. Burpee's farm annual : the best seeds that grow including rare novelties. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. 76 W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., THE PRIZE=TAKER ONION. No further description of this fine onion is needed than to state that it is identically the same variety as the large, beautiful, straw-colored onions imported from Spain and offered for sale at the fruit stands in all our large cities every fall. Although of Spanish origin, this variety must not
. Burpee's farm annual : the best seeds that grow including rare novelties. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. 76 W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., THE PRIZE=TAKER ONION. No further description of this fine onion is needed than to state that it is identically the same variety as the large, beautiful, straw-colored onions imported from Spain and offered for sale at the fruit stands in all our large cities every fall. Although of Spanish origin, this variety must not be confounded with the yellow onion named Spanish King, which is inferior in size and quality to the American-grown PRIZE-TAKER. The Prize-Taker Ouion grows uniform in shape, of a nearly perfect globe, as shown in the illustration, with thin skin of a clean, bright straw color; it is of immense size, measuring from twelve to sixteen inches in circumference, while under special cultivation specimen bulbs have been raised to weigh from four to six pounds each. It ripens up hard and fine, and presents the handsomest possible appearance in market, while the pure white flesh is fine-grained, mild, and delicate in flavor. Per pkt. 10 cts.; per oz. 20 cts.; 2 ozs. 35 cts.; per i lb 60 cts.; per lb $ By express, not prepaid, per lb $ ; 5 lbs. or more at $ per lb. CAUTION. HISTORY OF THE PRIZE =TAKER. In the winter of 1887 a shipment of the fine, _ large, straw-colored onions from Spain was received in San Francisco; of these a large pro- portion was bought by a California seed grower (Mr. C. C. Morse, author of the paper, " American Seed Growing," in our new book, Selection in Seed Growing). Setting these large bulbs out for seed, the seed was first offered in 1888 under the name PRIZE=TAKER, but as the variety is a shy seeder, it was some years before it became generally known. Meanwhile, rather unfairly, it had to compete with imported seed, sold under the name
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