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J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND 
PEPPER. 
For Price List see Yellow Pages in Back of Book. 
Piment (Fr.), Spanischer Pfeffer (Ger.), Pimento (Sp.), Peperone (Ital.) 
CULTURE.—Peppers are tender and require to be raised in the hot bed. Seed 
should be sown in January, and when large enough transplanted into the ground 
in rows from one and a half to two feet apart, and a foot and a half in rows. There 
are more Peppers raised here than in other sections of the country; the hot varie- 
ties are used for zeasening and making pepper sauce; the mild varieties are highly 
esteemed for salad. 
gether, as they mix very readily. 
Sweet Spanish or Monstrous. 
Sweet Spanish or Monstrous. A very 
popular variety, much cultivated. It is 
very mild, grows to a large size, tapering 
towards the end, and, when green, is 
used as a salad. Superior for that pur- 
pose to any other kind. 
Columbus. A large and popular varie- 
ty of sweet pepper. It is mild and sweet 
and used principally for salad. 
Golden Dawn Mango. Plants quite 
dwarf, but very prolific. Fruit medium 
size and of inverted bell-shape, rich 
golden yellow, with very thick, sweet, 
mild-flavored flesh. 
Chili. A small variety, from three- 
fourths to an inch long. It is strong and 
used for pepper sauce; very prolific. 
_. Bird Eye. Small as the name indicates. 
It is very hot and used. principally for 
pepper vinegar. 
Care should be taken not to grow different kinds close to- 
Red Cherry. 
Red Cherry. A small roundish variety, 
very hot and productive. 
Long Red Cayenne. Is very hot and 
pungent. Cultivated here and used for 
pepper’ sauce and seasoning purposes. 
There are two varieties, one is long and 
straight, and the other like shown in cut, 
which is the only kind we keep. 
Long Red Cayenne. 
Steckler’s Evergreen, a Standard Sugar Corn. 
