GOLDEN QUEEN cen ow DE SE eee Oe 
Fruits: 3-314” diameter at shoulder, 4-412” long, pendant, tapered, 
smooth; short-fruited RUBY KING in appearance, mostly 3 lobed; flesh 
medium thick, sweet, tender, bright green becoming golden yellow 
when mature. 
Plants: 22-26” tall, semi-spreading, fairly vigorous. 
HARRIS’ EARLIEST f : ; : 2 : . 65 days 
Fruits: Very early, 314 x 3” long, 3” wide, 3-4 lobed, pendant, mild, sweet, 
deep green, scarlet when ripe. 
Plants: Uniform, dwarf, and compact, upright, vigorous. A medium thin 
fleshed variety of value for extreme earliness. 
HARRIS’ EARLY GIANT ee i EC 
Fruits: 3-312” diameter at shoulder, 4-414” long, pendant, blocky, slightly 
tapered, mostly 3-loculed; flesh medium thick, sweet, dark green be- 
coming bright scarlet. 
Plants: 18-22” tall, semi-spreading, very prolific, large fruited early matur- 
ing, marketing or home garden variety. 
ILLINOIS? F550 Soe te alk ae ee . 58-60 days 
Fruits: Of the RUBY KING type, 3 and 4 lobed. 414-5” long, 3142-4” wide 
at stem end. 45 fruits will fill a bushel. Thick walls. Has the best 
crimson red color we have ever seen. Excellent flesh quality and flavor. 
Plant: Compact, heavy foliage. Out-yields RUBY KING. Has the quality 
of bearing fruits continuously under any environmental condition, over 
a very long season, and the crown set does not inhibit subsequent 
fruits. This is not recommended for the farther north states such as 
Michigan and Minnesota. Earliest of large fruited peppers. 
ILLINOIS F-5 
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