MAULE'S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1901. 



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New Chinese Giant Pepper 



' This trulv magnificent pepper is really a great 

 acquisition, and I think at last Ruby King will 

 have to look to its laurels, which it has held for so 

 many Tears. In describing it I cannot do better 

 than quote as follows from the introducer: 



"Never before have we imagined that there could 

 be produced a variety bearing uniformly such 

 enormous fruits. 



The plants are of strong stocky growth.of bushy, 

 erect habit, growing 18 inches to 2 feet in height; 

 stout stems and branches; with abundant foliage; 

 leaves dark green, large and broad. The dwarf 

 compact plants are very prolific; they set three to 

 four extra large fruits "at the base quite early in 

 the season, which ripen while a second crop is 

 setting on the branches. The fruits, of the brigbt- 

 est scarlet, average four inches broad by three and 

 • a half to four inches long. They are four-lobed at 

 1 the blossom end. Where only three or four are al- 

 lowed to mature on a plant they will measure five 

 inches broad at the shoulder by six inches in 

 length and of more tapering form. The shorter 

 ones are quite square and blbcky in form. Flesh 

 thick and very mild, being entirely free from any 

 fiery flavor.' 



I have only one comment to make, and that is, I 

 have to disp'ute the claim of earliness. With me 

 it has not proven as early as Ruby King; but in 

 every other respect it comes up to, if it does not 

 indeed surpass the above description. This is the 

 second year it has been offered the American pub- 

 lic, and supply of seed is necessarily limited, con- 

 sequently 1 can offer it by the packet only. The 

 illustration herewith is taken direct from a photo- 

 graph, and is an exact representation as to size 

 and shape of the New Chinese Giant. 



Pkt., 15c.; 2 pkts., 25c; 5 pkts., 50c. 



rtrt 1 wil1 P av November 1st, 1901, , 

 (TJViWVt S50.00 for the largest and be*t Pep- 

 per sent me by one of my customers, raised from 

 seed bought of me this spring, of either the new 

 Chinese Giant, or my Improved Ruby King. This 

 will make an interesting competition for one and I 

 all, and will decide which is the best pepper. All 

 have a fair field and no favor, and the largest and 

 best pepper sent me on or before that date, 

 whether New Chinese Giant, or Ruby King, will 

 win the SoU.OU prize. 



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Maule's Improved Ruby King 



The Standard Field Pepper. 



Heretofore I have called this superior strain of Rudv 

 King the most productive, largest and best of all mild 

 red peppers. What position will be secured and per- 

 manently held by the new Chinese Giant remains to 

 be determined by experience. For the present I shall 

 not abandon the above claim concerning my choice 

 strain of Ruby King, as thousands of my customers 

 rely upon it and consider it still the best of all. 



A single plant of Maule's Improved Ruby King pep- 

 per frequently carries at one time twelve to eighteen 

 very large, marketable peppers; it will be hard for a 

 new variety to excel such a record. 



This pepper was introduced to the American 

 public more than a decade ago. and it at once took 

 conspicuous place and became the leader of the sweet 

 red sorts. It has such high and numerous merits 

 that I do not expect to see anything whollv replace 

 it. Nevertheless, I so clearly recognized tie advan- 

 tages that follow selection" in seed growing, that I 

 have every year sought to elevate and improve this 

 already good pepper. I can truthfully claim that mv strain 

 of Ruby King is every year better than the vear before. 



I have furnished this seed to tens of thousands of gar- 

 deners, with the most satisfactory results and mv strain of 

 this splendid stock is now noted for perfection of form; 

 large size, brilliance of color, and sweet, mild flavor. So 

 prominent are these desirable features that the words 

 '•Maule's Improved" are properly attached to the name. 

 The Ruby King pepper attains a larger size than Spanish 

 Monstrous or any other sort excepting Chinese Giant, and is most 

 excellent in every way. whether considered from the domestic 

 standpoint or from the position of the commercial gardener. It 

 is a good home pepper and an equally good seller. Its flavor is 

 so mild and pleasant that it mav be sliced and used as a salad, 

 and in a variety of other ways. 

 This year I suggest you try a "packet of Chinese Giant in friendlv 

 competition with my great Rubv King. It is the dutv of all business 

 gardeners to know what is best; and while I do not undervalue Ruby 

 King, or recall my former praise of it. I wish to be fair toward any- 

 thing new which may possibly equal or exceed it. Mv strain of Ruby 

 King is so good, however, and grown with such extreme care vear by 

 year, that it will be hard to beat. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 30c.; l 4 lb.,S1.00; lb., 83.50. 



