Keywords: Everything for the garden (Page 52) (16459725450).jpg PRIZETAKER <br> ONION <br> THE GRANDEST VARIETY GROWN <br> FOR THE AMERICAN CLIMATE <br> Hjxcels in Yield <br> Excels in Size <br> Excels in Keeping- Qualities <br> Excels in Alildness of Flavor <br> ITS MILDNESS OF FLAVOR AND TENDERNESS ARE UN- <br> EQUALED EVEN BY THE BERMUDA VARIETIES <br> IN SIZE IT IS NOT EXCELLED BY THE ENORMOUS VA- <br> RIETIES FROM SPAIN <br> HENDERSON'S <br> VVORLD <br> FAMOUS <br> PRIZETAKER ONION <br> Has now been several years on the market and is recognized as one of our best <br> standard varieties Rarely has any vegetable attained prominence more rapid- <br> ly ; it succeeds everywhere ” east west north and south ” and whether grown <br> for home use or for marketinf it gives universal satisfaction yielding onions <br> often 14 inches around and at the rate of 1 200 to 1 500 bushels per acre ” often <br> much more under exceptionally good culture Its immense size and mildness <br> of flavor delight everyone who raises it Nothing short of actual knowledge of <br> this variety will convey a really adequate idea of its great value whether con- <br> sidered as a variety for commercial or private culture Its immense size will <br> recommend it to all particularly when it is known that its keeping qualities <br> are unexcelled The exterior color is pale yellow and the interior clear spark- <br> ling white It is easily grown medium early in maturing mild in flavor By <br> sowing early in a sheltered spot and transplantins the young plants it can be <br> grown to an immense size See cut PRICE 10c per pkt 25c per oz <br> 60c per l£ lb 1 90 per lb 5 lbs and upwards 1 80 per lb <br> WE COULD FILL PAGES WITH PRAISE <br> FROM OUR ENTHUSIASTIC CUSTOMERS ABOUT <br> OUR PRIZETAKER ONIONS <br> Trizetaker' Onion is the greatest anrl best Onion that ever <br> WHS raised J raised one last vear that was over 14 inches <br> around it J M Gregory Sunderland Vt <br> Last spring I purchased Vt lf ¢ Prizetaker' Onion seed from <br> you and planted one-sixth of an acre andYaised ISS bushels <br> L E Bkunson Plymouth Mich <br> The ' Prizetaker' Onion seed produced a wonderful crop The <br> season here was very dry and yet some of the Onions measured <br> IIV2 inches in circumference The warm fall caused all other va- <br> rieties to sprout and grow more or le fs but the ¢ Prizetaker ' liaa <br> not yet shown a green sprout Mild in flavor of large size and a <br> good keeper it surely is a perfect vegetable <br> Hiram College Hiram Ohio <br> I raised your 'Prizetaker' Onion last year and never saw <br> nnytliiiig like it I sold them at S cents each Some of them <br> weighed as much as L / lbs and then they are so mild that a <br> baby can eat them I always speak a good word for your <br> bouse Mrs E A Bell Belles Store La <br> We raised your' Prizetaker' Onion last season and every one <br> who sees or eats them is delighted They are rightly named for <br> they took the first premium at our Lewis County Fair among a <br> large number of competitors <br> Mrs M M Lyman LowvlIIe X Y <br> The yield of your 'Prizetaker' Onion is immen se at least <br> double that of the yellow Danvers side liy side <br> C L JoNES Windham Ct <br> Henderson's Prizetaker Onions grown from our seed received an award <br> of merit from the Royal Horiicultural Society of England <br> TO EVERY CUSTOHER FOR ONION SEEDS WE WILL SEND FREE IP ASKED FOR OUR NEW PAnPHLET HOW TO GROW ONIONS FOR HOHB <br> AND nARKET INCLUDING NEW TRANSPLANTING METHOD COnBATING HAGGOT ETC 42383093 133997 66553 Page 52 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/42383093 1902 10 5962/bhl title 66553 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; Peter Henderson Co Biodiversity Heritage Library Garden Stories Catalogs Flowers Peter Henderson Co Plants Ornamental Seed industry and trade Seeds Trade catalogs Vegetables U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 42383093 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/42383093 BHLinbloom peter henderson co plants ornamental u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-02-25 PD-old-70-1923 Everything for the garden 1902 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script Files from the Biodiversity Heritage Library released as Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike |