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California 
Wonder 
Pepper 
55 days. Large, bell-shaped, 
Bull Nose or Large Bell thick-fleshed Fruit. Good rior 
Mango pickles. Oz., 45c; 4 Ib., $1.50; 1 Ib., $5.00, 
postpaid. 
70 days. The most prolific large Pepper. 
World Beater Fruit very large, about 5 inches long. 
Flesh thick, mild and sweet. Pepper tapering and of a- 
bright ruby color when ripe and very attractive. Oz., 
'50c; ™% lIb., $1.75; 1 lb., $6.00, postpaid. 
R b Ki 65 days. One of the most profitable and 
Udy King satisfactory varieties for the home or mar- 
ket garden; plants are early, productive and of dwarf 
compact, upright growth; fruits pendent, often 4 to 
6 inches long by 8 to 4 inches thick, tapering and of 
a bright ruby-red color; flesh is thick, mild and 
sweet. Oz., 50c; %4 Ib., $1.75; 1 Ib., $6.00, postpaid. 
R d Chili 85 days. Small, red, cone-shaped. Very hot 
e and prolific. Used for seasoning. O2z., 40c; 
% Ib., $1.50; 1 1b., $5.00, postpaid. 
: 60 days. A very early, medium large, 
Neapolitan Poin variety. eruite upright in growth, 
three-lobed, yellowish green, becoming bright red, 
flesh extremely mild and sweet. Oz., 65c; %4 Ib., $2.00; 
1 Ib., $6.50, postpaid. 
Pumpkins 
fruit. Store in a dry place, and do not bruise. 
Connecticut Field 7° ¢2ys- 
20c; 14 Ib., 50c; 1 Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 
120 days. 
Oz., 20c; %4 Ib., 50c; 1 Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 
Sugar Pie * 
1 Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 
Winter Luxury 
Oz., 20c; %4 Ib., 50c; 1 Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 
* This variety recommended by the Michigan State College. 


Generally used for planting in corn 
for stock feeding; also makes good pies. Oz., 
° The giant among Pumpkins. 
King of the Mammoths Often grows two feet or more in diameter. 
108 days. Fruit small, round, flattened at the ends, 
and slightly ribbed. Skin and flesh deep orange- \}j 
yellow. Flesh very thick and of high quality. Oz., 20c; % Ib., 50c; 
100 days. Round, medium in size, with a golden 
yellow skin closely netted like a netted musk- 
melon; sweet and finely flavored and an exceptionally good keeper. 

CULTURAL DIRECTIONS. One ounce will produce about 2000 
plants; about 7000 plants for an acre, 
February to April; transplant to open ground when all danger 
from frost is past, in rows about three feet apart and eighteen 
inches apart in the row. Seed can be sown in the open ground late 
in May, and thinned as above. 
Sow seed in hotbeds from 
Cover seed about half an inch. 
° . 72 days. Thickness of flesh alone, 
California Wonder which is often % of an inch, 
places this sweet pepper above all others. Vigorous 
growing plants, blocky fruit 5 inches long and 4 inches 
wide. When fully matured, it has a waxed appearance. 
Oz., 50c; %4 Ib., $1.75; 1 lb., $6.00, postpaid. 
: 63 days. An earlier and more pro- 
Qakview Wonder ductive strain of California Wonder. 
Fruits blocky, smooth, with thick, mild, sweet flesh. 
Plants shorter and stockier but fruits are set earlier 
and more abundantly. An outstanding strain unsur- 
passed for shipping and for the home and market gar- 
den. Oz., 70c; 1%4 Ib., $2.20; 1 Ib., $7.00, postpaid. 
: ° 80 days. Mammoth fruits 12 to 15 inches 
Chinese Giant in circumference. Flesh thick, tender, 
mild and sweet. Oz., 65c; 14 lb., $2.00; 1 Ib., $6.50, 
postpaid. 
63 days. The earliest and most 
e 5 e 
Harris Early Giant prolific of all large Peppers. Is 
.of dwarf, compact growth, bearing as many as 12 
pendent fruits on a single plant. Fruit scarlet, meas- 
uring 5 inches long by 3% inches in diameter; three- 
lobed, mild and sweet. A profitable Pepper for the 
market. Oz., 65c; %4 Ib., $2.00; 1 Ib., $6.50, postpaid. 
P} 73 days. A rather late, very thick-fleshed, 
imento heart-shaped, smooth, mild, crimson variety; 
much used for salads. Oz., 50c; %4 Ib., $1.75; 1 Ib., 
$6.00, postpaid. 
70 days. Pendent fruits about 5 
Long Red Cayenne inches long and % inch in diam- 
eter at the base, often curved and twisted; bright red, 
hot and pungent. Oz., 50c; 14 lb., $1.75; 1 Ib., $6.00, 
postpaid. 
: (Hot.) 60 days. Very early. 
Hungarian Yellow Wax Desirable for home, market 
garden and canning. Plants small, heavily produc- 
tive. Fruits 6 to 7 inches long, 2 inches thick, tapered, 
smooth, waxy light yellow becoming bright red. Flesh 
thick, pungent. Oz., 65c; %4 Ib., $2.00; 1 Ib., $6.50, 
postpaid. 
‘CULTURAL DIRECTIONS. One ounce of seed for 20 hills. About 3 pounds per acre. 
Usually grown in cornfields, but can be grown as a separate crop. Seed should be planted 
in hills 8 to 10 feet apart each way, 
after soil gets warm. Cultivate often until vines begin to run. Cut Pump- 
kins after leaves die, leaving three to four inches of stem attached to 
Sugar or Pie 
Pumpkin 



