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20. IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA.

[image] MAMMOTH PRIZE TAKER

COPPER KING, or Mammoth Pompeii--Have been grown to the enormous weight of FIVE POUNDS AND SIX OUNCES, and notwithstanding their large size they retain their shape and fine quality. To obtain some 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. They are a beautiful copper color; flesh pure white, fine grained and mild. Per pkt. 10c; oz., 25c; 1/4 lb., 75c; lb., $2.25.
MAMMOTH SILVER KING--Of attractive form, flattened, but thick through, as shown in the illustration. Single bulbs often attain weights of from two and one-half to four pounds each. The skin is a beautiful silvery white; the flesh is snowy white, and of a particularly mild and pleasant flavor. So sweet and tender is the flesh that it can be eaten raw, like an apple. Per pkt. 10c; oz., 25c; 1/4 lb., 75c; lb., $2.50.

[image] COPPER KING.

MAMMOTH PRIZE TAKER.
This largest of all onions is an American improvement on the Spanish King, and 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, and they bring an extra price, being sold on the market as fancy onions. Keeps wonderfully well. Our seed is unexcelled. Per pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; 1/4 lb., $1.00; lb., $3.25.

THE FOUR GIANTS.
ONE PACKET EACH OF Mammoth Prize Taker, Copper King, GIANT VESUVIUS AND SILVER KING, For only 25 cents. Don't fail to try them.

GIANT VESUVIUS--This grand new mammoth variety, which we offer for the first time, is a foreign sort, well shown by our illustration. In rich soil, under good cultivation, they will 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. In packets only, 10 cts. each; 3 for 25 cts.

$10 PRIZE FOR THE LARGEST ONION Grown from our Seed. See page 26.

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VESUVIUS
WEIGHT 45 OZ.
GROWN THE FIRST YEAR FROM SEED.

[image] MAMMOTH SILVER KING.