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HAYES SEED HOUSE, TOPEKA, KANSAS 
PEPPERS 
RUBY KING 
Ruby King 
Fruits about the same size as Ruby 
Giant, but more tapering. Plants early, 
productive. 
Pkt. 5c—Oz. 25c—Lb. 75c—Lb.$ 2.50 
Long Red Cayenne 
(Hot.) 70 days. A leading sort for use 
in pickles, for canning and for drying. 
Plants large, very prolific. 
Pkt. 5c—Oz. 25c—14 Lb. 75c—Lb. $3.00 
Pimiento 
(Sweet. The same as perfection.) 72 
days. Standard variety for home and 
market garden, grown on large scale 
for canning whole. Plants large, upright, 
heavily productive. Fruits very smooth, 
regular heartshaped, commonly about 3 
in. long (easily cored for canning); deep 
green, becoming deep red; flesh very 
thick, sweet and of splendid flavor. 
Pkt. 5c—Oz. 30c—14 Lb. 75c—Lb. $3.00 
World Beater 
A very large, thick walled pepper of ex¬ 
cellent quality and a fine shipper. A 
cross between Chinese Giant and Ruby 
King. Often grows to four inches in 
diameter and 5 to 6 inches long. A fav¬ 
orite with Southern planters. Flesh 
thick and mild. Very productive. 
Pkt. 5c—Oz. 25c— >/ 4 Lb. 75c—Lb. $3.00 
Anaheim 
Particularly adapted to culture in the 
South. Is grown on a commercial scale 
for drying and canning. Fruits late, 6-8 
in. long, about 1 inch diameter and tap¬ 
ered. Deep green becoming rich scarlet 
when matured. Mildly pungent. 
Pkt. 5c—Oz. 25c—*4 Lb. 75c—Lb. $2.75 
Bell or Bull Nose 
A standard early variety, popular for 
pickling; fruits, pendant, scarlet, two in. 
in diameter, three inches long, mild. 
Pkt. 5c—Oz. 25c—*4 Lb. 75c—Lb. $2.50 
California Wonder 
A new very valuable addition to the pep¬ 
per list. It resembles Chinese Giant in 
large size and blocky form of fruit. It 
has very thick walls, the flesh often 
being three-eights of an inch thick, de¬ 
liciously crisp, tender and sweet. Color 
a brilliant dark green changing to crim¬ 
son when ripe. Fruits four-lobed ,up¬ 
right, 4 V 2 inches long, 4 inches in dia¬ 
meter, rather late. 
Pkt. 5c—Oz. 40c—V^Lb. $1.00—Lb. $3.75 
Sweet Spanish 
80 days. Popular for home and market 
garden. Plants large, upright, heavily 
productive. Fruits 6-7 in. long, 2^4 in. 
through; very sliightly tapered; dark 
green becoming rich red; sweet through¬ 
out. 
Pkt. 5c—Oz. 25c—^Lb. 75c—Lb. $3.00 
Harris Early Giant 
Earliest and most prolific of the large 
peppers. Plant of campact growth often 
yielding twelve to fourteen large, pen¬ 
dant fruits on a single plant. Mild, 
sweet, scarlet when ripe. Valued as an 
early green pepper by the market grow¬ 
er and excellent for the home garden. 
Pkt. 5c—Oz. 25c— V 4 Lb. 75c—Lb. $3.00 
Chinese Giant 
One of the largest of the mild, red var¬ 
ieties, plant of short stocky growth, light 
green foliage, fruits pendant, thick, 
blocky and square ended, 4 to 5 inches 
in diameter and equal length. Color, a 
brilliant, glossy scarlet. 
Pkt. 5c—Oz. 40c— V 4 Lb. $1.00—Lb. $3.75 
Red Chili 
Used in the manufacture of pepper 
sauce. Pkt. 5c; oz. 40c; y± lb., $1.25 
lb., $4.50. 
Red Cluster 
A new type of Chili, with upright, 
bright red fruits. Pkt., 5e; oz., 40c 
14 lb. $1.25; lb. $4.50 
Celestial 
A Chinese variety bearing roundish up¬ 
right pods. Pkt., 5c; oz., 40c; *4 lb., 
$1.25; lb., $4.00 
