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G. EDWARD SCHULTZ, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



1 oz. will produce about 

 1.000 plants. 



PEPPER 



PfeffePv. Ger. 



CULTURE. — Sow in hot-bed In February or March, and transplant to open ground in May, in rows 2 to 

 3 feet apart, 15 inches between the plants; or when the ground becomes warm, sow in open ground and set 

 dut as above. TVhen about 6 inches high, apply liquid manure or some good fertilizer. Cultivate the same- 

 as for Egg Plant. 



Ruby King— These are a bright 

 ruby-red color, remarkably mild and 

 pleasant. Can be sliced and eaten with 

 vinegar and pepper, used as a salad, or 

 stuffed with mangoes. The fruit is 

 from four to six inches long. Packet, 

 5c.; oz., 20C.; % lb., 6oc.; lb., $2.00. 



Long Red Cayenne. — Bears an 

 abundance of long, bright-red' pods, 

 which are used for pickling when both 

 green and ripe. Very strong and pun- 

 gent. Packet, 5c.; oz., 20c.; ^ lb., 

 50C. ; lb., $1.75- 



Red Chili. — A late variety, used for 

 pepper-sauce. The bright red rich 

 pods are about two inches long, one- 

 third to one-half inch at the base, 

 tapering to a sharp point and exceed- 

 ingly pungent when ripe. Packet, Sc. 

 and'ioc. ; oz., 20c.; ^4 lb., 50c.; lb., $1.75 



Large Bell, or Bull Nose. — Very 



large, nearly four inches long and 

 three inches in diameter; glossy red. 

 Excellent for use in salads or pickles. 

 Packets. ; and lOc; oz,, 20c.; K lb., 

 5Gc.; lb.,, $1.75- 



Chinese Giant.— The largest and 

 finest mild red Pepper grown. At the 

 same time it is very thick-fle5hed_ for 

 so large a variety. It is early to ripen 

 and immensely productive. The fruits 

 are of thick and block}- form, and most 

 brilliant, glossy scarlet. It is one of the 

 best and most saleable varieties in our market, either green or after it ripens. Packet loc, ; oz,, 35c. ; 

 K lb., $1,25; lb„ $4.50. 



Chinese Giant Pepper. 



PUMPKIN 



Ghosse-Kurbis. G 



CULTURE,— Sow in good soil in Mav. when the ground has become warm, in hills 8 or 10 feet apart each 

 way, or in fields of corn about every foureh hill: plant at the same time with the com; always avoid plant- 

 ing near other vines, as they will hybridize. 



King of the Mammoth.— The flesh and skin are of a bright golden _ yellow color. Flesh, fine 

 grained, and of excellent qualitv. Xotwithstandins its enormous size, it is one of the very best pie 

 pumpkins ever grown, and a splendid keeper. This enormous variety has been grown to weigh 

 200 pounds. Price, pkt., loc. ; oz.. 15c,; lb., 25c,; lb., 75c, 



THE OLD STANDARD AND POPULAR CROOKNECK PUMPKIN. 

 Mammoth Golden Crookneck.— Grows to an immense size,, and a field of them is a very pretty 

 sisrht with their o:reat hooks Ivins; around in the greatest profusion. They are rich, dark golden yel- 

 low in color, thick-meated, fine-fleshed, excellent for feeding stock or tor pies. Pkt., 5c. ; oz., loc. ; 

 y± lb., 20C. ; lb,, 50c. 



Small Sweet or Sugar Pumpkin. — This is the 

 England States famous for their pumpkin pies, 

 sweet flavored pumpkin, also a splendid keeper 

 all through the winter. For size the}' average 

 about ten inches in diameter, and being of 2 

 round flattened shape and deep orange yellow 

 color, are extremely attractive while growing. 

 Packet, 5c.; oz.. loc: ^4 lb., 15c.; lb., 40c. 



Connecticut Field. — The hardiest of all Pump- 

 kins; cultivated mainly for stock-feeding, pro- 

 ducing enormous crops, Oz., 5c.; ^ lb,, lOc; 

 1/2 lb,, 15c.; lb., 25c. 



Large Sweet Cheese. — One of the best for 

 table use _and very productive. Shape, flat; skin 

 mottled light green or yellow, changing to a 

 rich cream, color; flesh yellow, thick and ten- 

 der. Packet, 5c.; oz., loc; ^ lb., 15c.; lb., 40c. 



small sweet pumpkin that has made the New 

 it is a very fine grained, most deliciously 



Large Sweet Cheese Pumpkin. 



