2 MONSTER ONIONS. 



You should have nreiner's hook, "The New Onion Cul- 

 ture." You have heard of it, of course, if you have 

 read the gardening papers during recent years, for the new 

 way is rapidly taking the place of the old method. The new 

 culture has frequently resulted in doubling the crop usually 

 raised by the ordinary method. The plan is feasible, and 

 is increasing in favor with market gardeners 

 througout the country. Get the book. 

 It costs only 50 cts. I keep it for sale 



PHUT DCIt tfCCIIUIIIC This is the largest red onion 

 UIAHI ntU VtOUVIUO. in cultivation. When I Intro- 

 duced this great onion to the public a few years ago, I pre- 

 dicted a brilliant future for it. My predictions have been 

 realized In every particular, and thousands of growers are 

 now ready to attest its merits. It has become famous. It is 

 an onion of Italian parentage, as its name implies. Its 

 shape is correctly shown in the illustration. Its color is a 

 bright and beautiful scarlet. Its size is indicated by the fact 

 that it frequently attains a weight of 1 to 2 pounds the first 

 year from seed. Its flavor is decided and pleasant. Its keep- 

 ing qualities are satisfactory, but it is not of a type suited to 

 a long period of storage. None of the foreign onions are as 

 well adapted to protracted storage as the American varieties, 

 but the foreign sorts frequently command higher prices. 

 The Vesuvius is one of the best keepers of its class. Taken 

 altogether, this is the brightest and best red onion I have 

 ever seen, and is worthy of the highest praise implied in the 

 statement that it is good enough to be called a red Prize- 

 taker. In its early stages of growth it is light in color, with 

 streaks of white alternated with t he red, but as it approaches 

 maturity it assumes both without and within the character- 

 istic red color which has given it such wide favor and fame. 

 The seed leached me through the hands of an Italian gen- i 

 tleman visiting the World's Fair at Chicago. He informed s 

 me that in Southern Italy this onion was superior to any- 

 thingelse in cultivation, and that a few growers had kept it 

 to themselves for years. He described it as the brightest red 

 onion known in any of the Italian markets, and stated that 

 on account of its beautiful shape and color it always brought 

 top prices on the stalls. I secured the seed, and his claims 

 have been amply verified. There has been time since its 

 introduction for this fine onion to be widely tested and it - 

 gives me pleasure to say that it does well in w ulely Sep- !{ 

 arated sections of country, under different climatic condi- 

 tions. A patron in Canada grew specimens 11% inches in 

 circumference and weighing over 2 pounds each, and a Utah 

 testimonial mentions 871 bushels of Ked Vesuvius onions to 

 the acre. These endorsements indicate that in size and pro- 

 ductiveness the Red Vesuvius are all that could be desired. : I 

 This onion does remarkably well in the South, ranking in t [ 

 quality with the Bermudas, and being of very considerable ) f 

 cash value to the truckers and gardeners. Packet, 10 cents; 

 ounce, 20 cents; % pound, 60 cents; pound, $2.25. 



DISCOUNT ON PACKETS AND OUNCES. \ I 



My special discount on seeds for 15)01 applies to both r 

 packets and ounces as follows: For S1.00 you may select 

 seeds in packets and ounces to the value ol $1.30; for 52.00 you 

 may select £2.75 worth of packets and ounces; for $3.00 

 select $4.25 worth; for $4.00 select £5.70 and 

 for So.OO you may select 87.50 worth of 

 packets and ounces. Remember, 

 however, this discount applies 

 to packets and ounces 

 only and is not al- 

 low ed on 6eeds by 

 the \^ pound, 

 pound, pint or 

 quart, etc. 



IIIUUflTU Cll If ED Vlllft The success of t his great onion Is one of mv business monuments. ,. 

 mflfflmuin OILVCn IVinUi i fi rs t Introduced it to the public 17 years ago, and it at once III 

 took position as a record breaker and record maker. The skin is of a beautiful, silvery white. 11 

 The flesh has a particularly mild and pleasant flavor, and is so sweet that it niMy be eaten raw, 

 like an apple. No other white onion attains such mammoth size, nor will any other white \ a- | 

 rlety grow uniformly so large. The bulbs are of an attractive shape, flattened, but thick, as 

 shown in the illustration. '1 he picture is from nature, as to size and markings. The average 

 diameter of fully grown Mammoth Silver King onions is from 5 to "\; 2 Inches, and the bulbs often 

 attain a weight of 2J4 to 4 pounds. I have a record of one of these onions weighing 1 pounds and j 

 9 ounces. Thousands of letters and postal cards have reached me containing words of the nigh- || 

 est praise of the wonderful size, early maturity and good quality of this now famous onion, and 

 the fact that these voluntary testimonials come from all parts of the country proves the adapta- 

 bility of the onion to a wide range of soil and climate. With such a record as this, I, of course, 

 continue to give a prominent place In my catalogue to silver King onion, and to endorse Its 

 merits. Nothing among vegetables, except Prlzetakor onion and my Surehead cabbage, hos 

 been so universally commended by my patrons as this 6plendid white onion. Packet, 10 cents; 

 ounce, 20 cents; % pound, 60 cents; pound, $2.25. 



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