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Jerome B. Rice Seed Co. 
Hot Varieties 
HUNGARIAN YELLOW (65 days)—Fruit pendent, very pungent, r 5'to 6 
inches in length, rather slender and tapering to a somewhat twisted point. 
Waxy canary yellow color, turning crimson at maturity; very^prolific. 
Also known as Bulgarian Yellow Wax. 
LARGE BELL—BULL NOSE (60 days)—A standard early variety and 
popular as a pickling sort. The pendent scarlet fruits are 2 inches in dia¬ 
meter, 3 inches long, and blunt ended; usually mild and sweet, but an 
occasional fruit is hot on account of pungent ribs. 
LONG RED CAYENNE (70 days)—Pendent fruits about 5 inchestflong 
and % inch in diameter at the base, often curved and twisted; bright red; 
hot and pungent. 
LONG THICK RED, FINGER PEPPER (70 days)—A hot pepper on the 
order of Cayenne, though much larger with a thicker flesh. Early and 
very prolific. Pods pendent, 4^ inches long by inches in diameter at 
top; red and pungent. Popular in many markets; very early. 
RED CHILI (82 days) —Of low growth, forming a spreading plant about 18 
inches high; fruit usually erect, about \ }/2 inches long, cone shaped, bright 
red, and very hot; exceedingly prolific. Used for pepper sauce. 
Pumpkin 
CULTURE —The common practice is to drop two or'three seeds in every 
third or fourth hill in the cornfield, but if cultivated on a large scale the seed 
may be sown in hills 8 feet apart each way and later thinned to 4 plants to 
each hill, and otherwise treated in the same manner as recommended for 
melons or cucumbers. 
1 pound will plant 250 hills 
CONNECTICUT FIELD (90 days)—Generally used for planting in corn 
for stock feeding, and also for making pies; fruit rather oblong, flattened 
at the ends, often 15 inches in diameter; smooth, hard, reddish-orange 
distinctly ribbed skin, with rich orange-yellow flesh. 
CUSHAW, GOLDEN (110 days) —Similar to White Cushaw, except in 
color of shell, which is golden yellow. 
CUSHAW, STRIPED (110 days)—Of the crookneck type with mottled 
green and white stripes; fruit will weigh from 10 to 15 pounds; flesh yellow, 
very solid and fine grained. 
CUSHAW, WHITE (110 days) —A popular crooknecked variety with a hard 
creamy-white shell; fruits 2 feet in length, with long, solid, meaty necks. 
Fine quality. 
