GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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Perfection Pepper. 



PEBFECTIOIT PEPPER. 



This pepper is of the Pimento type and 

 has been brought up to a degree of per- 

 fection which we have not found in any 

 other strain or variety that we have ever 

 seen or grown. We are large growers of 

 peppers of both the "Bell" and "Pimento" 

 types. We have tested about all the vari- 

 eties now in cultivation. We have also 

 given considerable attention to the cross- 

 ing and selection of varieties, which has 

 resulted in some valuable improvements. 

 We made special efforts last Spring to 

 procure seed of the several types of sweet 

 peppers from seedsmen and growers in the 

 United States and Canada and we have 

 made very careful tests of same in order 

 to ascertain if there was any variety in 

 cultivation, equal in desirable qualities to 

 our "Perfection." Results have shown that 

 there is not a single variety that we have 

 tested that is in any respect equal to our 

 "Perfection." This pepper is especially de- 

 sirable for canners. It is also one of the 

 best for the home garden, both green or 

 ripe. It is so smooth and uniform in 

 shape that the skins can be easily slipped 

 off after burning over a hot fire a few 

 seconds or by boiling a few minutes in 

 hot water. It can also be pared like an 

 apple by using a sharp knife. The green 

 peppers can be pared best in this way. 

 The hull or meat is from two to three 

 times as thick as that of the "Bell" types 

 and yields about a half more edible pro- 

 duct to the same measurement. The 

 quality is very sweet and delicious and 

 entirely free from pungency. In color, 

 when ripe, it is a beautiful scarlet red. It 

 is very productive, yielding heavy crops 

 until cut off by frosts. In consequence of 

 the many superior and valuable qualities 

 of this pepper it will be much sought and 

 grown by canners for pimentos, pickles 

 and pulp. Price, 75c. per ounce. 



CAIiHOUN RED COB CORN. 



This variety grows 8 to 9 feet tall, very 

 strong stalk, not easy to blow down, well 



braced with roots above the ground, ears 

 from iVz to 5 feet high on stalk, 7 to 8 

 inches in length, 16 to 22 rows on- ear. 

 It fills out well at ends, shuck covering all 

 the grain, most of ears turn down on stalk, 

 very easy to pull, and is known as "Slip 

 Shucking." This corn is as near drought 

 and weevil proof as corn can be grown. 

 Price: Quart, 15c.; gallon, 50c.; peck, 75c.; 

 bushel, $2.50. 



STECKI^ER'S CHAMPION EARI.Y WHITE 

 DENT CORN. 



This great drouth beating corn is made 

 before the hot weather and drouths of July 

 and August, when other field varieties must 

 make their growth. Although a planter 

 may have plenty of his own corn on hand, 

 it pays him to buy his seed corn every 

 year. Every planter knows how quickly 

 a type of corn runs out. Fifteen days often 

 proves to be a critical time of ear forma- 

 tion and maturity and the whole crop is 

 either ruined or made, just as you plant 

 your owji corn or our early thoroughbred 

 seed corn. Many planters say if they had 

 not planted our corn they would not have 

 had any corn, as their own grown corn crop 

 was an entire failure. Price: Quart, 15c.; 

 gallon, 50c.; peck, 75c.; bushel, $2.75. 



STECKI.ER'S GIANT TENNESSEE RED 

 COB WHITE CORN. 



Without doubt, this is the largest grain, 

 greatest yielding and one of the highest 

 feeding and best milling corn in the world, 

 and for ensilage cannot be surpassed. 

 Stalks 8 to 10 feet high, broad, strong and 

 short jointed, with ears 8 to 12 inches 

 long 16 to 22 rows, deep grain, pure white, 

 with red cob, averaging one large and one 

 small ear; foliage broad-leaved and full; 

 in fact, the most ideal corn we have ever 

 seen in any of the corn growing sections of 

 the world. On 4% acres we made 560 

 bushels and average 80 bushels to the acre 

 of good sound corn on 200 acres. It is 

 medium early 110 to 120 days. No trouble 

 to get a stand with Tennessee grown corn. 

 Price: Quart, 15c.; gallon, 50c.; peck, 75c.; 

 bushel, $2.75. 



When You Buy from Steckter You Get the Best. 



