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531 Maule’s Neapolitan 
The Earliest of all Sweet Peppers by Two Weeks 
Neapolitan proves itself to be two weeks earlier than any 
other large, sweet, mild pepper. A wonderful bearer, single 
plants often yield 30 to 40 peppers, and continues loaded with 
fruit right up to frost. Plants are of strong growth, very 
stocky, and peppers are borne erect, maturing its good size 
peppers in 110 days. Flesh is very thick and fruit is pale 
green turning to a brilliant red color. If our customers want 
peppers from one to two weeks ahead of their neighbors, 
they must plant Neapolitan. Our seed is carefully selected. 
Packet, 10 cents; half ounce, 20 cents; ounce, 35 cents; 
quarter pound, $1.00; pound, $3.50, postpaid. 
537 1 obasco 
The Hottest of All Small Peppers 
Pungent and strong; very prolific. It is easily gathered, 
as the fruit does not adhere to the stem and grows almost 
erect on the branches. This yariety is used in manufactur- 
ing the well-known Tobasco Sauce. It is tall growing, pro- 
ducing small, slender and very hot fruits in 140 days, which 
are splendid for family use. Used for sauce and pickling. 
Packet, 10 cents; half ounce, 35 cents; ounce, 60 cents; 
quarter pound, $1.75, postpaid. 
Inc., PHILADELPHIA, PA. : 
The large fruited, mild varieties are largely used as salads, or stuffed with meat or other 
ingredients and baked or stewed, or sliced and fried as eggplants. The hot and pungent sorts © 
are largely used for flavoring. 
hung up to dry for winter use. 
CULTURE.—Sow the seed ¥ inch deep in hot bed, greenhouse or warm window, in March or April. 
ground. A warm, moist soil is best, with plenty rotted manure plowed under. 
A packet will produce about 100 plants, an ounce about 1500 plants; 144 pound to transplant foranacre. Ready for use in 110 to 140 days. 






The hot peppers may be strung on thread or the whole plant 
N After all danger of frost, set out in open | 
Set in rows 2 to 3 feet apart and 18 inches apart in the rows. | 
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533 Maule’s Improved Ruby King}, 
The Standard Home and Market Sort 
This pepper was introduced to the American public more ff 
than a decade ago, and it at once took conspicuous place and 
became the leader of the sweet red sorts. It grows about} 
5 to 6 inches long by 3 to 4 inches in diameter; flesh is very jj 
thick, sweet and so mild it is often sliced for a salad; also fine 
for stuffing. We have furnished this seed to tens of thousands 
of gardeners with the most satisfactory results, and our strain 
of this splendid stock is now noted for perfection of form, 
large size, brilliancy of color, and sweet, mild flavor. Sc 
prominent are these desirable features the words ‘Maule’s 
Improved” are properly attached to the strain we furnish, 
Matures its large well shaped peppers in 130 days. 
Packet, 10 cents; half ounce, 35 cents; ounce, 60 cents; 
quarter pound, $1.65; pound, $6.00, postpaid. 
546 Sweet Mountain or Mammoth 
Excellent Large Sweet Pepper for Stuffing 
Somewhat larger and milder in flavor than Bull Nose pepper. Iti} 
color is deep green, turning to red, and it is productive and desirable 
Matures large size peppers in 130 days. 
Packet, 10 cents; half ounce, 35 cents; ounce, 60 cents; 
quarter pound, $1.65; pound, $6.00, postpaid. 



















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