Title: Burpee's farm annual, 1892
Identifier: burpeesfarmannua00watl (find matches)
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: W. Atlee Burpee Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : W. Atlee Burpee Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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30 W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., PHILADELPHIA.
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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 of 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 Onion grows uni- form in shape, of a nearly perfect globe, as shown in the illustration, with thin skin of a clean, brijiht straw color ; it is of immense size, measuring from 12 to 16 inches in circumference, w^hile under special cultivation specimen bulbs have been raised to weigh from 4 to 6 lbs. 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. 15 cts.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts.; per oz. 50 cts.; per I lb. $1.50 ; per lb. $5.00.

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