MAMMOTH 



SILVER KING 



Attains a Oi/ *n A. Ihc first V ear 

 weight of m I Uo from seed 



time in 18S4, 1 do not believe any other va- 

 riety, excepting possibly my Sure-Head Cab- 

 bage, has in 4 yrs. time been more unanimously 

 endorsed by one and all in all sections of the 

 country. I received thousands of letters and 

 postals the past four seasons, all containing 

 _ words of the highest praise AS TO THE 

 WOXDERFUL SIZE, EARLY MATURITY ASD QUALITY OP THIS 

 SOW FAMOUS ONION, seedof which I have sold to tensof thousands 

 of my customers. It grows larger than any other White Onion 

 in cultivation. Bulbs are of attractive shape, flattened, but thick 

 through, as shown in illustration. Average diameter of Onions, from 5 to 

 7% in.; bulbs often attain weights of 2% to 4 lbs. each. So otiier 

 White Onion attains such mammoth size, nor will any 

 other White variety grow uniformly so large. Skin, a beauti- 

 ful silvery white ; flesh, of particularly mild and pleasant flavor, so sweet 

 and tender that it can be eaten raw, like an apple. Everyone desiring the 

 largest and handsomest onions, of the finest flavor will be more 

 than satisfied with Silver King. Cannot be too highly recommended 

 either for family use, exhibition at fairs or restaurants, or for sale in mar- 

 ket where its size and beauty will prove very striking. If you have 

 not already sown Silver King, you should not neglect to 

 sow it another rear. In 1885-86-87-88, over 100,000 ear- 

 deners found it to EQUAL AND SURPASS ALL CLAIMS HEREIN MADE 



WHITE BARLETTA As Silver King is the lawtl 



White Onion in cultivation, I think this is a very good place for I 

 the New Barletta, as it is not only the earliest but also I 

 the smallest Onion grown. This new variety, which 1 1 

 now offer for the first time, comes in 3 weeks ahead of New I 

 Queen^^ :; s====i 55 In color, is a beautiful waxy-white : bulbs are I 

 1% /s^S^ N'd/y^Nsinches j n diameter, flattened on top and I 

 ^rvs^S!s^ i'.tch thick. They make a beautiful 



l€SiH^D^) t\ pickle and arc in every way the 

 ^VAmost desirable of all small 

 'Wonlons. Packet. 10c: ounce, 30c. 



Packet, 10 cts.; 

 cts.; % pound 

 pound, $3 



G. W. Blackburn, Towanda, Pa.: " Your Prizetaker Onions proved a success with 

 me, although not planted until May 1st. on account of wet weather. I tested them 

 beside several other varieties, among them Spanish King. White and Red Kocca; 

 all of which proved a failure except Prizetaker. They were the finest onions 

 ever seen growing in this vicinity." 



M. E. Sammis, Huntingdon, L. I., N. Y.: "The Prizetaker Onions are the 

 handsomest variety I have ever seen. They are a perfect slobe. and many of them 

 measure 15 inches around. Mastodon Corn runs about 10 inches in length, and 

 9 inches in circumference. The germinating qualities of your seed are first-class." 



John M. Hart. Oakland, Oregon : " My son sent to you for a lot of seeds last 

 Winter, a few of them were for me. They all gave good satisfaction. I planted 50 

 cents worth of Wethersfield Onion seed and had about sixty bushels of the largest and 

 sweetest onions I ever saw. A number of my neighbors pronounced my lot the 

 nicest they ever saw. It was my first crop of onions from the seed for over 30 years ; 

 but I am now done with sets, and if I live 20 years you may always look for at least a 

 small order from me for seed, and in that order will be found Maude's Wethersfield.' 



Jas. Moss, Westminister. Cal.: "I send you to-dav a sunflower measuring 

 24 inches across. I also enclose weight of Stuttgart Radish, 13 pounds; this is 

 considered an enormous weight here. It is a lovely specimen, having just a single 

 tap root. Also, at the same time, I had a Prizetaker Onion weighed, which was 

 5 pounds 4 ounces, good weight. The store was full of people at the time and one 

 and all expressed the greatest surprise a* such wonderful productions, and I may 

 here add tbat people have come from .he whole district to see the sunflowers, 

 which have been universally admired. It is possible that I may have a larger 

 onion than the one mentioned, as the crop is still growing. I have about 400 bulbs 



bushels, as a dry spell of weather in June cm itieiu sfton oi u uar they would have 

 been; but thev stood the drouth remarKably well, especially the Yellow Danvers. 

 They are still growing, and I h ive a great many as large as tin-cups." 



ft. L. Humphrey, East Weymouth. Mass.: • Wt swds have given good satis- 

 faction. I always get what I order, and sou.e extra packets. This year you sent 

 me a packet of your Prizetaker Onion:: ; I ^id not take any more pains with them 

 than I did with any other, but this Fall I had some of the largest onions I ever 

 saw, some of them weighing 21~ lbs. They surprised every one who saw them." 



■3-THHN EVER BEFORE, -fr 



I hear that many of my competitors in the seed business will this year 

 reduce the size of their catalogues, consequently I am the better pleased to 

 place before my friends by all odds the hest, as well as the largest and most 

 - complete catalogue I have ever issued. At the same time I am glad to 

 ofPnzetakers, and I do not think I have one that weighs less than three pounds, be able to quote Maule's *•>•.!« at lower prices than for many vears past. 

 Ihave grown onions for the last 2. 3 years, but have never seen anything like the When von order let me know bow von like ibis venr's hook- and if anv of 



Prizetaker ; it is simplv a marvel. Last vear I took three first prizes at tlip c.uinv ™„ ,v- r " rner ' lel me * now . now Y° u . llke tnis , ?»* - book ana it an>oi 

 fair; this vear I know' I shall have no difficulty in doing the same, for I believe ™ v fiends have any suggestions to make in regard to improving it let me 

 there are no onions in the world like them." | have them. I have given you the best I know how to produce this vear, but 



R. A. Clarkson, Pleasant Hill, Mo.: "The fi pounds of onion seeds I bought of 1 want that for lS'.n to be as far ahead of ls<;io as this catalogue is ahead of I s * '. 

 you and drilled in the first week of April, will produce me at least 500 bushels of j ONWARD AND UPWARD has always been my motto since I 

 fine onions. If I had planted one month sooner, think I would have had 300 more i commenced the seed business more than a dozen years ago. 



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