PEPPERS 



MERRIMACK WONDER PEPPER 



In some seasons at Durham pep- 

 pers fail to set fruit. Variety and 

 strain tests of peppers have been con- 

 tinued regularly for many years in 

 an attempt to locate one that would 

 fruit satisfactorily. During one such 

 test a considerable number of se- 

 lections were received from Dr. L. C. 

 Curtis of the Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station at New Haven, Conn. 



These selections were grown in 

 comparison with standard varieties. 

 In the whole field of peppers of sev- 

 eral hundred plants, only one, a plant 

 in one of the selections received from 

 Dr. Curtis, made a satisfactory crop. 

 Because of its outstanding perform- 

 ance, seed from this particular plant 

 was saved. It was planted the follow- 

 ing year and selection was continued. 

 One greenhouse generation was 

 raised and then a further field selec- 

 tion was made from the various 

 strains developed up to this point. 



This was introduced as the Merri- 

 mack Wonder pepper, a medium- 

 sized, blunt, thick-fleshed, sweet, 

 early variety with special ability to 

 produce in New England's unfavor- 

 able cool seasons. 



PEAS 



MAYFLOWER PEA 



The Mayflower pea resulted from 

 a cross between Radio, an extremely 

 early dwarf vareity, and Lincoln, a 

 mid-season semi-dwarf variety of 

 high quality. Mayflower combines 

 the earliness and dwarf plants of 

 Radio with the curved, high-quality 

 well-filled pods of Lincoln. It is a 

 first early variety and is extremely 

 productive. The pods are somewhat 

 larger than those of Alaska. The 

 typical seeds are wrinkled and are 

 green or yellow outside with yellow 

 interiors. This variety has given the 

 greatest amount of shelled peas per 

 bushel of pods of any variety grown 

 at Durham. 



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The Mayflower pea — a dwarf — is an extremely early variety and is very productive. 



The wrinkled seeds are of high quality. 



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