The 

 skin is a beautiful, silvery white. The flesh has a particularly mild 

 and pleasant flavor, and is bo sweet that it may be eaten raw like an 

 apple. No other white onion attains such mammoth size, nor will any 

 other variety grow uniformly so large. T)ie bulbs are of an attractive 

 shape, flattened, but thick, as shown in the Illustration. The average 

 diameter of fully grown Mammoth Silver King onions is from 6 to 7>^ 

 inches. 1 have a record of one of these onions weighing 4 pounds and 9 

 ounces. Thousands of letters and postal cards have reached me con- 

 taining words of the highest praise of the wonderful size, early matur- 

 ity and good quality of this famous onion. 



Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 20 cts.; l^ pound, 60 cts.; pound, $2.25. 



MAMMOTH 



Silver 

 King 



AUSTRALIAN BROWN ONION. i 



458 Ohio Yellow Globe 



Until very recently this onion has only been known to a limited 

 extent in parts of the State of Ohio, where it has long been considered 

 one of the best of Globe onions. It is of handsome, bright, even yellow 

 color, with small neck. Ripens early and all at once; the firm, solid] 

 bulbs are excellent winter keepers. It is reported that 8UU bushels of I 

 Ohio Yellow Globe onions have been grown on a 

 single acre of good land. It is especially recom- 

 mended for heavy muck land on account of its 

 early maturing qualities. My supply of this va- 

 riety Is particularly choice this season. 



Fkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; ^ lb., 40c.; lb., $1.50. 



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