Sugar Peas are usually not shelled, but the pods cooked the same as String Beans. See opposite page 89 
The large fruited, mild varieties are largely used as salads, or stuffed with meat 
Dp) L or other ingredients and baked or stewed, or sliced and fried as eggplants. The 
hot and pungent sorts are largely used for flavoring. The hot peppers may be 
: strung on thread or the whole plant hung up to dry for winter use. 
CuULTURE—Sow the seed 4% inch deep in hot bed, greenhouse or warm window, in March or April: After all danger of frost, 
t out in open ground. A warm, moist soil is best, with plenty rotted manure plowed under. Set in rows 2 to 8 feet apart and 
inches apart in the rows. A packet will produce about 100 plants, an ounce about 1500 plants; 1%, pound to transplant for an 
re. Ready for use in 110 to 145 days. 
oH 532 CHINESE GIANT The Monster of the Peppers 
= 140 days. The Largest of All and 
rae Handsomest Mild Pepper 
plants are of strong, stocky growth, of 
bushy, erect habit, growing 18 inches to 2 
feet in height, with abundant foliage. The 
compact plants are very prolific, setting 3 
to 4 extra large fruits at the base quite 
early in the season, which ripen while a 
second crop is setting on the branches. 
The fruit is quite square in. appearance, 
while the flesh is thick and very mild, 
being entirely free from any fiery flavor. 
Without exception Chinese Giant is the 
finest and largest mild flavored pepper ever 
grown. Matures in 140 days. 
Packet, 15 cts.; 2 packets, 25 ets.; 
% ounce, 40 cts.; ounce, 70 cts.; 
144 pound, $2.00; pound, $7.00, 
postpaid 
% 534 Maule’s Tomato 
110 days. Also Called ‘Cheese’? Pepper 
Of upright growth, enormously produc- 
tive. May be eaten out of the hand like an 
apple, or stuffed with meats, rice, etc., and 
baked, or served as a salad, and fine for 
canning, being of sweet and delicate flavor. 
Stays in bearing right through the season 
from early June until frost, producing an 
enormous crop, maturing in 110 days. An 
excellent sort for home or market. 
Packet, 10 cts.; % ounce, 25 ects.; 
ounce, 49 cts.; % pound, $1.10; 
pound, $4.00; 5 pounds, $18.75, postpaid 
539 
Maule’s Early Giant : 550 Mixed Peppers 
saab 
110 days. The Earliest Large Sweet Pepper _ 110 to 145 days. Especially Suitable 
Maule’s Early Giant is the earliest large sweet for a Family Garden 
pepper grown. The strong plants grow about 2 
feet in height and are very productive, producing A grand assortment of pep- 
an enormous yield Or eae. lanee 5126 aren Beppers pers, whereby anyone can have 
turning. red when fully ripe in abou ays. e = 
thick Fean is very sweet and of pleasant flavor. | P©PPers large or small, sweet 
See page 15 for illustration and full description. or hot in 110 to 145 days. 
Packet, 20 ects.; 3 packets, 50 ets.; half ounce, $1.50; — 
ounce, $2.50, postpaid Packet, 10 cts.; % oz., 25 cts.; 
oz., 40 cts.; % Ib., $1.10; 
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540 Pimiento or Sweet Salad Ib., $4.00, postpaid 
135 days. The Mildest Flavored of All Peppers 
Its productiveness makes it a desirable sort for the 
home garden or market. Jts smooth, thick flesh and 
uniform shape makes it an excellent shipper. Should 
be planted in every garden where a delicious sweet 
flavored pepper is wanted. Matures in 135 days. 
Packet, 10 cts.; % ounce, 20 ets.; ounce, 35 ets.; 
¥% Ib., $1.00; Ib., $3.50; 5 Ibs., $16.25, postpaid 
543 Small Red Chili 
145 days. Pods Are Small and Hot 
Plants grow 18 inches high, fruit usually erect, 
about one and a half inches long, cone shaped, 
bright red and very hot; exceedingly prolific. Ma- 
tures in about 145 days. Used for pepper sauce or 
pickling or dried for winter use. 
Packet, 10 cts.; 4% oz., 20 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; 
$42 PIMIENTO OR SWEET SALAD PEPPER % pound, $1.00; pound, $3.50, postpaid 
Chinese Giant is certainly a wonder. The - 
