J>. JJ. FERRY & CO>S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 49 



PEPPER, 



Fr., Piment. Ger., P/effer. 

 The Pepper is an essential ingredient of most pickles, 

 catsup, etc., and is also of great value for feeding to fowls 

 during winter, a few chopped up with their feed once a 

 week having a marked influence in increasing the num- 

 ber of eggs. 



Cl'LTUR E. — 

 Should be the 

 same as for egg 

 plant, and the 

 plants need quite 

 as much heat to 

 perfect them, but 

 taking a shorter 

 time to mature, 

 the seed may be 

 sown later, or 

 even planted out 

 of doors after 

 warm weather 

 has fairly set in. 

 Guano,hendung, 

 or any other bird 

 Urge Bell, or Bull Nose. manure, hoed in- 

 to the surface soil when the plants are about six inches 

 high, will be found to increase the product wonderfully. 



Chili. — Used in the manufacture of pepper sauce. 

 Pods sharply conical, brilliant scarlet and exceedingly 

 pungent when ripe. Re- 

 quires a long, warm season, 

 and plants should be started 

 quite early in hot-bed. 



Long Red Cayenne. — 

 A long, slim, pointed pod, 

 and when ripe, of a bright 

 red color. Extremely strong 

 and pungent. 



Large Squash. — Fruit 

 large, flat, tomato shaped, 

 more or less ribbed; skin 

 smooth and glossy; flesh 

 mild, thick meated, and 

 pleasant to the taste, 

 although possessing more 

 pungency than the other 

 large sorts; very productive 

 and the best variety for 

 pickling. 



Large Bell, or Bull Nose. — A very large sort, of 

 inverted bell shape, suitable for filling or for a mixed 

 pickle. Flesh thick, hard and less pungent than most 

 other sorts, and one of the earliest varieties. 



Sweet Moun- 

 tain.— Plants very 

 vigorous and pro- 

 ductive, growing 

 upright, with mod- 

 erately large 

 leaves. Fruit very 

 large, long, often 

 eight inches or 

 more in length, by 

 two or three in 

 diameter, very 

 smooth and hand- 

 some, being when 

 green of a bright 

 deep green color, 

 entirely free from 

 any purple tinge, 



Sweet Mountain 



and when mature, of a rich red. Flesh very thick, sweet 

 and mild flavored. Well suited to use as a stuffed pickle. 



Golden Dawn.— Plants quite dwarf but very pro- 

 lific. Fruit about medium in size and of inverted bell 

 shape, rich golden yellow color, with very thick, sweet, 

 mild flavored flesh. 



PUMPKIN. 



Fr., Courge. Ger., Kuerbis. 

 The Pumpkin more properly belongs to the farm than 

 the garden, especially as it readily mixes with and in- 

 jures the quality of the finer squash. 



Large Yellow. 



Culture. — Pumpkins are not so particular in regard 

 to soil as melons or cucumbers, but in other respects 

 are cultivated in a similar manner, though on a larger 

 scale. They are generally raised on cultivated farms 

 between hills of corn, but may be planted with success 

 in fields by themselves. 



Large Yellow. — 

 Grows to a large size, 

 and is adapted for 

 cooking purposes and 

 feeding stock. It is 

 irregular in shape and 

 size; some being de- 

 pressed and flattened 

 at the ends, others 

 round or elongated ; 

 of deep, rich yellow 

 color ; of fine grain 

 and excellent flavor. 



Sweet Cheese, or 

 Kentucky Field.— 

 By far the best variety 

 for planting in the 

 South. Large, oblong, 

 mottled, light green 

 and yellow, with 

 very thick, sweet, 

 tender, yellow flesh. 



Cushaw. — A great 

 favorite in some sec- 

 tions because of its Cushaw. 

 large size, frequently growing to weigh as much as 

 seventy pounds. In form much resembling the Winter 

 Crookneck Squash; color light cream, sometimes slightly 

 striped with green; flesh salmon colored. Very produc- 

 tive. 



RHDISH, 



Fr., Radis. Ger., Rettig. 

 Cultivated for its roots, which should always be eaten 

 when quite young, as they are apt to be pithy and tough 

 when full grown. The young seed leaves are used as a 

 small salad, and the green seed pods for a pickle. 



