ONION PLANTS 
FROSTPROOF 
Frostproof Onion Plants. 
Texas-grown frostproof onion plants are fa- 
mous nationwide and are rapidly displacing sets. 
They produce large, mild, sweet onions that are 
difficult to grow from seed in the North, Seed is 
planted in the fall where they grow outdoors 
during the winter, so they are hardy and ready 
to be planted early, just as soon as the ground 
can be worked. Our plants are freshly pulled 
and shipped the same day direct from our Texas 
station. Orders will be accepted for delivery 
any time up until the 15th of May. We can 
supply the following varieties: CRYSTAL WAX 
BERMUDA, YELLOW BERMUDA, YELLOW 
SWEET SPANISH and WHITE SWEET SPAN- 
ISH. Please state variety wanted and time of 
shipment on your order. Prices: 1 bunch (ap- 
proximately 100 plants), 40c; 2 bunches, 70c; 
8 bunches, 90c; 5 bunches, $1.35; 10 bunches, 
$2.40; 20 bunches, $3.75, postpaid. By express 
collect (South Texas), 1 crate of 60 bunches 
(weight 35 lIbs.), $6.25; 2 crates or more, $6.00 
each. No plant orders accepted for c. o. d. ship- 
ment, 
OLDS’ ONION SETS 
Choice, dry, select Onion Sets, the best 
s0ce 2 
coc, 2 
to be had, 
YELLOW BOTTOM SETS: Lb., 
Ibs., 50c; 4 Ibs., 9%c, postpaid. 
WHITE BOTTOM SETS: Lb.,, 
Ibs., 60c; 4 lbs., $1.10, postpaid. 
SEMESAN 
STURDIER PLANTS—BETTER STANDS— 
DISEASE CONTROL 
For success with flowers and vege- 
tables, give them a healthy start! 
Treat seeds, corms, bulbs and _ seed- 
lings with Semesan. Applied dry or 
in solution with water, Semesan gen- 
erally reduces seed rotting and 
damping-off, is highly effective against 
many seed-borne diseases, helps to 
prevent seed-borne soil contamination. 
One ounce treats 15 to 60 pounds of 
seed; 2% ounces, one bushel of bulbs. 
Costs only %e to 2c per pound of 3 
seed, Prices: ¥% oz. pkt., 12c; 2-oz. 1 
size, 45c; 12-0z. size, $2.10; 4-lb. i 
size, $10.10, postpaid. Prices and 
sizes subject to change without notice. 


Untreated calendula seed 18% 
Soaked in liquid 
nation. 3. Soaked in liquid ‘‘Semesan’’ one hour—67% 
germination, 
OLDS’ 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 plants. The number of 
days after each variety shows time required after 
setting of plants to picking. Earlier peppers 
can be had by using Hotkaps. See page 6, 



Early Carwonderk. 
347. EARLY CALWONDER. (65 days.) 
Unlike most strains of California Wonder, the 
bush is strong and stocky so that when well 
loaded with fruits, the plants resist serious 
damage in heavy winds. Fruits are mild and 
sweet averaging 34% inches in diameter by 4 
inches long, smooth and uniform. Flesh is 
thick, deep green, changing to bright crimson 
when ripe. Pkt., 10c; 2 pkts., 15c; Ve oz., 45c; 
oz., 70c; %4 Ilb., $1.90, 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 8 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. Our favorite pepper. Pkt., 10c; 2 
pkts., 15c; 1% oz., 40c; oz., 60c; % Ib., $1.60, 
postpaid. 
853. HARRIS’ EARLY GIANT. _ (63 
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 
5 inches in length and 31% 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; Ye oz., 40c; oz., 
65c; % lb., $1.75, postpaid. 

germination, 2. 
*“Semesan’’ 30 minutes—44% germi- 
= 19 

King of the North. 
3848. KING OF THE NORTH. (60 
days.) 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., 40c; oz., 
60c; 1% Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 
352. SWEET YELLOW OR BANANA. 
(60 days.) Probably the largest, earliest and 
sweetest of the yellow peppers. It is banana 
shaped, averaging about 8 inches in length and 
2 inches in diameter. Light yellow in color, 
turning a bright red in maturity. Medium fleshed 
wall. Plants are 20 to 24 inehes tall, upright, 
dark green, very vigorous with heavy foliage 
and large leaves. It is unbelievably productive. 
Pkt., 10c; 2 rkts., 15c; Y2 oz., 45¢; oz., 75¢; 
Y, Ib., $2.25, postpaid. 
350. RUBY KING. (60 days.) Peppers 
grow 4% to 6 inches long and-3% to 4 inches 
thick. They are green to bright red, flesh thick, 
sweet and mild. Among the best for pickles, 
Pkt., 10c; 2 pkts., 15¢; % oz., 40c; oz., 60c; 
Y% Ib., $1.60, postpaid. 
356. PIMIENTO. (78 days.) This vari- 
ety 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. 
PKt., 10c; 2 pkts., 15c; 1% oz., 40c; oz., 60c; 
% Jb, oreo. postnaid, i 
58. OLDEN CALIFORNIA W - 
DER. (72 days.) The new sweet yellow oN 
per. See page 1, Pkt., 15ce; 1% 0Z., 50c; oz, 
90c; Y% Ib., $2.50, postpaid, 4 
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. 
Pkt., .10c; 2 pkts., 15¢c; 1% 0z., 40c; 02., 65c; 
Y% \b., $1.75, postpaid. - 
355. RED CHILI. (75 days.) <A -rather 
late hot variety, with peppers about 1% inch or 
less in diameter, tapering to a point; about 2 
inches long. Pkt., 10c; 2 pkts., 15c; 1% 0Z., 
40c; 0z., 60c; % Ib., $1.60, postpaid. 
