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PBIZETBKEB ONION 



THe Grandest Variety Grown 

 for tHe American Climate 



EXCELS 



IN SIZE 



IN VIGOR 



IN KEEPING QUALITY 



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Its Mildness of Flavor and Tenderness are 

 Unequalled even by the Bermuda Varieties 



Attains the Enormous Size of 

 the Famous Spanish Onion 



NTIL the introduction of Prizetaker, we were 

 dependent on the imported stock from 

 Spain to satisfy the demand for large onions of 

 good quality. The popularity of Prizetaker 

 was therefore assured when it was first intro- 

 duced and has remained in constant favor. It 

 attains its phenomenal size under exactly the 

 same conditions necessary to the cultivation of 

 other sorts. It yields an abundant supply of 

 young plants for early use in salads, etc., and 

 may be used continuously throughout the season. 

 When matured in the fall, the outer skin is of 

 a pale brownish-yellow color, the bulb is solid 

 and heavy, almost round and without neck. The 

 flesh is crisp, white and of excellent quality. 



A crop grown under ordinary conditions will 

 produce bulbs 14 inches round. We have fre- 

 quently seen them attain a circumference of 16 

 and 18 inches. In consequence of its size, the 

 yield per acre is sometimes prodigious; we have 

 known crops that produced 1,200 and 1,500 

 bushels per acre. 



A good way to secure very large onions is to 

 sow early in a sheltered spot, and transplant 

 the young plants when frost is gone. {See cut.) 



Price, 10c. pkt., 20c. oz., 60c. \ lb., $2.00 lb., 

 5 lbs. and upward, $1.90 lb. 



Prizetaker Onions, grown front our seed, 



received an award of merit from the 



Royal Horticultural Society of England 



IN PRJilSE OF PRIZETAKER ONIONS 



"I want all who are interested in Onions to understand that your Prizetaker stands 

 without a peer, I have been growing them for four years — o?i the same ground and getting 1, WO 

 bushels to the acre; practically all the Onions were perfect specimens (no scalHons) and their size 

 immense. I express you four of them to-day; they measure- 16 to 18 inches in circumference and 

 weigh 1§ to If lbs. each. I raised many larger and heavier speciinens, but I want you to see the average 

 of my crop. My Prizetaker Onions took the first premium at the Inter-Mountain Fair at Boise 

 this year, and last year formed a part of the Idaho Exhibit at St. Louis, attracting widespread attention. 

 "I have given up growing any other Onion but your matchless Prizetaker." 



JAMES TORRANCE, Oreana, Idaho. 



" I have grown your Prizetaker Onions for two years and think them the best onions that grow." 



THOS. HAYES, Hoodsport, Wash. 



"Prizetaker Onions proved a great success, the finest onions I ever grew; large yield, large, even 

 size; mild and desirable flavor." 



JOSEPH ATKINSON, Hawley, Pa. 



" / raised your Prizetaker Onion last year and never saw anything like it. Some of them 

 weighed as much as 2\ lbs., and then they are so mild that a baby can eat them." Mrs. E. A . BELL, 



Belles Store, La. 



WHITE POBTUOBL 



OR SILVER SKIN ONION 



The leading White Flat Onion. For the family garden 

 it is one of the best. The bulbs attain a good size, ripen- 

 ing evenly; the color is a beautiful silvery- white when 

 cured under cover. Its shape is flat but symmetrical. 

 For a white variety it is not only early but a good 

 keeper. For slicing and boiling it is one of the best, 

 the flesh being mild and tender. It is largely grown 

 for pickles when sown three or four times as thick as 

 usual and is also extensivelv sown for sets. (See nit.) 

 Price, 10c. pkt., 25c. oz.,"75c. i lb., $2.50 lb., 5 lbs. 

 and upward, $2.40 lb. 



' '/ raised more Onions from J lb. of your seed than one of my neigh- 

 bors did pom 1^ lbs. of Philadelphih Onion Seed." 



S. SMITH, Oswego. N. Y. 

 "My Onions from your Onion Seed are a perfect crop, both for size 

 and quality, free from mixture. They are ripe now. There may be 

 other seedsmen just as good, but I would hate to risk a change." 



ROBERT BIRCH. Plymouth. Mich. 



Our new Leaflet, " How to Grow Onions for Home and Market," (Sti^g «S°et"'; Free to Customers if asked for. 



