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PEAS, PEPPER, PUMPKIN 
GENERAL 
LIST OF 
PEAS— Conducted. 
*Stratagem. 2 feet. A dwarf blue, wrinkled Pea; a heavy 
cropper, producing large pods well filled with large "marrow" 
peas of excellent flavor 
*TeIephone. 4% feet. Strong-growing, exceedingly productive 
pods of largest size, containing 6 to 7 large, wrinkled marrow 
peas of rich, sugary flavor. 
Black-Eyed Marrowfat. 5% feet. An old favorite, prolific 
market Pea 
White Marrowfat. 534 feet. Similar to above, but of better 
quality , 
PEAS, SUGAR or EDIBLE PODDED. The pods are cooked 
like String Beans ; if used when about half grown they are 
deliciously tender and sweet. 
Melting Sugar. 5 feet. The " Mammoth" variety producing 
abundantly immense brittle pods that "snap " without string; 
very sweet and tender 
Holmes' Mammoth Luscious Sugar. Largest and best of the 
edible podded sorts; broad, fleshy, tender pods. 3 feet. (See 
special description) 
*Dwarf Sugar. Extra fine quality ; productive and early. VA 
feet high; 71 days from planting to first picking 
*TaII Gray Sugar. Immense pods; snap. 4 feet; 78 days 
Field Peas. (See Farm Seed Department.) 
Cow Peas. " " " 
By mail 
postpaid 
Pt, Qt. 
25c 
25c 
15c 
15c 
25c 
30c 
25c 
25c 
40c 
40c 
25c 
25c 
40c 
55c 
35c 
35c 
PRICES 
By freight or 
express 
Qt. Pk. Bixsh 
25c 
25c 
20c 
20c 
25c 
35c 
25c 
25c 
$1 50 
1 50 
1 00 
1 00 
1 75 
2 00 
1 50 
1 50 
$5 50 
5 50 
3 50 
3 50 
G 00 
7 00 
5 25 
5 25 
PEPPER. 
Chinese Giant. (See special description.) The best, mildest and 
largest red Pepper; very early and productive of uniformly giant 
fruits, averaging 4 inches in length and breadth; very meaty, having 
but few seeds, and excellent for eating sliced when green 
Golden Queen. Similar to the popular " Bell, or Bull Nose," except- 
ing being of golden-yellow color and of very sweet and delicate flavor 
Large Bell, or Bull Nose. A large, early, bright red variety of mild 
flavor;, a favorite for pickling and " mangoes " when green 
Long Red Cayenne. A late variety. Small, bright scarlet, cone- 
shaped, pungent pods, as much used for pickling when green as when 
ripe *»m 
Red Cluster. Dwarf, compact plants, often bearing 1,000 peppers. 
Small, thin pods borne upright in clusters ; red and pungent 
Ruby King. The most popular long-fruited Pepper; a prolific bearer 
of ruby -red pods, 5 to 6 inches long by 3 to 4 inches in diameter; flesh 
exceedingly thick, sweet and so mild that it is often eaten sliced as 
salad; splendid for stuffing, etc. 
• Sweet Mountain, or Mammoth. Nearly the same as the "Bull 
Nose," though usually larger in size and of deeper shape; of very 
mild flavor; fine for " mangoes " 
PUMPKIN. (1 02. for SO to 50 Mils. ) 
-Cheese. The most popular for pies and table use; large, flat-round; 
creamy-yellow skin; thick, orange flesh of fine quality 
Connecticut Field. A productive, large, orange-colored, field Pump- 
kin, usually grown for stock feeding, but it also makes good pies 
Jumbo, or "King of the Mammoths- 9 ' This strain produces the 
biggest pumpkins grown, sometimes measuring 6 feet in circumfer- 
ence and weighing 200 to 250 pounds; outside color, deep orange-yel- 
low; flesh very thick, fine grained, tender and of bright yellow color, 
and of excellent quality for pies and other uses 
Small Sugar. A handsome and productive small Pumpkin, 10 to 12 
inches in diameter; round- flattened, skin orange, flesh deep yellow, 
fine grained and very sweet 
Winter Luxury. A superior pie Pumpkin, small, but enormously pro- 
ductive and an excellent keeper; shape rounding-oblong, about 10 
inches in diameter; color, golden-russet, finally netted; flesh deep 
golden, sweet and tender. 
Cashaw, or Crook Neck. The old standard and popular Crook Neck 
Cashaw ■ 
Improved Green Striped Cashaw. Improvement on White Cashaw, 
green and white striped; flesh rich yellow, solid, fine grained, very 
thick, sweet 
New Mammoth Golden Cashaw. (See special description.) The 
best yet. Skin and flesh rich orange „ 
Quaker Pie. Shape nearly oval. Cream-colored skin and flesh; fine 
quality 
Tennessee Sweet Potato. Bell-shaped, white flesh, very thick and 
sweet 
Japanese. Surpasses all others in flavor. Flesh thick, salmon- 
colored, fine-grained, sweet .' 
Delivered Free in the U. S. 
(unless otherwise noted.) 
Pkt. 
Oz. 
-A lb. 
Lb. 
10c 
50c 
$1 50 
$5 50 
5c 
25c 
75 
2 50 
5c 
25c 
75 
2 50 
5c 
25c 
75 
2 50 
5c 
30c 
1 00 
5c 
30c 
75 
2 25 
5c 
25c 
05 
2 25 
5c 
10c 
20 
60 
5c 
10c 
13 
40 
10c 
20c 
' 50 
1 50 
5c 
10c 
2c 
70 
5c 
10c 
25 
70 
5c 
10c 
25 
70 
5c 
10c 
25 
70 
5c 
15c 
30 
90 
5c 
10c 
25 
85 
5c 
10c 
80 
5c 
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LARGE BELL OR BULL NOSE PEPPER- 
LARGE CHEESE PUMPKIN 
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