A packet of seed will produce about 75 plants; an ounce about 1000 plants. 

Harris’ Earliest —Gives big yields, even in the shortest seasons. 
660 HARRIS’ EARLIEST. The Earliest Pepper. If you have 
difficulty in raising sweet peppers, 
try this kind. They always produce an abundance of fruit even in 
short seasons when other kinds do not ripen. For the far northern parts 
of the country where the larger and later kinds do not mature, this is 
the only sweet pepper that will make a good crop every season, and it 
will ripen much earlier than any other kind. We often get a lot of ripe 
(red) peppers here the first part of August and always plenty of green 
peppers on the plants before that date. 
The plants are only a foot or 18 inches high and on good ground 
produce so many peppers that they hardly seem able to support them. 
They are of good size, often 3 in. long and 2% in. in diameter, and of 
very mild, sweet flavor. 
Pkt. 15c; 4% Oz. 45c; Oz. 85c; 144 Lb. $2.50. 
656 CALWONDER. Early. Large Fruits of California Wonder Type. 
This excellent variety bears large square heavy fruit like California 
Wonder in size and shape but ripens at least a week earlier. The fruit 
are thick fleshed, meaty and very large, and are ideal for all growers 
who have difficulty in raising California Wonder in the North. 
The plants are dwarf but very sturdy and they bear tremendous 
crops of these fine big fruits. Calwonder is rapidly becoming one of 
the most widely grown peppers in the East. 
Pkt. 15ce; 4% Oz. 45c; Oz. 80c; 14 Lb. $2.40. 
652 CALIFORNIA WONDER. True Stock. We have a very superior 
stock of this fine variety which is so widely grown for large thick- 
meated green peppers by market growers. The fruit is of the true Cali- 
fornia Wonder shape, large and smooth, and with very thick flesh 
which makes it exceptionally heavy. They mature medium early and 
under good growing conditions will make a very profitable crop. 
Pkt. 15c; 4% Oz. 45c; Oz. 80c; 14 Lb. $2.40. 
662 HARRIS’ IMPROVED SQUASH. peo Yielding 
rain. This is the 
pepper which is so popular for canning and freezing because of its 
extremely thick flesh and fine quality. The shape is square, short and 
blunt, and they are nearly all meat. In many sections they are called 
“*Pimentos.” 
Our strain is by far the best of this type for the North. It is early, 
very prolific and thick meated, and is a great improvement over Cheese, 
Sunnybrook, Early Pimento, etc. With our early prolific strain you can 
get large dependable crops of fine fruit year after year even here in the 
North. Seed of our own growing. 
Pkt. 15c; 4% Oz. 45c;.Oz. 80c; 14 Lb. $2.40. 
676 OSHKOSH. The Largest and Best Yellow Pepper. Oshkosh, 
especially when ripe, is the finest kind we know for stuffed peppers. 
They can be used either green or ripe and when stuffed and baked 
are so mild and sweet that they fairly melt in your mouth. 
The plants are strong and compact and under normal conditions 
produce excellent yields of large peppers. The color is deep green 
turning to deep orange yellow when ripe. The flesh is thick and sweet. 
Pkt. 10c; 4% Oz. 45c; Oz. 80c; 14 Lb. $2.40. 



“All of your seeds and plants have done your house proud. I have had a 
wonderful garden and shall always buy my things from you. Many of my 
friends have gotten your garden seeds and they agree with me that yours are 
the best.” W. W. Croff, Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1947 
Peppers are not difficult to raise if the right seed is used and the plants 
are set out early on rather warm, rich soil. If the peppers are kept picked 
before they turn red, the plants will produce great numbers of fruit. 
Seed should be sown in the greenhouse or indoors in flats, or in hot beds, 
in April and grown in flats before setting outdoors. When sowing pepper 
seed, cover very lightly, and keep the soil moist and very warm. The seed 
will not germinate unless kept very warm all the time. For the home 
garden, it is easier to buy the plants. See page 75. 
HARRIS’ NORTHERN GROWN PEPPER SEED 
Most seed companies do not produce pepper seed as far north as we are 
because ordinary varieties do not bear enough fruit here to make it profit- 
able. However, for many years we have specialized in breeding early 
strains which grow well and bear large crops here. We find that our 
Northern Grown Strains are the only ones which can be depended on to 
produce good crops every year. Starting with Harris’ Earliest many years 
ago, we have since developed Harris’ King of the North, Harris’ Improved 
Squash, Hot Portugal and Harris’ Wonder for Northern growers, and now 
for 1948 we are introducing the new Pennwonder. 
675 PENNWONDER. A Fine New Pepper for the Northeast. 
Ripens very early and produces fine yields 
of blocky thick-meated peppers all fall. Plants dwarf and stocky, and 
they set heavily even in short seasons. Seed of our own growing pro- 
duced here in the North. See photo and description on page 5. 
Pkt. 20c; 4% Oz. 50c; Oz. 95c; 14 Lb. $3.00. 

Harris’ Pepper Plants 
Fine, sturdy plants, either seedlings to be grown in the hot bed 
for a few weeks, or hardy transplanted plants ready to be set 
outdoors. See page 75 for varieties and prices. 

665 HARRIS’ WONDER. arly, Prolific, Thick Meated. 
In our opinion this is the finest 
general purpose pepper for every garden. The bright red fruit is of good 
size, very smooth, blunt in shape and exceptionally thick meated. 
Because of its unusually thick and very sweet flesh, it is ideal for slicing, 
chopped peppers and relish as well as being good for stuffing, and may 
be used when either green or red. 
The fruits are borne well up off the ground on sturdy plants and 
start ripening sufficiently early to yield heavy crops even in our short 
Northern seasons. It carries the thick flesh and fine blocky shape of 
California Wonder, and is an ideal type for both home and market. 
Since we first introduced this variety, the consistent increase in demand 
has made it one of our largest selling peppers. 
Pkt. 15c; 4% Oz. 45c; Oz. 80c; 14 Lb. $2.40. 


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Harris’ Wonder—Note the thick flesh of this handsome pepper. 
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