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giving proper nourishment to the soil. Be- 

 gins to bear about two months after being 

 planted. 



Wonderful Peas Similar to the Un- 

 known in every respect, including habit of 

 growth, color, etc. It is considered by those 

 accustomed to all varieties to be somewhat 

 superior to the Unknown. 



Red Ripper. This Pea is pink in color and 

 very small in size, but is a vigorous grower 

 and good bearer; is considered a good plan- 

 tation variety and is usually planted in corn 

 and cane. 



Unknown Cowpeas. This pea is a cross 

 between Clay and Crowder Peas, making it a 

 very desirable variety for both fertilizing 

 purposes and eating peas; in color almost the 

 same as that of Clay and a little larger in 

 size than the Clay Peas. 



Steckler's Improved Wild Louisiana 

 Cowpea. This Cowpea is a native of Louis- 



iana, seed is very small, about one-half the 

 size of the Clay, consequently will go twice 

 the distance of the others in planting. It 

 will grow well on high or low land and is 

 claimed by people of the Northern part of 

 this State to be without an equal 



New Era Cow Pea. This Pea is fully 

 two weeks earlier than the popular Whippoor- 

 will variety; a very great advantage to the 

 farmer. In size it is one-third smaller than 

 the Whippoorwill— another great advantage. 

 It is a so-called Bunch Pea, similar to the 

 Whippoorwill in growth. In sections of Illi- 

 nois and Missouri, the New Era Pea is planted 

 after the wheat crop has been cut, and ma- 

 tures early enough in the Fall to harvest in 

 time to sow Winter Wheat on the same field. 

 This cannot be said of any other Variety of 

 Cow pea. They produce more seed than 

 Whippoorwill and where known are used ex- 

 clusively. We have no hesitancy to recom- 

 mend the New Era as being the coming Pea. 



FERTILIZING BEANS. 



Improved Velvet Bean. The Improved 

 Velvet Bean, or more properly, "Pea," (as it 

 belongs to the Cow Pea family) is a climbing 

 plant growing to forty and fifty feet, and 

 branches literally covered with foliage. It is 

 a nitrogenous plant, enriching the ground so 

 much that Orange growers in Florida 

 plant th~ Velvet Bean in their groves for fer- 

 tilizer as well as forage. Plant in rows four 

 feet apart and one foot in the rows, two cr 

 three beans in a place, as soon as danger of 

 frost is past, cultivated once or twice to give 

 vines a start of weeds and grass, they grow 

 very rapidly, and in two months the under 

 leaves begin to drop, and by fall the mulch 

 of leaves is often six to eight inches deep. 



Soy or Soja Bean — (Glycerine Hispidd) — 

 Is a legume, and while it has long been a 

 staple crop in Japan, it has but somewhat 

 recently been cultivated in the United States. 

 It grows to perfection only in a tropical or 

 semi-tropical climate. In its native country, 

 Japan, the seed is an important human food 

 product, but in the United States its princi- 

 pal use at present is as forage plant for farm 

 live stock and as a soil renovator. It is an 

 upright, leafy, branching plant, growing 

 three or four feet high. The land should be 

 prepared by plowing and harrowing in the 

 early Spring. Best success is attained by plant- 

 ing in drills, rows to be from %\ to3 feet apart 

 and the hills in the row 18to20 inches apart. 



PEPPER. 



Piment (Fr.), Spanischer Pfeffr (Ger ), Pimento (Sp.), Peperone (Ital.) 



Sweet Spanish or Monstrous. 

 Sweet Pepper, Ruby King. 

 Golden Dawn Mango. 

 Bell or Bull Nose. 

 Long Red Cayenne. 

 Red Cherry. 

 Bird Eye. 



Chili. 



Tabasco. 



Red Cluster. 



Celestial. 



Columbus. 



Coral Gem Bouquet. 



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 to a foot and a half in rows. There are more Peppers 

 raised here than in other sections of the country; the hot varieties are used for seasoning and 

 making epper f auce; the mild variety is highly esteemed for salad. Care should be taken 

 not to grow different kinds close together, as they mix very readily. 



Chili. A small variety, from three-fourths 

 to an inch long. It is strong and used for 

 pepper sauce; very prolific. 



Tabasco. This variety of pepper is grown 

 for the market as well as for making sauce. 

 It is pungent and strong, also very prolific. 



It is easily gathered, as the fruit does not 

 adhere to the stem and grows almost erect 

 on the branches, as may be seen in the cut. 

 This variety is used in manufacturing the 

 well-known Tabasco Sauce. It is splendid 

 for family use. 



Steckler Sells the Best Seeds. 



