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Parsnip 
CULTUKE— Par¬ 
snips are usually 
grown on deep 
rich, sandy soil, 
but will make good 
roots on any soil 
which is deep, 
mellow and mod¬ 
erately 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 .V 2 feet 
apart; cover V 2 
inch deep and 
press the soil firm¬ 
ly over the seed. 
Give frequent cul¬ 
tivation, and thin 
the plants to 6 
inches apart in the 
row. 
IMPROVED 
HOLLOW 
CROWN 
or GUERNSEY 
An excellent va¬ 
riety 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. 
Pumpkin 
CULTURE. —Pumpkins are not so particular in regard to 
soil as Melons or Cucumbers, but are cultivated much the 
same. Plant seed about 10 feet apart, in hills, dropping 
about 10 seed to a hill. When plants are well started, 
thin to 3 plants to each hill. To plant in corn place seed 
about every third or fourth hill after the last working. 
WINTER LUXURY 
This is one of the best pie Pumpkins in existence, and 
its Winter-keeping qualities are almost unequaled. Is 
slightly oval in shape and of medium size. Evenly and 
finely netted, and is a yellowish russet color. The flesh is 
very tender, sweet and rich golden in color. A great pro¬ 
ducer. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, % lb. 25c, lb. 75c. 
SWEET POTATO PUMPKIN 
This is without doubt the best for table use, resembling 
somewhat the Cushaw, but much prettier in color. A 
handsome green and white striped. Flesh yellow, solid, 
fine-grained and a delicious flavor. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, % lb. 
35c, lb. $1.00. 
KING OF THE MAMMOTH 
The giant among pumpkins; specimens have been grown 
to weigh 60 pounds and reaching two feet or more in diam¬ 
eter; fruit round and flattened, slightly ribbed; skin sal- 
mon-orange, flesh bright yellow and very thick. Pkt. 10c, 
oz. 15c, % lb. 35c, lb. $1.00. 
CUSHAW or CROOKNECK 
An old standard variety, which is very long yellow crook- 
neck, fine-grained, yellow flesh, very solid. Pkt. 10c, oz. 
15c, 14 lb. 35c, lb. $1.00. 
CONNECTICUT FIELD 
Usually planted for feeding stock. So well known that 
it needs no description. Oz. 10c, % lb. 25c, lb. 75c. 
Pepper 
CULTURE. —Peppers are most largely used for seasoning 
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 2% 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 man¬ 
goes or stuffed peppers. The color is deep green when 
fruit is young, bright crimson when ripe. Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, 
% lb. 75c. 
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 fre¬ 
quently 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, lb. $1.25. 
CALIFORNIA WONDER 
Resembles Chinese Giant in the large size and “blocky” 
form of its fruit, but having an extremely thick, mild, 
sweet flesh not possessed by that variety. Fruit indis¬ 
tinctly 3-lobed, upright, crimson, measuring 4% inches in 
length by 4 inches in diameter. Rather late in maturing 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c, % lb. $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. 25c, >/, lb. 75c. 
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