All Useful Sorts of Pepper. 



WM. C. BECKERT. 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



T^eppers. 



(-15feffer.) 



Sow seed in hot-bed earl.v in April, and transplant the seedlings to rich, warm, mellow 

 Boil as soon as the weather has become warm and settled, setting them about 2 feet apart 

 in drills 3 feet apart. Seed maybe sown later in the open ground, when all danger from 

 frost is over, and thinned to the distance given above. The young green pods of Peppers 

 are useful in making all sorts of pickles, and some of the plants when covered with small, 

 .ripe, scarlet pods are very ornamental. An ounce of seed will produce 2,000 plants. 

 ^' IlA.IC.GI: BELZi, or BULL-Il'OSF.. A widely grown, standard old variety, with very 



large, thick pods. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts. Klb. 90 cts. 

 ^^UBY KING. Beautiful, bright red pods, about 5 inches long and 3 or 4 inches thick ; 



, mild and pleasant in flavor. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts., }iVo. 90 cts. 

 W IMPROVED LONG KEB. Pods abundant, bright red, long, sharp. Pkt. 5 cts.. 



oz. 30 cts., 3{lb. 90 cts. 

 -CARDINAL. New, and worth)^ of cultivation simply for its beauty. 



curved and tapering, 2 inches 



thick at the stem end ; the fla- 

 vor is sweet and mild. Pkt. 5c. 



oz. 30 cts., Klb. 90 cts. 

 iXELISSTIAL. Pretty, conical 



pods, 2 or 3 inches long, thickly 



covering the round, branching 



plants. When )-oung they are - 



a delicate, cream yellow, chang- 

 ing as chey ripen to bright, vivid 



scarlet, so that a plant full of J 



fruit shows beautiful color con- 

 trasts. The pods are borne] 



abundantly from early in the 



season until frost; the'flavor is | 



sharp, but not disagreeable. 



Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts. Klb. 90 cts. 

 ■ SALEIDOSCOFE. As beautiful 



in every way as Celestial, but 



entirely different from it in habit 



of growth and coloring of the 



pods, and superior to it in many 



ways. The long, wavy branches 



droop with their weight of pods, 



which are small, rounded, and 



of many colors, changing from 



cream-color in the youngest 



©nes through canary-yellow, 



orange, rose and ]>ink, to deep, 



luminous scarlet in the ripe 



pods. The plants grow lu.xun- 



antly in pots or in the garden, 



and seem to be always covered 



with pods in all stages of growth; 



t+ieir flavor is clear and sharp. 



The pods are long, 



New Celestial. 



Improved Long Red. 



and they are as useful in all ways as otlier 

 Peppers. Pkt. 5 cts. , oz. 30 cts. , 5^ lb. 90 cts. 

 'ROCOPP GIANT. Pods of uniformly very 

 large size, from 8 to 9 inches long, very thick, 

 and moderately sharp. Pkt. 5 cts. oz. 30 cts., 

 J^lb. 90 cts. 



GOLDEN DAWN. Plants of this variety are 

 quite dwarf and very fruitful ; the pods are 

 of medium size, inversely bell-shaped, rich, 

 golden yellow, very thick, sweet and mild. 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts. Klb. 90 cts. 

 d^lHEART. A small, heart-shaped Pepper 

 of medium size ; excellent for pickles. Pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 30 cts., Klb. 90 cts. 



T FOUNTAIN. An early fruiting 

 sort, with enormous, mild-flavored pods, 

 bright red when ripe, tender and sweet 

 when young. They are much used for mango- 

 making, and are frequently sliced raw, when 

 green and tender, for mixing with salads. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts. Vlb. 90c. 

 GOLDEN BELL. Pods large, yellow ; similar to Large Bell in shape, 



but hiilder flavored. Pkt. 5 cts. ^ oz. 30 cts., '{lb. 90 cts. 

 CBiEOLE. Small red pods, no larger than a Marrowfat Pea ; they are 

 used in the manufactnre of Tobasco Sauce. Pkt. sets., M\h. 30c., lb. 90c. 

 ^'LONG RED CAYENNE. Pods long, slender, bright red, very sharp. 



Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts., }^Ib. 90 cts. 

 ,^-LONG YELLOW CAYENNE. Pods vellow, Jsimilar to the above. 

 , Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts., Klb. 90 cts. 

 <kED CHILI. Much used for making pepper-sauce. Pods small, conical, 

 scarlet, pungent ; plants very fruitful. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts., 90 cts. 

 RED CLUSTER. Similar to Chili,!but Iwith smaller leaves and fruits. 



The pods are thin, coral red, sharp. aPkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts., ^Ib. go cts. 

 CHERRY RED. Pods small, round, bright red ; plants ^prolific and 



very ornamental. DPkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts., V^\\). 90 cts. 

 CHERRY YELLOW. Identical with; Cherrv! Red, except in color. 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. .TO cts., J^lb. 90 cts. 



ROQUETTE. 



The tender young leaves of this plant are used 

 for salads. The flowers, which open in May and 

 lune, have very much the odor of orange blossoms. 

 The seed should be sown in rows early in spring and 

 the plants thinned to stand 8 or 10 inches apart. If 

 kept well hoed and watered, the leaves wll be onlv 

 pleasantly tart. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 cts. 

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