MAULE'S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1901. 



ZMY STORE IS HEADQUARTERS FOR 



ZMAULE'S PRIZETAKER. 



To carry any vegetable as a novelty for more than a decade, as I nave 

 «rried this one, speaks well for the vegetable. I named and introduced 

 his great onion in 1888. Nothing except a variety of highest merit could 

 >e thus honored in the valuable space of a great seed catalogue. 



Yet the Prizetaker onion fully deserves the prominence which I have 

 innually given it. and has abundantly justified all the predictions made 

 or it and all the praises bestowed upon it. It is by far the handsomest, 

 nost productive, most profitable and best of all the yellow globe onions. 



Prizetaker is of a bright clear straw color, and always grows to a uni- 

 orm shape, which is a perfect globe. It has a very small neck, and 

 lpens up without stiffness of the neck. In market it "never fails to at- 

 ract attention on account of its beauty, and is sure to bring a far better 

 >rice than any other onion, whether red, white or yellow. It is even 

 nore attractive in appearance than the large Spanish onion sold on citv 

 ruit stalls, and, in fact, takes the place of that variety. 



With ordinary culture the crop of Prizetaker onions is not infre- 

 ;uently 700 to 800 bushels per acre, and often runs up to 1.000 bushels, and 

 n weight a single specimen has reached as high as H pounds 2 ounces. 



In competition for the S150 in prizes offered last year, the first prize 

 >nion weighed 4 pounds 6 ounces, it was in every way a very fine specl- 

 nen, as was also the second prize onion weighing 3 pounds 4 ounces, 



nd the third prize onion weighing 2 pounds 7 ounces. 



My predictions made years ago, at the time of its introduction, that 

 'rizetaker would supplant all others of its class, has long since been 



erified. It has attracted more attention and awakened wider and , 

 nore cordial enthusiasm than any other onion ever introduced to the 

 American public. It has proven itself a great acquisition to gardeners 

 nd farmers, and is to-day admitted to be the largest, finest flavored 



Prices of Prizetaker for 1901 : Packet, 10 cents; ounce. 20 ceu 



and most superior yellow globe onion under cultivation. 



Quoting my friend, Mr. Greiner, who called Prizetaker the "King of 

 All Onions, " it excels everything else in beauty, size, productiveness 

 and in quality, being as mild in flavor as the imported onions. 



People who wish to make money, says Mr. Greiner, should plant the 

 Prizetaker: "plant none but the Prizetaker." This is the opinion of a 

 man who has studied the subject practically for many years, and who 

 has written a book on onions and onion culture. The Prizetaker is es- 

 pecially fitted, by the way. for what Mr. Greiner describes as "the new 

 onion culture." Large onions can always be raised in a single season 

 directly from the seed. The Prizetaker is also gifted with strong drought 

 resisting ability, and I consider this one of its great merits. 



I have sold seed of this grand onion to something like one hundred 

 thousand American gardeners, and have accumulated a vast amount 

 of favorable testimony relating to it, proving that it is now accepted 

 and recognized as the standard and leading yellow globe variety. I 

 have personally looked in vain in various parts of Europe and Amer- 

 ica for an onion surpassing Prizetaker in beauty, productiveness and 

 general merit, and believe there is nothing better in the whole world. 

 It is unexcelled for either home use or as a~money maker. 



It is a source of great satisfaction for me to be able to announce that 

 my crops of Prizetaker the past season have been very satisfactory, 

 consequently, 1 am able to offer seed at a considerable reduction from 

 last year. Taking into consideration the fact that I am headquarters 

 for this seed, notwithstanding the fact that I go into the season with 

 many thousand pounds of seed, I would solicit early orders, as at the 

 reasonable prices quoted below, there is no reason why I should not 

 market every grain of seed on hand, and I certainly expect to do so. 

 t»: quarter pound, 4o cents; pound, SI. 50; 5 pounds, $6.25. 



fwo New Foreign Onions. 



I have secured from one of the leading onion specialists abroad a small 

 quantity each of two new onions, that come to me very highly recommended 



indeed, and have never before been offered in America, to my knowledge. 



hey may prove very valuable and may not. that remains to be seen. I have labeled them sample No. 17 and sample No. 11. No. 17 is a very 

 ne and handsome bulb, and can be considered an intermediate between the vellow and red varieties in color: in fact, it is somewhat of a salmon 

 ed. It is very flat and quite thin in proportion to its diameter, which generallv does not exceed 2 to V/ 2 inches. It is medium early, prompt to 

 arm a bulb, an excellent keeper, so that it can be recommended for winter "use. No. 11 is also a broad, flat onion, 3 to 4 inches in diameter, 

 ometimes more, about 1% inches in thickness. The color is a pale pink, slightlv tinged with copper color; it has a fine neck, is early, and is 

 ertainly of great promise. Every purchaser of onion seed to the amount of $1.00, will be entitled to a free trial packet of either of these new 

 nions on request; if your order for onion seed amounts to S2.00 or more, you will receive a trial packet of both varieties if requested. 

 K^ft Of! ir» r<»ch nni 7 ac I w "l pay S2-5.00, November 1st, 1901, for the most conscientious testimonial sent me id 

 J*v»\J. wv III I—I I<r09. regard to sample No. 17, and S25.00 for the best report iH regard to No. 11. 



