PALMER SEED COMPANY, ST. LOUIS, MO. 
PEPPER 
(One Ounce Will Produce 1,500 Plants) 
CULTURE: A warm mellow soil is most suitable for peppers. Start the seed in a 
hotbed or indoor box during March or April. When the weather becomes warm and 
the earth dry, transplant to the open in rows 2 feet apart, allowing 1V 2 feet between 
each plant. 
PALMER’S SPECIAL RUBY KING: (68 days). This remarkable strain of Early Giant 
Peppers was developed by one of the leading commercial growers in St. Louis County 
whose peppers have always commanded the highest price on the local market. Com¬ 
bines the qualities of large size, mild flavor, productiveness and extreme earliness. 
It is a four-nosed pepper on the order of Sweet Mountain, but is longer, larger and of 
better quality. A plant with 12 to 15 
peppers is not uncommon.Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c; V* lb. $1.50 
CALIFORNIA WONDER: (New). (75 days). A very striking new sort of large size, 
having a wonderful thick flesh, often % to %-inch thick, which is deliciously crisp, 
tender and sweet like the finest pimentos. In color, it is a brilliant dark green changing 
to crimson when ripe and is of uniform 
shape and smoothness.Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c; % lb. $1.50 
LARGE BELL OR BULL NOSE: (60 days). The plants are very vigorous and sturdy, 
2 feet high and bear an abundance of deep green fruits that ripen to a beautiful scarlet- 
red. The fruits are about 3 inches long, 2 inches 
in diameter and blunt ended.Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; x /4 lb. $1.00 
HARRIS EARLY GIANT: (62 days). The earliest and most prolific of all large Pep¬ 
pers. Is of dwarf, compact growth, bearing as many as 12 pendent fruits on a single 
plant. Fruit scarlet, measuring 5 inches long by 3% inches in diameter; 3-lobed, mild 
and sweet. A profitable pepper for the market.Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; % lb. $1.00 
LONG NARROW CAYENNE: (70 days). A well known medium early variety with a 
slender, twisted pod about 4 inches long. The color, when young, is a deep green, turn¬ 
ing to a bright scarlet when ripe. Flesh extremely hot.Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; % lb. $1.25 
POTATOES, VEGETABLE PLANTS, ETC. 
SEED POTATOES 
Choice Disease-Free Stock 
BLISS TRIUMPH: An early medium size rose colored potato 
of excellent quality.10 lbs. 50c; 30 lbs. $1.00; 60 lbs. $1.80 
EARLY OHIO: The most popular early red 
variety.10 lbs. 50c; 30 lbs. $1.00; 60 lbs. $1.80 
IRISH COBBLER: The best early white variety....10 lbs. 50c; 30 lbs. $1.00; 60 lbs. $1.80 
NEW YORK RURAL: The best late potato.10 lbs. 50c; 30 lbs. $1.00; 60 lbs. $1.80 
VEGETABLE PLANTS 
Per 100 
Broccoli Plants, Green Sprouting, Doz. for 15c.$1.00 
Cabbage Plants, All Varieties, 25 for 20c.60 
Cauliflower Plants, All Varieties, Doz. for 15c. 1-0° 
Celery Plants, All Varieties, 25 for 25c. 75 
Horseradish Roots, Doz. for 15c.90 
Kohl Rabi Plants, White Vienna, 25 for 20c.60 
Pepper Plants, All Varieties, Doz. for 15c. 1-00 
Rhubarb Roots, Large Roots, each 15c; Doz. for $1.25 
Sweet Potato Plants, 50 for 25c. 
Tomato Plants, Doz. for 15c. 
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