Pepper, California Wonder 
e CALIFORNIA WONDER 
(Days to Maturity, 74) 
Uses: Home and market garden and shipping, 
the most outstanding of the Sweet Peppers. 
Plant: 24 to 30 inches in height, upright and 
vigorous. 
Fruit: 4 to 4!/5 inches long and 3!/> inches in di- 
ameter, four-lobed, borne upright, smooth, glossy 
deep green, changing to brilliant crimson upon 
ripening; thick flesh. 
Pepper, Ruby King 
e RUBY KING 
(Days to Maturity, 70) 
Uses: Home and market gardens. 
Plant: 30 inches tall, vigorous, sturdy and com- 
pact. 
Fruit: ©4'/y to 5 inches in diameter, slightly 
tapered, 3-lobed, deep green in color, turning 
bright ruby-red at maturity; flesh thick and mild. 
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PUMPKIN 
CULTURE: Plant when ground is warm in hills 8 
feet apart each way. One ounce will plant 25 hills; 
3 to 4 pounds per acre. Thin to 2 or 3 plants per 
hill. 
Pumpkin, Small Sugar 
e SMALL SUGAR 
(Days to Maturity, 115) 
Uses: Outstanding pie pumpkin. Also known as 
New England Pie. Used widely in home and market 
gardens. 
Fruit: Approximately 8 inches deep and 10 
inches in diameter, round but flattened at the ends, 
slightly grooved, hard shell; very dark orange. 
Weighs about 6 pounds. 
Flesh: Thick, fine textured, comparatively dry; 
orange-yellow. 
e STRIPED CUSHAW 
(Days to Maturity, 115) 
Uses: Market gardens. Used as a pie pumpkin 
and also as stock feed. 
Fruit: Approximately 20 inches long and 9 inches 
in diameter, white, smooth skin with mottled green 
stripes, curved neck. Weighs about 12 pounds. 
Flesh: Yellow, thick, and solid. 
e VIRGINIA MAMMOTH 
(King of the Mammoths; Potiron) 
(Days to Maturity, 120) 
Uses: Generally recognized as the largest of all 
pumpkins. It is valuable as stock feed and is used 
for home-garden purposes. 
Fruit: Approximately 20 inches long, 24 inches 
in diameter, flattened and slightly grooved, yellow 
skin mottled with orange. Weighs up to 100 pounds, 
but ordinarily about 60 pounds. 
Flesh: Deep yellow, thick, hard and coarse. 
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