28 Reliable Garden Seed 
The STORRS & HARRISON CO 
PEPPERS 
CXn^TUBZ:. Sow in a hotbed in March, 
giving plenty of heat and moisture, and trans¬ 
plant to the open ground when the wither 
is favorable. They may also be sown in the 
open ground when danger of frost is past. 
Thorough and frequent cultivation should be 
kept up until frost. One ounce will produce 
about 1500 plants; or one-fourth pound sup¬ 
plies transplants for an acre. 
Bull Nose. (100 days). A standard early 
sweet variety. Plants very prolific. Fruits 
3 to 3% inches long by 3 inches thick, with 
almost square ends. Flesh thick and sweet 
with mildly pungent ribs. Color deep green 
when young, bright crimson when ripe. 
Notable for its su- 
California Wonder pj-eme thickness 
of flesh, three-eighths of an inch being nor¬ 
mal. The fruits are blocky or square-shaped, 
slightly broader at stem end. Full grown 
fruits have a breadth of 4 inches and a 
length of 4% inches, often weighing a full 
pound. These sit up securely on a platter, 
making them ideal to stuff or bake, and 
pack closely for shipping. Smooth, dark 
green, ripen bright crimson. Of the finest 
quality, sweet, crisp and tender, entirely 
free from pungency. 
PRICES QF PEPPERS: 
Tl«n Wrt«A . 
Pkt. 
.$0.10 
Vz oz. 
$0.20 
Oz. 
$0.35 
%lb. 
$0.75 
Lb. 
$2.25 
TArnTlflei* . 
.10 
.30 
.50 
1.50 
4.00 
Harris Early Giant . 
*lT'nY10*5I.T*lSITl VaIIow .. 
.10 
.10 
.20 
.25 
.35 
.45 
1.00 
1.26 
3.00 
3.60 
T-rtTIfP ftfl.V’ATITIA . . . 
.10 
.20 
.35 
.90 
2.75 
.10 
.20 
.35 
.76 
2.00 
W-iiViir irinoc . 
.10 
.20 
.35 
.75 
2.26 
Rtititi vlivonir . 
.10 
.20 
.35 
.76 
2.00 
n’f . 
.15 
.40 
.75 
2.00 
• • • • 
World Beater . 
.10 
.20 
.35 
.90 
2.75 
PUMPIUNS 
CUBTURB. Plant in good soil when the 
ground has become warm,_ in hills 8 to 10 
feet apart each way; or with corn, in about 
every fourth hill. Three pounds per acre alone 
or about 1 pound with (5orn. 
PRICE: Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; lb. 30c; lb. 80c. 
Green Striped Cushaw. (75 days). A long 
crooked neck, terminating in a round or oblong 
end enclosing a very small seed cavity; fl^h sur¬ 
rounding seed cavity very thick. Neck is abso¬ 
lutely solid, rivalling finest Sweet Potatoes for 
baking; or sliced and fried like eggplant, when 
young; or as a pie sort, it has no equal. 
King- of Mammoths (Jumbo). (90 days). Larg¬ 
est of all the Pumpkins, often reaching 24 inches 
in diameter, weighing 100 or more pounds. Make 
nutritious stock feed, yet the quality is excellent 
for pies. When ripe, the skin is a rich orange 
color, flesh thick, sweet and yellow. 
Barge Yellow Connecticut Field. (90 days). 
The standard type for field culture, usually with 
Corn. Average 15 to 20 inches diameter; smooth, 
hard, reddish orange, flesh deep orange; a great 
cattle food. 
Small Sugar Fie. (65 days). A prolific variety 
of small size, skin a deep orange-yellow. It is 
fine grained, sweet, of a handy 2-pie size, id^ 
for ready marketing. The ideal type for family 
use; no Yankee household should 
be without a winter’s supply in 
A New Baking Pumpkin 
storage. 
Harris Early Giant. (100 days). Four 
inches high and three inches through; deep 
green to brilliant red; sweet. 
Hungarian Yellow semi-hot 
Pepper of great sectional popularity; thick 
fleshed, 2% to 4i/4 inches, the glossy skin 
a light pearl, maturing canary-yellow. 
Pimiento. (120 days). One of the sweetest 
and best known Peppers; variously useful. 
Bong Red Cayenne. (125 days). The fa¬ 
vorite “hot” Pepper. A long, slim pod, 
rather pointed, bright red when ripe. 
Ruby King. (130 days). A large variety, 
ruby-red when ripe; pungent but mild. 
Siinnvhrnnk days). Almost in a 
sunnyDrooK smooth, 
glossy fruits are tomato-shaped, 3 inches 
wide by 2 inches deep ; uniform scarlet-red; 
the flesh thick, sweet, and tender. Plants 
18 to 24 inches high, enormously productive. 
New Peppers 
WhiteSweetof Kalocsa 
(110 days). Imported seed. 
Strong growing plants, very 
productive. Fruits 4 to 6 
inches long by 3 inches thick, 
pale yellow. Flesh firm and 
thick, mild, sweet, and very 
pleasant. Has been known 
as “Hungarian Sweet Yel¬ 
low.” 
World Beater 
wwviiu ^ large, 
new variety, valuable for 
market gardens and ship¬ 
ping ; a cross between Chi¬ 
nese Giant and Ruby King. 
Plants vigorous, upright and 
productive. Fruits 4-lobed, 
smooth ; glossy green chang¬ 
ing to bright red. Flesh thick, 
mild and very sweet. 
Sugar, or Pie Pumpkin 
