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. Italian Ice. — Forms a loose but not open head. It is a large growing 

 sort and the tenderness and fine quality of the inner leaves is very marked. 

 It sends up a seed-stalk very quickly. A fine sort for garden growing. 



Landreth Earliest. — It forms a loose, open head that can be cut for use 

 as soon as it has reached sufficient size. If allowed to mature, the heads 

 are large and of fiae texture and quality. A valuable large- growing sort. 

 It is also a good variety to grow in the frames or forcing-house. 



Mammoth Cabbage Head.— A large-growing sort forming a rather loose 

 head. The leaves are quite smooth and regular in outline and the head is, 

 pei'hap?, not so attractive in appearance as some of the more crinkled 

 florts. It is very tender and of fine quality. The variety soon goes to seed. 



Ninety and Nine. — A lettuce of the Tennis Ball type but a poorer grower. 

 A good forcing sorf-, but of little value out doors. 



Simpson's Curled. — An old sort but one of the best grown. It is a little 

 later in season than some others, but the large heads, fine appearance and 

 good quality of this variety make it well worthy of a place in every garden, 



Sumatra Curled. — Appears to be identical with Denver Market. 



Premium Cabbage. — A variety of the Tennis Ball type but a somewhat 

 larger grower and a little later in maturing. 



Wonderful. — Forms a very large head, 15 to 17 inches in diameter and 

 quite firm. The outer leaves are large, dark green, much waved and 

 crinkled. The inner leaves are of a rich, golden yellow color, very tender 

 and of fine quality. It remains a long time in condition before sending up 

 a seed-stalk. A very fine variety. 



SUMMARY OF VARIETIES. 



For forcing purposes. Grand Rapids of the loose-growing and Tennis 

 Ball or Rawson's Hot House of the cabbage-heading sorts, have given the 

 most satisfactory results. 



All Seasons, Half Century, Landreth Earliest, Italian Ice, Sim2)S07i's 

 Curled and Wonderful are recommended for out-door growing. 



PEPPERS. 



Peppers are not commonly grown in the kitchen garden, possibly because 

 their uses are not better known or their culture considered diflUcult. The 

 .seed should be sown in boxes in the house, or, preferably, in a frame out- 

 doors, from the middle to the last of March. The plants should not be set 

 out until all danger from frost is over. The varieties are quite different 

 in size, form and number of fruits produced and in the time of ripening. 



The following notes may aid the grower in selecting the varieties best 

 ■suited to their needs: 



Cardinal. — The fruits are 6 to 8 inches long, 1 inch in diameter at base 

 and tapering. The variety is of early maturity and a rich, dark red color, 

 but the fruits are so curved and twisted as to be unattractive in appearance. 



Cayenne Red. — Somewhat similar to preceding, but fruits are smaller 

 •and shorter and a lighter red in color. The plants are very productive and 

 the fruits very sharp in flavor. 



Cherry. — This variety bears fruits that are round and about one inch in 

 'diameter. The plants are ornamental but the fruits are of little value. 

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