F. LAGOMARSINO & SONS, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 
32 
Peas (Continued) 
LAXTON PROGRESS — The earliest large podded 
sweet dwarf pea. Height 18 inches. In season four 
days earlier than Laxtonian. Pods 4 inches long, 
broad and pointed, deep green in color, containing 
eight large, dark green peas of high quality. Pkt. 10c; 
/ 2 lb. 25c; lb. 35c; 5 lbs. $1.25. 
MELTING SUGAR —An edible pod pea. Vines 4-5 feet 
tall; seeds creamy white. Pkt. 10c; Zz lb. 25c; lb. 45c; 
5 lbs. $1.50. 
PREMIUM GEM —Grows about 15 inches high. Peas 
are medium sized and wrinkled. Of excellent quality. 
Excellent for home use. Pkt. 10c; Zz *b. 25c; lb. 40c; 
5 lbs. $1.50. 
TELEPHONE — A favorite of the extra large pods. 
Vines large, coarse leaves, height 4% feet. Pods 
are large, filled with enormous, tender peas of sweet 
and excel’ent flavor. Pkt. 10c; Zz lb. 25c; lb. 35c; 
5 lbs. $1.25. 
Hundredfold, Laxtonian and Laxton Progress are 
three excellent peas introduced in recent years. They 
are early and have much larger pods than the old 
early strains. For early peas, we recommend any 
of the above and for late the Giant Stride, which is 
a fine new variety producing large pods and is very 
productive. 
Peas. Tall Telephone 
PEPPER 
For early peppers sow the seed in hot beds in Decem¬ 
ber and January. Transplant as soon as weather and 
soil in your locality will permit, 18 inches apart in 
rows 30 inches apart. For later crop you may also 
sow seed in February and March. Pepper seed ger¬ 
minates slowly and needs the heat of a hot bed to 
germinate in these months. If you have had no hot 
bed experience it will be hard for you to raise early 
pepper plants, as the heat, light, moisture and ven¬ 
tilation in your hot bed must be correct; otherwise 
your plants will “damp off”, that is, they will rot 
even with the ground and die, and sometimes the 
seed will not even germinate, as this fungii will kill 
Pepper, California Wonder 
it before it sprouts. In most cases it is advisable and 
sometimes cheaper to buy plants already started, if 
only a few are wanted. The very same rule applies 
to the planting and growing of an egg plant. These 
two varieties of vegetables are rather hard to start 
from seed, but when once transplanted they are ex¬ 
tremely hardy and will grow on any soil and do not 
take any special care or attention. 
CHINESE GIANT —An exceedingly large red Pepper. 
The plants are vigorous and stocky, 2 feet high, well- 
branched, and thickly set with fruits. The monstrous 
fruits mature slightly later than Ruby King, are 
blockv in form, 4 to 5 inches broad at the top and of 
equal length, divided into four or more ridges, of a 
brilliant glossy scarlet, and mild in flavor. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 50c; Za, lb. $1.50; lb. $5.50. 
ITALIAN BELL PEPPER —A pepper attaining enor¬ 
mous size, often growing to 5 inches in diameter. It is 
exceedingly sweet and the finest for stuffing. Plant 
it for market or in your garden; it has no equal. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c; Z* lb. $1.50; lb. $5.50. 
PIMIENTO —An excellent, attractive and very pro¬ 
ductive variety. The fruits are medium sized, smooth 
and glossy green, becoming red as they mature. The 
meat is thick and of a fine sweet flavor. The plants 
are vigorous and of medium height. This -sort is 
largely used by canners, but is equally valuable for 
salads and for stuffing. Pkt. 5c; oz. 40c; |4 lb. $1.25; 
1 lb. $4.00. 
CALIFORNIA WONDER — A large pepper nearly 
equal in size, and earlier than the Chinese Giant. The 
large fruits measure inches across by 5 or 6 
inches deep and are decidedly blocky or square ended. 
The flesh walls are thick, heavy and of fine sweet 
pepper flavor. When immature the skin is a smooth 
attractive green color, changing at maturity to a bril¬ 
liant light crimson. Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c; '4 lb. $1.50; 
lb. $5.50. 
