OLDS’ ONION PLANTS AND SETS 

Yellow Bottom Onion Sets. 
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King of the North. 
348. KING OF THE NORTH. (60 
days.) The newest and best early large pepper 
which will be valuable for the northern states. 
The fruits are enormous in size and color up a 
brilliant red much earlier than any of the other 
large sorts. They will average six inches long 
and three to four inches across. Flesh is fine, 
thick, mild, and sweet. .The spreading plants 
are literally covered ,with large peppers. often 
with eight to ten maturing at a time. Pkt., 10c; 
2 pkts., 15c; Ye oz. 30c; oz., 55¢; Yq Ib., $1.75, 
postpaid, 
347. EARLY CALWONDER. (65 days.) 
Our New LHEarly Pepper similar to California 
Wonder but earlier with short and stalky bush. 
See page 3. Pkt., 10c; 2 pkts., 15c; Y% oz., 45c; 
0z., 80c; 14 lb., $2.45, postpaid. 
CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES 
Do not overlook our Certified Seed Potatoes 
offered on pages 70 and 71. Why plant seed of 
unknown quality when our Certified stocks 
are available? We specially recommend our 
new varieties: Red Warba and Blight Resist- 
ant Sebago. 
12/24/43 
“This is my thirty-second year with you,” — 
ae * PP. A. Reed, Michigan. 

OLDS’ ONION SETS 
We offer choice, dry, select Onion Sets, the best 
to be had. Bottom sets should be planted very 
early in the spring, the earlier the better. A pound 
will plant a row 380 feet long, two to three inches 
apart in the row. Egyptian or Winter Sets should 
be planted in the fall. See our Fall catalog, 
YELLOW BOTTOM SETS: Lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 65c, 
postpaid. 
WHITE BOTTOM SETS: Lhb., 40c; 2 lbs., 75c, 
postpaid. 
HOUSEHOLD LABEL BOOK 
Here is a label book that should be in every 
home. Labels are a necessity many times during 
the year for canning, for mailing special deliy- 
ery, numbering, decorating place cards, marking 
books, 
files and hundreds of various purposes. 
Our Household Label Book contains pages of 
printed gummed labels for canning, pages of house- 
hold labels such as Airmail, Special Delivery; 
etc., pages of numbers and letters and blank labels 
all bound together in a neat book ready to use 
when occasion demands. Our supply is lmited, 
so order early. Price, 30c, postpaid. 
PEPPERS 
CULTURE: Sow early, in the house or in hot beds 
and transplant later when the ground is warm. Each 
packet will produce about 150 plants. An ounce, 1,500 
7 plants. The number of days after each variety shows 
after setting of plants to picking. 
me required 
See 
arlier peppers can be had hy using Hotkaps. 
page 26, 
356. PIMIENTO. (78 days.) This 
variety is used not only for salads and 
mangoes but by canners. The flesh is very 
thick, mild and sweet, and color a_ glossy 
red when ripe. PkKt., 10c; Yo 0z., Dey OZe, 
45c; 1 Ib., $1.40, postpaid. 
350. RUBY KING. (69 days.) One 
of the most popular varieties for both home 
and market gardens, It grows 4M to 6 
inches long and 3% to 4 inches thick. The 
peppers are green to bright red, flesh thick, 
sweet and mild. Among the best for pickles. 
Pkt., 10c; Y2 02z., 25c;.02z., 40c; WY Ib., 
$1.20, postpaid. 
352. SWEET YELLOW. (78 days.) 
The largest and sweetest yellow pepper. 
Often-8 or 9 inches long and 4 to 5 inches 
thick. Pkt. 10c; 2 pkts., 15c¢; 1% 02., 
50c; oz., 90c; % Ib., $2.80, postpaid. 
354. CHINESE GIANT. (80 days.) 
Its great size, fine shape, and beautiful, 
glossy red color and mild flavor all com- 
mend it. It is very productive. Pkt., 10c; 
2 pkts., 15c; Y 0z., 45e; 0z., 85¢; Y% Ib., 
$2.55, postpaid, 

California Wonder. 
357. CALIFORNIA WONDER. (75 
days.) A very mild, sweet, mid-season variety. 
The peppers are very large, measuring 4% 
inches in length by 3 to 4 inches in diameter. 
The fruit ripens very uniformly and has a deep 
crimson color when ripe. It closely resembles the 
Chinese Giant in form but the flesh is much 
thicker. Pkt., 10c; 2 pkts.,.15¢; Y% oz,, 45c; 0z., 
80c; % Ib., $2.40, postpaid. 
= Ors 

FROST PROOF ONION PLANTS 
Southern Grown 
Frost Proof Onion 
Plants have been 
giving satisfactory 
results for many 
years and are well 
out of the experi- 
mental class. We 
sell a carload of 
these each year. 
They are grown by 
experts and prop- 
erly packed so that 
they will reach the 
customers in good 
condition. The seed 
is planted in the 
fall in Texas where 
they grow out-of- 
doors during the 
winter so they are 
hardy and are 
ready to be plant- 
ed early. 

Ready April 15th. 
Frost Proof Onion Plants. Prices: (Large 
bunch, 75 to 100 plants), 35¢; 2 bunches, 
65c; 5 bunches, $1.40; 10 bunches, $2.70, 
eorn eae Not prepaid, crate of 60 bunches, 
.00. 
_ Order early. Hot weather in Texas makes 
it impossible to fill orders after May 10th. 
SOW THE SEED OF FREEDOM 
PLANT A VICTORY GARDEN 


Harris’ Early Giant. 
353. HARRIS’ EARLY GIANT. (638 
days.) The earliest and most prolific of all the 
large peppers. The plant is dwarf, of compact 
growth, bearing as many as 12 enormous peppers 
to a plant. 
The peppers average 5 inches in length and 
3% inches in diameter. Color is a deep green 
turning to bright red. Flesh thick and of a very 
sweet and pleasant flavor. Pkt., 10c; 2 pkts., 
15c; % oz., 45¢; oz., 85c; Y% Ib., $2.55, post- 
Paid. 
HOT PEPPERS 

Hungarian Wax. 
HUNGARIAN WAX. 
349, (65 days.) A 
splendid pungent pepper. Color waxy canary 
yellow turning to crimson at maturity. Peppers 
are 5 to 6 inches in length and rather slender. 
One of the best hot peppers. Very prolific. 
PEt., 10c; 2: pkts., 1L5c; % oz., 45c; oz., 85c; 
Y, lb., $2.55, postpaid. 
355. RED CHILI. (75 days.) <A rather 
late hot variety, with peppers about 4% inch or 
less in diameter, tapering to a point; about 2 
inches long... Pkt., 10c; 12 pkts., 15c; %%._0z.; 
40c;0z., 70c; 1% 1b., $2.15, postpaid. 
