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Iowa Seed Company, Des Moines, Iowa. 15

Big Onions.

For table use large onions are
much preferable to small ones and
they wlll also bring a better price
on the market. The five varieties
listed on this page are of immense
size, splendid quality and yield
wonderfully large crops. While they
do not keep quite as well as some
other kinds, still they are usually
good till January or February.

The
Five Giants

One Packet Each of
Mammoth Prizetaker,
White Prizewinner,
Copper King,
Giant Vesuvius, and
Silver King.

For only 25 cents

With each of these "Five
Giant" collections we will send
a circular giving full directions
"For Growing Big Onions."

Mammoth Prize Taker. -
(See cut No. 1.) This is without
doubt the largest, handsomest,
finest flavored, and in every way
the best variety of yellow onion in
the world. It is admittedly the
largest of all varieties, having been
grown to the enormous weight of
over six pounds, and is withal a
handsome, fine-flavored sort. Of a
clear, bright straw color, and uniform,
perfect globe shape. Produces
enormous crops, one report
being over 1,200 bushels per acre,
and they bring an extra price, being
sold on the market as fancy onions.
Keeps wonderfully well. Our seed
is unexcelled, and is in great favor
with our customers in all parts of
the United States. They ripen up
hard and firm, and present the
handsomest possible appearance in
market, while the pure, white flesh is fine grained, mild and delicate in
flavor. To grow the largest size sow seed early in hotbeds and transplant
to open ground as soon as weather is favorable. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb.
40c, lb. $1.00; 4 lbs., not prepaid, $3.50.

[Image: 1, 2, 3, 4 Vesivius]

Copper King, or Mammoth Pompeii. - (No. 2.) - Have been
grown to the enormous weight of five pounds and six ounces, and not
withstanding their large size they retain their shape and fine quality. To
obtain an idea how large this really is, just weigh the largest onion
you can obtain and compare weights, or weigh out five pounds and six
ounces of common onions and imagine them all in one. Copper color, flesh
pure white, fine grained and mild. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 60c, lb. $1.75.

Mammoth Silver King. - (No. 3.) - This giant sort is the largest of
all white onions, no other white variety approaching its mammoth size. It
is of attractive form, flattened, but thick through, as shown in the illustration.
Single bulbs often attain weights of from 2 1/2 to 4 lbs. each. The
skin is a beautiful slivery white; the flesh a snowy white; so sweet and
tender is the flesh that it can be eaten raw like an apple. Matures early
and is of uniformly large size and perfect form, and consequently will
bring a large price in the market. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 50c, lb. $1. 75.

Giant Vesuvius. - (No. 4.) - This grand new mammoth variety is a
foreign sort. It is well shown by our illustration. In rich soil, under
good cultivation, they grow to an immense size the first year. They are of
a handsome globe shape, somewhat elongated, veritable beauties, and
will attract attention anywhere. Color almost a blood red, flesh nearly
white, quality most excellent; much more tender and mild than the
American sorts. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 70c, lb. $2.25.

Mammoth White Prize Winner. - In magnificent shape and
enormous size, the White Prize Winner is the exact counterpart of the
Mammoth Yellow Prizetaker, which has become so popular in the last
few years, differing only in its handsome silvery white skin. Hundreds of
market gardeners and onion growers have tried it, and say that no other
white onion equals it. One enthusiastic grower says: "I raised a White
Prize Winner measuring 17 inches in circumference and weighing over 4
pounds, which astonished my neighbors and took first prize at our county
fair." Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, 1/4 lb. 75c, lb. $2 50.

We offer a prize of... $10.00 for the largest onion grown this year from seed purchased direct from us. The mammoth
varieties we list on the page may compete. Reports must be in by
October 15th. The prize last year was won by
Abel Steele, Ferguson, Ont. Weight 2 1/2 lbs.

[Image: Bottom Onion Sets, Top Onion Sets, Egyptian or Perennial Onion Sets, Potato Onion Sets]

Onion Sets.

Indispensable for early onions for bunching,
as in a very few weeks they are ready for the
table. While it is much cheaper to grow onions
from seed, still it is considerable work to keep
them weeded, and many of our customers who
have only a small garden, prefer to grow them
from the sets and gardeners plant sets for the
early market. Our stock is carefully grown and
very nice. Price by pt. and qt. include postage
(deduct 15c per qt. if by express). Price by the
pk. or bu. is subject to market variation, and
shipped at buyer's expense. Top sets are sold
28 lbs. per bu.; other kinds 32 lbs. per bu. or
stroke measure on all small lots. If you want
a large lot write for prices.

Yellow Bottom Sets. - Like the White, except color. More used
than any other kind. Pt. 15c, qt. 30c; not prepaid, pk. 75c, bu. $2.50.

Red Bottom Sets. - Like above, except that they are of dark red
color. Very hardy. Pt. 15c, qt. 30c; not prepaid, pk. 85c. bu. $2.75.

White Multiplier Onion Sets. - Pure silvery white; frequently
producing as many as twenty bulbs in a single cluster from one
bulb; excellent quality; very early. Pt. 20c, qt. 40c; not prepaid, pk. $1.25.

Red Top or Button Sets. - Still largely called for in some sections.
Pt. 20c, qt. 30c; not prepaid, pk. 90c, bu. $3.00.

White Bottom Sets. - White onion sets grown from seed are the
most popular and best for early use and large onions. Pt. 20c, qt. 30c,
postpaid; not prepaid, pk. 90c, bu. $3.00.

Potato, or Multiplier Onion Sets. - Early cropper; matures
quickly; mild flavor. Pt. 20c, qt. 35c; not prepaid, pk. $1.10, bu. $3.75.

Perennial, or Winter Sets. - Also called Egyptian or Tree
onions. Usually set in the fall; produces the earliest spring onions without
winter protection. Pt. 20c, qt. 25c; not prepaid, pk. 60c, bu. $2.00.

John Shaw of Fairport, Kan., says: "I grew some Onions from your seed weighing four pounds each."