60 
Buist s Sweet Peppers 
World 
Beater 
Pepper 
S WEET PEPPERS are large, thick'fleshed 
and pleasantly mild in flavor. They are 
a very popular vegetable used in salads, 
for stuffing and for tasty combinations 
mixed with other vegetables and 
with meats. 
WORLD BEATER 
75 Days from Plants—This is a 
leading favorite with market gar- 
deners and shippers all over, par- 
ticularly so in the South. It com- 
bines the sue of the Chinese 
Giant and the attractive shape and 
color of the Ruby King. Plants 
sturdy, erect and very productive. 
Fruits 4'lobed, 3)/2 x 5 ins., glossy 
and smooth, deep green when 
young changing to bright scarlet 
when ripe. Flesh unusually thick, 
mild and sweet. 
CHINESE GIANT 
80 Days from Plants—This is the 
largest mild pepper ever devel¬ 
oped, measuring 4 to 5 ins. in 
diameter and of equal length. It is 
deliciously sweet and an ideal 
home garden variety. Plants dwarf, 
stocky and thickly set with enormous, 
unusually shaped, but attractive fruits 
that are chunky, twisted, slightly crum¬ 
pled and square ended; color rich, bright 
green changing to a scarlet red when ripe. 
Flesh thick and tender. 
1 Oz- for 1,000 Plants; 3 Oz- per Acre 
Culture—They require a warm temperature 
to germinate and the cultural requirements 
are the same as for Egg Plant described on 
Page 35. When the ground is warm, about 
corn planting time, transplant the peppers in 
rows lYi ft. apart in the row. They are very 
easy to grow, thriving in rich, well-prepared 
soil frequently cultivated. They will bear in 
abundance up to the first killing frost. Sweet 
and hot peppers will mix; be careful in 
planting. 
HARRIS’ EARLY GIANT 
63 Days from Plants—The earliest of all large 
peppers and a very valuable variety for mar¬ 
ket gardeners in the North. Plant dwarf, erect 
and a heavy yielder. Fruits block-shape, 3j/2 
X 4 ins., slightly tapered, 3-lobed, dark green 
changing to red when ripe. Flesh sweet and 
mild. 
BELL OR BULL NOSE—SWEET 
60 Days from Plants—An early, prolific, 
standard variety with blunt fruits 2% x 3 ins. 
deep green changing to scarlet; flesh thick 
and mild in flavor. 
CALIFORNIA WONDER 
75 Days from Plants—A popular pepper 
throughout the United States possessing qual¬ 
ities that make it ideal for stuffing or salads. 
The thickness of flesh, often measuring % of 
an in., unknown in any variety of pepper, is 
one of the points of excellence. 
In addition, it is firm, crisp, juicy, 
sweet and mild without a trace 
of pungency. Plants upright and 
prolific. Fruits 4-lobed, 4 x 4j/2 
ins., very attractive, smooth, uni¬ 
form, very heavy and deep green 
changing to bright crimson at 
maturity. 
EARLY NEAPOLITAN 
60 Days from Plants—A first early prolific 
variety valuable for home and market gar¬ 
deners. Fruits grow upright, 2x4 ins., 3- 
lobed, yellowish-green changing to bright red. 
Flesh mild and sweet. 
SWEET PEPPERS 
Pkt. 
1/2 Oz. 
Oz. 
’A Lb. 
Lb. 
California Wonder . . 
...^0.10 50.15 50.30 51.00 53.50 
World Beater. 
. . . .10 
.15 
.30 
.90 
3.00 
Chinese Giant . 
. . . .10 
.20 
.40 
1.25 
4.50 
Harris’ Early Giant . . 
... .10 
.15 
.30 
.90 
3.00 
Bell or Bull Nose—Sweet .10 
^ .15 
.25 
.80 
2.75 
Early Neapolitan .... 
... .10 
.15 
.25 
.80 
2.75 
