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; New Chinese Giant. 
The Finest, Largest and Handsomest 
Pepper of Them All. 
Chinese Giant is certainly awonder. The plants 
are of strong, stocky growth, of bushy, erect habit, 
growing 18 inches to 2 feet in height, with abun- 
dant foliage. The compact plants are very prolific, 
setting 8 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 well 
shown in the illustration herewith, being quite 
square in appearance, while the flesh is thick and 
very mild, being entirely free from any fiery flavor. 
Without exception every one of my customers 
who has ever grown the Chinese Giant has 
pronounced it the finest and largest pepper 
ever seen. 
Packet, 10 cents; 14 ounce, 25 cents; ounce, 
40 cents; 14 pound, $1.25; pound, $4.00. 






























That Colored P late_ Saving. 
If your order amounts to 50 cents 
you can select any 10-cent packet 
you wish besides all your other 
premiums. If your order amounts 
to $5.00 or over you can select 
any ten 10-cent packets of Flower 
or Vegetable Seeds. 
See page 4 and back of order sheet. 

SEEDS. Address all orders to WM. HENRY MAULK, No. 1711 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. 

The Standard Field Pepper. 
While in size Chinese Giant knocks out Ruby King, 
in other respects I find Ruby King equally desirable, 
and in one special point, that of earliness, away ahead. 
} A single plant of Maule’s Improved Ruby King Pep- 
b per frequently carries at one time twelve to eighteen 
mat) very large, marketable peppers. It will be hard for 
¥ any variety to excel such a record. 
This pepper was introduced to the American 
public more than a decade ago, and it at once took 
conspicuous place and became the leader of the sweet 
red sorts. It has such high and numerous merits 
that I do not expect to see anything wholly replace 
it. Nevertheless, I so clearly recognized the advan- 
tages that follow selection in seed growing, that I 
have every year sought to eleyate and improve this: 
already good pepper. I can truthfully claim that every 
year my strain of Ruby King is better than the year 
before. I have furnished this seed to tens of thous- 
sands of gardeners with the most satisfactory results, and 
my strain of this splendid stock is now noted for per- 
fection of form, large size, brilliance of color, and sweet, 
mild flavor. So prominent are these desirable features that 
the words “Maule’s Improved” are properly attached to the 
name. The Ruby King pepper attains a larger size thap 
Spanish Monstrous or any other sort excepting Chinese 
Giant, and is most excellent in every way, whether considered from 
the domestic standpoint or from the position of the commercial 
gardener. It is a good home pepper and an equally good seller. Its 
flayor is so mild and pleasant that it may be sliced and used as @ 
salad, and in a variety of other ways. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 14 pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.50. 



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