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D. M. FERRY <f; CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
PEPPE R. 
Fr.. Piment. Ger., Pfeifer. 
The Pepper is an essential ingredient of most pickles, 
catsup, etc., and is also of great value for feeding to fowls 
during winter, a few chopped up with their feed once a 
week having a marked influence in increasing the num¬ 
ber of eggs. 
CULTUR E. — 
Should be the 
same as for egg 
plant, and the 
plants need quite 
as much heat to 
* perfect them,but 
taking a shorter 
time to mature, 
the seed may be 
sown later, or 
even planted out 
of doors after 
warm weather 
has fairly set in. 
Guano,hen dung, 
or any other bird 
Large Bell, or Bull Nose. manure, hoed in¬ 
to the surface soil when the plants are about six inches 
high, will be found to increase the product wonderfully. 
Chili.—Used in the manufacture of pepper sauce. 
Pods sharply conical, brilliant scarlet and exceedingly 
pungent when ripe. Re¬ 
quires a long, warm season, 
and plants should be started 
quite early in hot-bed. 
Long Red Cayenne.— 
A long, slim, pointed pod, 
and when ripe, of a bright 
red color. Extremely strong 
and pungent. 
Large Squash.—Fruit 
large, flat, tomato shaped, 
more or less ribbed; skin 
smooth and glossy; flesh 
mild, thick meated, and 
pleasant to the taste, 
although possessing more 
pungency than the other 
large sorts; very productive 
and the best variety for 
pickling. 
Large Bell, or Bull Nose.—A very large sort, of 
inverted bell shape, suitable for filling or for a mixed 
pickle. Flesh thick, hard and less pungent than most 
other sorts, and one of the earliest varieties. 
Sweet Moun¬ 
tain. — Plants very 
vigorous and pro¬ 
ductive, growing 
upright, with mod- 
erately large 
leaves. Fruit very 
large, long, often 
eight inches or 
more in length, by 
two or three in 
diameter, very 
smooth and hand¬ 
some, being when 
green of a bright 
deep green color, 
entirely frfce from 
Golden Dawn. any purple tinge, 
Sweet Mountain 
Large Yellow. 
Culture. —Pumpkins are not so particular in regard 
to soil as melons or cucumbers, but in other respects 
are cultivated in a similar manner, though on a larger 
scale. They are generally raised on cultivated farms 
between hills of corn, but may be planted with success 
in fields by themselves. 
Large Yellow.— 
Grows to a large ^ize, 
and is adapted for 
cooking purposes and 
feeding stock. It is 
irregular inshapeand 
size; some being de¬ 
pressed and flattened 
at the ends, others 
round or elongated ; 
of deep, rich yellow 
color ; of fine grain 
and excellent flavor. 
Sweet Cheese,or 
Kentucky Field.— 
I 3 y far the best variety 
for planting in the 
South. Large,oblong, 
mottled, light green 
and yellow, with 
very thick, sweet, 
tender, yellow flesh. 
Cushaw.— A great 
favorite in some sec¬ 
tions because of its Cushaw. 
large size, frequently growing to weigh as much as 
seventy pounds. In form much resembling the Winter 
Crookneck Squash; color light cream, sometimes slightly 
striped with green; flesh salmon colored. Very produc¬ 
tive. — 
RHDISH, 
Fr., Radis. Ger., Ret tig. 
Cultivated for its roots, which should always be eaten 
when quite young, as they are apt to be pithy and tough 
when full grown. The young seed leaves are used as a 
small salad, and the green seed pods for a pickle. 
j and when mature, of a rich red. Flesh very thick, sweet 
and mild flavored. Well suited to use as a stuffed pickle. 
Golden Dawn. —Plants quite dwarf but very pro¬ 
lific. Fruit about medium in size and of inverted bell 
shape, rich golden yellow color, with very thick, sweet, 
mild flavored flesh. - 
PUMPKIN. 
Fr., Courge. Ger., Kuerbis. 
The Pumpkin more properly belongs to the farm than 
the garden, especially as it readily mixes with and in¬ 
jures the quality of the finer squash. 
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