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ALDERMAN PEA 
A medium early pea, heavily productive, with very large, 
straight dark green pods. An excellent sort. Pkt. 10; y 2 lb. 
20c; 1 lb. 40c, prepaid. 10 lbs. $1.90; 100 lbs. $16.00. 
IMPROVED TELEPHONE —A late variety with vines grow¬ 
ing 4 feet tall, bearing immense quantities of large, heavy, 
dark green pods filled with 8 to 9 sweet, tender peas. Pkt. 
10c; lb. 30c, prepaid. 10 lbs. $1.80; 100 lbs. $16.00. 
LAXTON’S PROGRESS —Laxtonian type, pods 4-4 ^ in. long, 
dark green, well filled. Heavy yielder, extra early, first class 
market sort. Height 18 in. Lb. 40c, prepaid. 10 lbs. $2.00; 
100 lbs. $20.00, not prepaid. 
THOMAS LAXTON —Considered a better variety than Gradus, 
because the pods are darker green and blunt at the blossom 
end. Height 3 feet. Pkt. 10c; lb. 30c; 10 lbs. $2.00; 100 lbs. 
$17.00. 
CHAMPION OF ENGLAND —A late variety, vines 4-5 feet tall, 
pods 4 in. long containing 6-8 large and sweet peas. Heavily 
productive. Pkt. 10c; lb. 30c; 10 lbs. $1.90; 100 lbs. $16.00. 
BLUE BANTAM— Quite early but not the earliest wrinkled- 
seeded variety. Vines 15 inches tall, pods 3-4 inches long 
and 8-10 very large and very sweet peas in each pod. A vari¬ 
ety that is hard to beat. Pkt. 10c; lb. 40c; 10 lbs. $2.20; 100 
lbs. $20.00. 
How to Get a Crop of Early Peas 
By cultivating intensively. Peas do not need any great 
deposits of manure in the ground, they gather the nourish¬ 
ment from the air (nitrogen), they leave the ground in better 
shape after giving a crop of pods and all you have to do is 
to cultivate and again cultivate, the more the sooner you will 
have pods to pick. By this method we hasten maturity of a 
crop from a week to 10 days. 
PEPPER HARRIS EARLY GIANT 
Extra early, only a few days later than Harris Early. 
Fruit 5 in. long, 3V 3 in. through, green at first, turning scarlet 
when ripe, mild and sweet. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; lb. $3.60. 
PEPPER EARLY GIANT NEAPOLITAN 
Produces on short plants not over 20 inches tall a heavy 
crop of sweet, meaty peppers, averaging 4 inches in length 
and 3 inches in diameter. Two weeks earlier than Ruby 
King, more productive, and the fruits bigger in size. Pkt. 
10c; oz. 40c; lb. $14.00, prepaid. 
PEPPER CALIFORNIA WONDER 
New, medium early variety, producing from 5 to 9 square 
shaped fruits per plant, 4 y 2 inches long and 4 inches through, 
with flesh over y, inch in thickness. The fruits are dark 
green turning to bright crimson when ripe, remarkably 
smooth. The immensely thick flesh is tender, crisp, sweet 
without trace of pungency and it is not unusual to find speci¬ 
mens weighing a full pound. A valuable shipping variety 
and of all peppers the meatiest. Pkt. 10c; oz. 45c; lb. $5.00. 
PEPPER EARLY GEM 
Same as Harris Earliest. The name of Ey Gem is used 
to avoid mistakes in filling orders. Please order under the 
name of Early Gem. 
Extra early and a paying sort as it ripens two weeks 
ahead of other peppers. The peppers are rather small but 
the bunches are covered with bright red fruit which you can 
harvest by lifting the bush, picking it clean and rush the 
peppers to market at a time when the less progressive grow¬ 
ers have no red peppers at all. Can be planted closer together 
as the bushes are dwarf and compact. Bell shaped, 3 y 2 inches 
long, sweet. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; lb. $3.80. 
SWEET TOMATO PEPPER Tomato or Squash 
Pepper but not hot. It is a thick meated sweet pepper that 
ripens early. Popular with many that eat it raw in salads, 
etc. In our locality it is sometimes called Pimento pepper 
an entirely different variety. See description Pimento or 
Perfection Pepper. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; lb. $3.00. 
THE BEST is the only thing to grow. To produce best vege¬ 
tables or best flowers you must have the best seed. If you are not 
careful and buy your seed anywhere you will get a batch of seed 
not quite up to the mark. Your product will be of second grade 
quality and when you will market your produce you will dispose of 
it only at second rate prices. Seed business is a science, a real seed- 
man is a near scientist. He has to know a great deal about seeds 
before he can render real service to his customers. If you are new 
in the game of raising vegetables or flowers ask some old gardener 
or florist what he thinks about it. 
Peppers 
ANAHEIM CHILI—Bears an abundance of slightly pungent pep¬ 
pers, six inches long, about an inch thick at the stem tapering to a 
blunt point, very attractive. Color brilliant scarlet. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; 
% lb. $1.00; lb. $4.00. 
BULL NOSE—Also called Large Bell or Bullnose. Is early, heavily 
productive, green at first, bright red when ripe, 3 inches long, 2 
inches broad, flesh fairly thick and fairly hot, a favorite pepper for 
pickling. True strain. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; lb. $3.00. 
CAYENNE LONG THICK—Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; lb. $3.00. 
CAYENNE LONG YELLOW—Fruit yellow, very hot. Pkt. 10c; V 2 
oz. 20c; oz. 40c; % lb. $1.00; lb. $4.00. 
CAYENNE LONG RED—Very pungent. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 15c; 1 oz. 
30c; % lb. 70c; 1 lb. $2.80. 
CELESTIAL—Plants compact, 16 in. high, fruit numerous, small, 
conical, hot to taste, bright red when ripe. Pkt. 10c; oz. 60c. 
GIANT CRIMSON—A very valuable variety as it is one of the 
earliest, large fruited, sweet pepper. Green at first, deep crimson 
when ripe. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 40c; 1 lb. $4 00. 
CHINESE GIANT—Very large mild fruited variety. Quite late and 
a shy bearer. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 40c; 1 lb. $4.00. 
NEAPOLITAN—Very early and heavily productive. An upright grow¬ 
ing variety. Fruit green at first, scarlet when ripe. Pkt. 10c; V 2 oz. 
15c; 1 oz. 30c; % lb. 55c; 1 lb. $2.20. 
PIMENTO OR PERFECTION—The fruits are perfectly smooth, very 
thick meated and very mild. Ripens late. In our locality it does 
not redden up and is caught by frost while the peppers are still 
green. See description Sweet Tomato Pepper. That may be the 
pepper you want. Pkt. 10c; Vi oz. 15c; 1 oz. 30c; % lb. 60c; lb. $2.40. 
RUBY KING—Early, fruit large, flesh thick and sweet Pkt. 10c; 
1 oz. 20c; 1 lb. $2.00. 
RED CHILI—Fruit small, pointed, bright scarlet and quite hot. 
Pkt. 10c; Vi oz. 15c; 1 oz. 30c; 1 lb. $2.60. 
SWEET MOUNTAIN—Our Sweet Mountain Pepper is the true vari¬ 
ety which is fairly hot and not sweet. Price same as for Bull Nose. 
TABASCO—The hottest of all peppers. Fruit quite small. Pkt. 10c; 
1 oz. 40c; 1 lb. $4.00. 
WORLD BEATER—An early and large sweet pepper, green at first, 
red when ripe. A fine variety. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; Vi lb. $1.00; 1 lb. 
$4.00. 
OSHKOSH—Heart shaped, smooth, without lobes. 3 inches wide at 
the base, 5 inches long, tapering to a blunt point. Green at first, 
yellow when ripe, sweet, medium early. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c: lb. $4.00. 
HOT BULLNOSE PEPPER is a pepper in demand on many markets. 
The true Bullnose is fairly but not excessively hot. If you want 
the true strain of Bullnose we have the seed 
