62 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1914 



ONIONS. A leading specialty for years 



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

 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. 

 Drill 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 



should be frequent though sha ^ „ t, - ^ 



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. 



Manle's Commercial Onion has been selected from my orig- 

 inal Prlzetaker and has been bred to a size that is more mer- 

 chantable. My efforts have been rewarded by securing an 

 onion fully as handsome as the Prlzetaker in every way; of 

 more uniform size, and whose keeping qualities are simply 

 remarkable and decidedly superior to the parent variety. Six 

 hundred bushels per acre have been no imusual yield, and this 

 quantity has been frequently surpassed. Twenty-six years 

 ago I introduced the Prizetaker onion, and in all that time 1 

 have not found a single variety that could equal, let alone 

 surpass it, in any way, until now. I take great pleasure in 

 offering my customers Maule's Commercial Onion, a variety 

 that has proved as popular and equally as desirable. 



Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; lb., 80 cts.; lb., $1.75. 



MAULE'S COMMERCIAL YELLOW GLOBE ONION. 



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Maule's Yellow Globe Danvers 



My strain of Yellow Globe Danvers Onion is unsurpassed. 

 It always attains a good size, with deep bulb and small neck. 

 It is choice in flavor, being rather mild, and is invariably a 

 market favorite at prices above average quotations. It fre- 

 quently produces 600 bushels per acre, and capable of doing 



even better under extra culture. It is early and profitable 

 and a splendid keeper. My strain of Yellow Globe Danvers 

 has been famous for the past quarter century in every onion 

 growing district of the United States, and I have supplied 

 direct to onion growers more than 20,000 pounds of the seed. 



Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25, postpaid 



MAULE'S YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS ONION 



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It will succeed in cold, mucky ground, where other sorts would fail- 

 It matures ten days sooner than the Red Wethersfield. It can be made 

 to produce fine, marketable onions in 90 days from the sowing of tbe 

 seed. It is of mild ilavor, and keeps well. The color is a deep, rich red, 

 the gram is fine and close and the onion is solid and heavy. It is hardy, 

 reliable, and well adapted for early market. Extra Early Red will suc- 

 ceed almost anywhere, but is peculiarly fitted for northern latitudes, 

 where the seasons are short and cool. 



Packet, 9 cts.; ounce, 15 cts.; pound, 40 cts.; ponuci, ^1.25. 



