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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 28 
ONION GROWERS 
the country over are fast finding out that they can grow a larger quantity 
of better quality Onions, at less cost for fertilization cultivating, weeding, 
etc., by using Bradley's Fertilizer instead of stable manure or inferior fertili¬ 
zer compounds. Note what these three Onion Growers working under 
widely differing conditions of soil and conditions say: 
Bradley Fertilizer Co., No. Hatfield, Mass., Nov. 12, 1895. 
Gentlemen :— My 2 acre field by the exclusive use of Bradley’s Complete Manure has produced good crops of onions fot 
five successive years, no stable manure having been applied to the land for the past seven or eight years. 
The yield the present season has been 1,314 bushels on the 2 acres, and although we cannot give the exact yield for the five 
years, we are confident that for the five consecutive years there has been an average yield of upwards of 600 bushels to the acre. 
Eurotas Morton & Son. 
Bradley Fertilizer Co., Perry, Lake Co., Ohio, Sept. 30,1893. 
Gentlemen: — I feel more than pleased with the results obtained from your Potato Fertilizer on my onion crop, which I 
used at the rate of 400 pounds per acre on 12 acres. I believe it unquestionably doubled the yield. You have a photograph which 
I sent you last year which was published in your Western edition, A meric an Farmer, showing a yield of 900 bushels per acre, 
and the yield tills year was even larger and of best quality without any additional manure. Would not think of sowing my crop 
without it. ____ James McVitty. 
Bradley Fertilizer Co.: Revere, Mass., Oct. 10, 1894. 
Gentlemen: — I reclaimed several acres of land by blasting rock and digging out stumps, with the intention, as soon as the 
soil could be made fine, of raising onions upon it. As it was a very rough piece of land, I planted squash in 1893, using manure in 
the hill and a very light coat broadcast. This season I planted 1)4 acres with Danvers onions. Not feeling content to depend on 
stable manure, owing to its slow decomposition, I resolved to place my reliance on commercial fertilizer. After applying broadcast 
about five cords per acre.of stable manure, one ton per acre of Bradley’s Complete Manure for Potatoes and Vegetables was used 
in the spring at seeding time, with the result that on this 1 )£ acres I harvested 1,855 bushels of as fine onions as I ever grew. This 
fine yield exceeds that on adjoining land that has had a very heavy manuring each year it has been worked. 
A. Burt Hill, Manager, John P. Squire Farm. 
BRADLEY FERTILIZER CO., BOSTON, MASS.-ROCHESTER, N. Y.- CLEVELAND, 0. 
Notes from the Rural Grounds. 
TORNADO-STRUCK POTATOES. 
(CONCLUDED.) 
Vick’s Abundance. — From E. H. Vick, Roch¬ 
ester, N. Y. Three jneces yielded four pounds— 
16 large aud 15 small tubers ; white-buff skin ; 
shape rather long, cylindrical, often contracted 
in the middle ; eyes medium. Vines tall, stems 
slender*, but upright and strong. Yield, 329)6 
bushels per acre. 
Maggie Murphy. —From same. Three pieces 
yielded 4)4 pounds—12large, 7 small tubers; pink¬ 
ish-buff skin, irregular shape, eyes rather deep. 
Yield, 363 bushels per acre. 
Vick’s Early Advance.— From same. Three 
pieces yielded five pounds—20 large, 16 small 
tubers: white-buff skin; rather long,cylindrical; 
eyes few and not prominent as shown in the 
illustration. Yield, 403)6 bushels per acre. Vines 
vigorous and upright. See Fig. 67. 
Vick’s Early Pride.— From same. Three pieces 
yielded 4)^ pounds—14 large, 19 small tubers. 
About the color of Early Rose, shaj>e rather long, 
variable; vines of medium vigor. Yield, at the 
rate of 368 bushels per acre. 
Vick’s Early Excelsior. —From same. Three 
pieces yielded live pounds—16 large, 12 small 
tubers. This resembles the Early Rose. Vigor¬ 
ous vines. Yield, 403)6 bushels per acre. 
Columbus. —From Frank Ford <fc Son, Ravenna. 
Ohio. Three pieces, yield five pounds —16 large, 7 
small tubers. Buff skin ; shape rather long 
cylindrical, smaller at the ends ; eyes numerous 
but not deep. Vines vigorous. It would seem to 
be a promising potato. Yield 403)6 bushels per 
acre. See Fig. 69. 
Quaker City. —From same. Three pieces yielded 
seven pounds—23 large, 8 small tubers. Buff 
skin; shape somewhat longer than wide, trun¬ 
cated, i. e., somewhat squared at the ends. A 
solid, heavy potato, evidently well worthy of trial. 
It seems to be tornado proof. Heavy stems, 
spreading and vigorous. Yield, 564)6 bushels per 
acre. See Fig. 71. 
Arizona. —From Edward F. Dibble, Honeoye 
Falls, N. Y. Three pieces yielded 2)4 pounds—8 
large, 16 small. Pinkish skin; long, irregular, 
variable shape. Vines of medium vigor only. 
Yield, 201)6 bushels per acre. 
Prolific Alexander. —From same. Three 
pieces yielded 5)6 pounds—16 medium and 2 small. 
Buff skin, variable shape, but usually like the 
illustration. Few eyes, not deep. It would seem 
as though this might prove a valuable variety. 
Vigorous vines. Yield 423)4 bushels per acre. 
See Fig. 70. 
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