You can 't get first rate produce from fourth rate seeds. Seeds like Maule 's produce blue ribbon vegetables 



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Maule's Select Onion Seed 



Cultdhe. — Onions do best on a rich loam, previously cultivated for 

 two years. Stiff clay and light sand are equally unfavorable. The land 

 should "be highly fertilized with well-rotted manure, complete fertiliz- 

 ers, etc. Fresh stable manure has a tendency to produce soft onions. 

 Prill in 4 to 5 lbs. of seed per acre, one-half inch deep, if sets are wanted, 

 use 60 to 80 lbs. of seed per acre. Six to ten bushels of sets will plant an 



acre. Fine marketable size onions (according to variety planted) are 

 easily produced the first year from early spring sown seed Culture 

 should be frequent though shallow. The same ground may be used for 

 onions, season after season, if well fertilized annually. Bone meal is an 

 excellent fertilizer. Winter storage demands dryness and protection 

 from sudden changes. Onions should never be handled while frozen. 



441 



Maule's Prizetaker Onion 



Headquarters Stock can be obtained only from Wm. Henry Maule, Inc. 



We named and introduced this great onion in 1888, and ever 

 since have given it special prominence in every catalogue we 

 have issued. Today, thirty years after it was named by 

 us, it will be found illustrated in almost every catalogue. 



Prizetaker is by far the handsomest, most productive, most 

 popular and best of all Yellow Globe onions. It is a bright, 

 clear straw color, and always grows to a uniform shape, which 

 is a perfect globe. It has a very small neck, and ripens up 



without stiffness of the neck. In market it never fails to 

 attract attention on account of its beauty, and is sure to bring 

 a far better price than auy other onion. 3faule's Prizetaker 

 has attracted more attention and awakened wider and more 

 cordial enthusiasm than any other onion ever introduced to the 

 American public. It is the largest, finest flavored and most 

 superior Yellow Globe onion under cultivation for either 

 the home garden or market. 



Packet, 10 cents; half ounce, 30 cents: ounce, 50 cents; quarter ponnd, $1.50; pound, $5.00. postpaid. 

 442 White Welsh Onion 



Pearly white in appearance and mild in flavor. It 

 does not form a bulb, but very early in the Spring, 

 before seeds or sets are planted, it produces a fine 

 bunch onion or scallion. Being very hardy, requires 

 no winter mulching. Seed scarce. Regret cannot 

 offer in larger quantities. 



Packet, 15 cents; 2 packets, 2.5 cents, postpaid. 



440 



Yellow Welsh Onion 



This is a bunch onion of the same character as the 

 White Welsh, except that while the flesh is white the 

 skin is a yellowish brown in color. It is extremely 

 hardy. Seed of eit her the Welsh onions can be sown in 

 the early spring, but not later than the latter part of 

 July. Pkt., 10 cents; 3 pkts., 25 cents, postpaid. 



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Giant Italian Leek 



Largest and most uniform of 

 all. Gives satisfaction every- 

 where. It is easily grown, and is 

 perfectly hardy. Sow the seed in 

 the early spring in drills 1 inch 

 deep and 12 to 18 inches apart, thin 

 out or transplant to 10 inches apart 

 in the rows. Use I ounce to 150 feet 

 of drill; 4 pounds to an acre. 



Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 40 cts.; 

 \i pound, $1.10; pound, $4.00. 



GIANT ITALIAN LEEK. 



