38 CONDON BROS., SEEDSMEN, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 
Peppers are most lar^rely used for seasoning meat and veg:etable dishes: also 
for mailing cliow-eliow and cliili sauce. Tlie culture is tlie same as for egg plant 
and the plants need quite as mucli heat to protect them. Sow seed early in 
hotbed, or about middle of spring, in open seed bed, the soil being light and 
warm. Wlien 3 inches high transplant in rows about 2yi feet apart and 2 feet 
apart in the row. Cultivate and keep free from weeds. Guano, hen dung, or any 
other bird manure, hoed into the surface soil when the plants are about 6 inches 
high, will undoubtedly increase the product. 
NEAPOLITAN 
LONG RED CAYENNE 
A well-known variety having a slen- 
der, twisted and pointed pod about 4 
inches long, and when ripe, bright red 
in color. Extremely strong and pun- 
gent flesh. Packet, 4 cents; Va ounce, 
10 cents; ounce, 18 cents; % pound, 
60 cents. 
BELL, OR BULL NOSE 
One of the most popular varieties, 
growing to 6 inihes long by Z'/i 
to 4 inches thick. Peppers are a bright 
ruby red. Packet, 3 cents; !^ ounce, 8 
cents; ounce, 15 cents; '/i pound, 50 
cents. 
NEAPOLITAN LARGE 
EARLY 
Tlie earliest and most productive of 
the large, mild peppers. It develops 
fruit from ten daj's to two weeks 
earlier than any other variety, being 
ready for market the last week of 
June. The strong vigorous plants are 
literally covered with large, handsome 
peppers, 4 to 5 inches long and iVi 
inches in circumference. They are 
very mild and sweet, have thick meat, 
and keep in good, marketable condi- 
tion for a long time after picked. 
Packet, 10 cents; 'A ounce, 18 cents; 
ounce, 28 cents; V4 pound, 85 cents. 
CHINESE GIANT 
The Finest, Largest and Hand- 
somest Pepper of Them All. 
An enormous fruiting variety, double 
the size of liuby King, averaging 12 to 
15 inches in circumference. Notwith- 
standing its large size, it is very early 
and very prolific. Plants are healthy, 
well branched, about 2 feet high, and 
carry an enormous load of fruit, often 
liaving the appearance of being bunch- 
ed together. Flesh is thick, tender, mild 
and sweet, and is unexcelled for salad 
or stuffed as mangoes. They can be 
sliced and eaten like tomatoes. When 
ripe, the peppers are a rich, glossy 
scarlet, making tliem of unusually fine 
appearance. Packet, 10 cents; % ounce 
20 cents; ounce, 35 cents; M pound, 
$1.00. 
RUBY KING 
The most popular large-fruited pep- 
per. Very prolific. The pods are a 
beautiful bright red, 5 to 6 incites long 
by 3 to 4 inches in diameter. Flesh 
exceedingly thick, sweet and so mild 
that It is often sliced as a salad. 
Splendid foi' stuffing as mangoes. 
Packet, 4 cents; y, ounce, 10 cents; 
ounce, 18 cents; 54 pound, 60 cents. 
BIG TOM 
A greatly improved strain of 
Yankee or Connecticut Field 
Pumpkin which has been se- 
lected for many years to se- 
cure the most uniform type. 
Not only are the pumpkins 
larger and smoother, but the 
yield is nearly double that of 
the old variety. "We recom- 
mend it to our customers as 
the very best type of corn- 
field pumpkin. Packet, 3 
cents; ounce, 5 cents; Vn 
pound, 12 cents; !4 pound, 20 
cents; pound, 35 cents. 
CONNECTICUT 
FIELD 
Is the common field or cow 
pumpkin. If you have any 
live stock, plant some of 
these. Packet, 3 cents; ounce, 
5 cents; % pound, 12 cents; 
'A pound, 20 cents; pound, 35 
cents. 
TENNESSEE 
SWEET POTATO 
The best variety for home 
gardens. They are almost 
pear-shaped, growing to a 
large size, and are slightly 
ribbed, and the skin is of a 
creamy white. The flesh is 
thick, of a creamy white 
color, dry, fine grained and 
of a sweetish flavor. Packet, 
5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; ]4 
pound, 30 cents; 'A pound, 55 
cents; pound, $1.00. 
KING OF THE MAMMOTH 
KING OF THE MAMMOTH. The flesh and skin are of 
a bright golden yellow color. Flesh, flne grained and of 
excellent ttuality. This enormous variety has been grown 
to weigh 200 pounds. See cut. Packet, 8 cents; ounce, 15 
cents; 'A pound, 40 cents; 'A pound, 75 cents; pound, $1.40. 
SWEET CHEESE, Or KENTUCKY FIELD 
Very popular in tlie south, but not as well adapted to 
northern latitudes. Fruit flattened, diameter usually about 
tivice the length; skin mottled light green and yellow, 
changing to creamy yellow when matured. The flesh is 
yellow, tender and of excellent iiuality. Packet, 3 cents; 
ounce, 5 cents; 'A pound, 12 cents; 'A pound, 20 cents; 
pound, 35 cents. 
SUGAR PIE 
This variety is small, but of most excellent quality for 
pics. Fruits deep orange, 8 to 10 inches in diameter. 
Packet, 3 cents; ounce, 5 cents; 'A pound, 12 cents; ii 
pound, 20 cents; pound, 35 cents. 
PUMPKIN 
Pumpkins are not so par- 
ticular in regard to soil as 
melons or cucumbers, but are 
cultivated the same, tliough 
on a larger scale. They are 
raised between hills of corn 
or in fields by themselves, 
but more properly belong to 
the farm than the garden, as 
they readily mix with and in- 
jure the quality of the finer 
squash. After danger of frost 
is over, plant the seed in 
hills 8 to 10 feet apart each 
way, dropping about a dozen 
seeds in a hill. The soil 
should be made as rich as 
possible. If planted with corn 
2 or 3 seeds a rod apart each 
way will be sufl^cient. When 
danger from bugs is past, 
thin to 3 plants to a hill. 
SUGAR PIE 
