
California Wonder Extra Select 
Pepper 
An ounce will produce over 1000 plants; 4 lb. will set an acre. Sow seed + in. deep in hot bed in March. Trans- 
plant in rows about 3 ft. apart and 2 ft. apariin rows. 
Plants are set in the Middle Atlantic States early in May 
or when danger of frostis over and about 4£in. high. Cultivate regularly to keep down weeds, drawing soil up around 
stems and hoe in a light fertilizer or well pulverized manure, when plants are 7-8 inches high. Do not plant hot 
peppers near sweet; they are apt to cross. 
Anaheim Chili—100 Days—Hot. The fruits are 
narrow and long, averaging 1 to 12 inches wide at 
the shoulder, and 4 to 5 inches long, tapering 
gradually to a sharp point. 
Bull Nose (Large Bell)—120 Days, seed; 65 
Days, plants—Ribs Pungent. Fruits 3 in. long, 
22 in. in diameter; blunt, pendant, largely 4 lobed, 
deep green, changing to scarlet red at maturity; 
ribs pungent, flesh quite mild. This earliest pepper 
of the bell type is a combination of both hot and 
sweet. Well adapted for home and market. 
Bull Nose (Royal King)—120 Days, seed; 65 
Days, plants—Sweet. This is identical to Bull 
Nose above in plant and fruit characters but the 
flesh is sweet. 
California Wonder—120 Days, seed; 75 Days, 
plants—Sweet. Fruits are borne upright. Medium 
width and length averaging 3 x 33 inches, with 
mostly 4 points. The crown is generally hollow, 
and the outside of the fruits very smooth. The 
walls are very thick, and the flesh sweet. 
California Wonder Extra Select—120 Days, 
seed; 75 Days, plants—Sweet. Characteristics 
of this variety are somewhat similar to above, the 
only exception being that this variety was produced 
from especially selected and inspected seed stock. 
Every plant of this variety had to pass the most 
rigid test. 
Chinese Giant—130 Days.—Sweet. Large fruits, 
mostly 4 x 4 inches with no tapering to the 4 or 5 
irregular points. The fruits are very rough and 
much ribbed, and belly-out at the center like a 
Chinese lantern. Walls are thin and the flesh sweet. 
Florida Giant—130 Days, seed; 75 Days, plants. 
—Sweet. This selection out of California Wonder 
is becoming an important variety in the South. The 
plants are taller and coarser than California Wonder, 
and the leaves are wider. The fruits are borne up- 
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right and are generally wider and longer than 
California Wonder, otherwise, they are the same. 
Florida, Giant Extra Select—130 Days, seed; 
75 Days, plants—Sweet. Characteristics of this 
variety are similar to above; the only exception 
being that this variety was produced from especially 
selected seed stock, determined for purity, germina- 
tion, maturity and type. In great demand through- 
out Florida. Flesh very mild and sweet. 
Golden Dawn (Bell or Queen)—120 Days— 
Sweet. This is a golden Bull Nose, being identical 
to this variety in type of plant and fruits. The 
color of the young peppers is very light green, 
turning to light yellow, then an orange-yellow color 
as they mature. 
Harris Early Giant—110 Days—Sweet. This 
variety might be described as an Early. Chinese 
Giant. It is well suited to the most northern states, 
where Chinese Giant matures too late. 

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