MARYLAND 
WISEMAN-DOWNS COMPANY, INC 
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PARSNIP 
(German, Pastinake; French, Panais; 
Spanish, Chirivia) 
Improved Hollow Crown or Guernsey 
CULTURE—Parsnips are usually grown on deep 
rich, sandy soil, but will make good roots on any soil 
which is deep, mellow and moderately rich. Fresh 
manure is apt to make the roots coarse and ill-shaped. 
As the seed is sometimes slow and uneven in growth, it 
should be sown as early as possible in drills 2'/ 2 feet apart; 
cover Vz inch deep and press the soil firmly over the seed. 
Give frequent cultivation, and thin the plants to 6 inches 
apart in the row. 
IMPROVED HOLLOW CROWN, or GUERNSEY— 
An excellent variety for the table. Roots long, with smooth 
white skin, uniform in shape, tender and of the best 
quality. The variety is easily distinguished by the leaves 
growing from the depression on top or crown of the root. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; % lb. 25c; lb. 75c. 
Better Peppers With 
SEMESAN 
Notice how much 
better is the center 
pepper from SEME- 
SAN-treated seed than 
the other two from an 
untreated disease d 
plant. 
See Page 42 
PEPPER 
(German, Pfeffer; French, Piment; 
Spanish, Pimiento) 
CULTURE—Peppers are most largely used for sea¬ 
soning meat and vegetable dishes, also for making chow- 
chow and Chili sauce. The culture is the same as for 
Eggplant and the plants need quite as much heat to 
perfect them. Sow seed early in hotbed, or about middle 
of Spring in open seed bed, the soil being light and warm. 
When 3 inches high transplant in rows about 2H 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. 
LARGE BELL, or BULL NOSE —Our stock of this 
well-known variety, sometimes called Sweet Mountain, 
is very superior. Plant vigorous, about 2 feet high, 
compact and very productive, ripening its crop uniformly 
and early. The fruits are large, with thick, mild flesh, of 
excellent quality for use in salads and mangoes or stuffed 
peppers. The color is deep green when fruit is young, 
bright crimson when ripe. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; % lb. 
90c. 
RUBY KING —An improved American variety, very 
large and attractive. The plant is about 2'/ 2 feet high, 
vigorous, compact and productive. The fruits are often 
4 to 4'/ 2 inches long, and of deep green color when young 
bright red when ripe. The flesh is thick and milk- 
flavored. One of the best varieties for mangoes or 
stuffed peppers. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; % lb. 90c. 
NEW CHINESE GIANT —The fruits of this variety 
are of monstrous size, even when put alongside such a 
large kind as Ruby King. The shape is more blocky 
than Ruby King, being almost square, or about the 
same diameter both ways. Color brilliant glossy scarlet. 
It is so immensely productive that frequently a half 
dozen peppers will touch one another. The habit of 
growth is strong and stocky, about 18 to 24 inches high. 
Usually 3 or 4 fruits are set first near the base, and while 
these are ripening a second setting is growing higher up. 
Flesh is thick and meaty and entirely free from any fiery 
flavor. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; X lb. $1.25. 
CALIFORNIA WONDER —Resembles Chinese Giant 
in the large size and “blocky” form of its fruit, but hav¬ 
ing an extremely thick, mild, sweet flesh not possessed 
by that variety. Fruit indistinctly 3-lobed, upright, 
crimson, measuring 4 K in. in length by 4 in. in diameter. 
Rather late in maturing. Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c; % lb. $1.25. 
RED CHILI —A late variety. Pods bright, rich red, 
about 2 inches long, to % inch in diameter at the base, 
tapering to a sharp point, and exceedingly pungent when 
ripe. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; K R>. $1.25. 
LONG RED CAYENNE —A well-known medium- 
early variety, having a slender, twisted and pointed pod 
about 4 inches long; color deep green when fruit is young, 
bright red when ripe. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; l A lb. $1.00. 
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