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JOSEPH HARRIS COMPANY, INC., COLDWATER, NEW YORK 
Pfeffer ( Ger .) PEPPERS Peperoni (It.) 
An ounce of seed will produce about 1000 plants. 
Harris’ Northern Grown Pepper Seed 
For a number of years we have made a specialty of growing pepper seed on our own farms here 
in the North. Almost all pepper seed is grown in warmer climates and ordinary peppers would not 
ripen enough fruit to pay us to grow seed here so we have developed a number of special early 
varieties that will mature and ripen an abundance of fruit even in our short seasons. Our newest 
introduction "Harris’ Wonder” is described below. 
Several of our varieties have become so popular among market gardeners that much inferior 
Southern grown seed is being offered. Be sure to get Northern grown seed that will produce lots 
of fruit early in the season while prices are highest. Get your seed direct from the originators. 
We do not sell to dealers. 
Harris’ Wonder 
A New Early Prolific 
California Wonder Type 
A number of years ago we set out to 
produce a pepper having the thick flesh 
and smooth skin of California Wonder and 
also some of the earliness and heavy yield 
of Harris’ Early Giant. This was to be ac¬ 
complished by a definite breeding program 
for this definite object. Many crosses were 
made here on our own farm between these 
two varieties after which many generations 
were grown, selected and rejected always 
following the fixed ideal which we had in 
mind. 
We believe we have approached our 
goal, and the pepper we offer to our cus¬ 
tomers under the name of Harris’ Wonder 
combines those characters which growers 
have so long wanted, i.e., smoothness, 
thick meat, high yield and sufficient earli¬ 
ness to ripen fruit in the North before frost. 
Those who saw our seed crop this year 
actually marvelled that a single variety 
could have all of these fine characters. Of 
necessity our crop is small this year and we cannot offer more than ounces, but we urge all our 
customers to try Harris’ Wonder. You will find it a revelation in what a pepper can do. See prices 
on next page. 
Harris’ Early Giant— The Earliest Large Pepper 
This large early pepper which we introduced a number of years ago is the standard large 
early variety for market gardeners. 
Many inferior southern grown stocks are offered, but you will find our original Northern 
grown strain produces better crops of large early fruit than the inferior stocks grown farther south. 
The seed we offer is all grown under our careful control on and in the vicinity of our own farm 
and without exception from our own carefully bred stock seed. 
The true Harris’ Early Giant will produce a large number of peppers about 4 V 2 in. long and 
4 in. across, and is only a week later than Harris’ Earliest, the earliest pepper grown. See prices 
on next page. 
Harris’ Improved SQUASH Pepper —Very Early and Heavy Yielder 
This pepper replaces the old type known as Squash, Cheese, Sunny brook, etc . 
It is so early and prolific that it produces three times as many peppers as any other “Squash 
or Cheese” pepper which we have seen. This early character and high yield make it a profitable 
kind to grow even here in the north. 
The fruit is the true “Squash” shape, with very thick flesh which is mild and sweet. See 
prices on next page. 
Harris’ Earliest —The Earliest Sweet Pepper 
In our trials we see practically every new pepper that is brought out, but Harris’ Earliest is 
still the earliest one we know. It is an invaluable variety in the extreme northern parts of the 
country where other peppers will not ripen. 
We have grown and bred seed of this variety here on our farm for nearly two decades, con¬ 
stantly improving it for size, earliness and yield. 
See prices on next page. 
Harris* Wonder Peppers 
(This is a standard half bushel basket) 
