CATALOGUE OF CHOICE GARDEN SEEDS 
PEPPER 
Culture .— The hot varieties are useful in mixed pickles, while the larger fruited sorts are used in many ways. 
Sow in hotbeds early in April and transplant to the open ground when the weather is favorable. They should be 
planted in warm, mellow soil, in rows 18 inches apart. They may also be sown in the open ground when danger of 
frost is past. 
One ounce will produce 1,500 plants 
CALIFORNIA WONDER 
Outstandingly the best, large sweet pepper of today. 
Similar in growth to the well known Chinese Giant but 
more productive. Fruit is large, blocky in form and 
has extremely thick walls. 
HARRIS’ EARLY GIANT 
The Earliest, Most Productive Large Pepper 
Plant dwarf and compact, often bearing 12 large 
peppers 5 inches long by 3 x /i inches in diameter. Fruit 
deep green in color, becoming crimson at maturity; very 
mild and sweet. One of the very best varieties we know. 
WORLDBEATER 
An exceptionally fine variety and one of the very 
largest, being a cross between Chinese Giant and Ruby 
King, having the form and earliness of the latter with 
the size of the former. The handsome fruits are 4 lobed, 
5 inches in length by V /2 inches in diameter, with a 
very mild, thick flesh. An exceedingly productive 
variety and grown extensively in the South for shipping. 
California Wonder 
Chinese Giant. One of the very largest of the mild red 
peppers and quite distinct in its short, blocky, almost 
square form. The fruit when ripe is a brilliant, 
glossy scarlet. 
Crimson Giant (Ohio Crimson). One of the earliest 
and best of the very late varieties, growing as large 
as Chinese Giant but more oblong in form; fruits 
very mild with thick flesh. 
Early Dwarf Red Squash. A medium sized flat, or 
tomato-shaped variety, with bright red fruit, thick 
and mild. 
Harris’ Earliest. The earliest of the sweet peppers. 
Plant growth dwarf and compact, producing an 
abundance of fair sized, Bull-Nosed type fruit. 
Hungarian Yellow. Fruit very pungent, six inches in 
length, tapering to a curved point; waxy yellow in 
color turning crimson at maturity. 
Large Bell, or Bull Nose. An old, standard early 
variety, popular as a pickling sort; mild and sweet. 
Long Red Cayenne. The 5 inch fruits are bright red, 
hot and pungent. 
Long Thick Red. Known as “ Finger pepper ” by the 
Italians. On the order of Cayenne but of greater 
diameter and thicker flesh; very early, prolific, hot 
and pungent. 
Mammoth Golden Queen. The largest of the sweet, 
yellow peppers, resembling Ruby King in size and 
form. 
Oshkosh. A new, beautiful, early large pepper without 
lobes; one of the most mild and sweet. Fruit bright 
green, turning to golden yellow at maturity. Dis¬ 
tinct and desirable. 
Neapolitan. One of the very earliest and most pro¬ 
ductive large varieties; fruit of upright growth, 
sweet and very mild. 
Pimento. A very thick fleshed, heart-shaped, smooth, 
mild, crimson variety, much used for salads. 
Red Cherry. Fruits small, round or cherry-shaped, 
rich scarlet and very hot. 
Red Cherry Large. Similar to the old type Red Cherry 
but with fruit double the size; popular with picklers 
and preservers. 
Red Chili. An exceedingly prolific, very hot variety, 
used for pepper sauce; fruits about inches long. 
Ruby King. One of the most profitable and satis¬ 
factory varieties for the home or market garden; 
early and productive; fruits of large size, mild and 
sweet. 
Sunnybrook. Resembling somewhat the squash pepper 
but more smooth with thicker flesh; sweet and mild. 
The smallest expense in gardening is the item 
of seeds. Buy the very best seeds obtainable if 
you wish a profitable garden. 
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