Childs' rare flowers, vegetables & fruits for 1895 . American Wonder. An early wrinkled Pea of exquisiteflavor, ready for the table In thirty to forty days afterplanting, (irows oniy a few inclies higU. Pkt., lOc;pint. :tOc.: (juart, .Wc. McLeans Little Cem. An old standard Tom Thumbvariety, still among the very best for a first crop hardy. Pkt., lOc., pint, 25c.; quart, 40c. Grow some Peanuts for the children. Not at all hard togrow, and stands heat and drouth like a .sort is so early that it ripens in all the NortherniSiates and in Canada, while its is of t
Childs' rare flowers, vegetables & fruits for 1895 . American Wonder. An early wrinkled Pea of exquisiteflavor, ready for the table In thirty to forty days afterplanting, (irows oniy a few inclies higU. Pkt., lOc;pint. :tOc.: (juart, .Wc. McLeans Little Cem. An old standard Tom Thumbvariety, still among the very best for a first crop hardy. Pkt., lOc., pint, 25c.; quart, 40c. Grow some Peanuts for the children. Not at all hard togrow, and stands heat and drouth like a .sort is so early that it ripens in all the NortherniSiates and in Canada, while its is of the veryIjhest, the nuts being exceedingly sweet and rich whenj/roasted. Anv light, sandy, or loose soil suits ttiem.; Pkt., lOc; pint, afc.; quart, SOc. SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOH 1895. 89 IDOSdOPE Pepper. Our ancestors used to hold that none but hot-temperedpeople could grow Pepper successfully. We know l)elter thanthat now, and have learned that the heat needs to be in tbesewl-bed or botched, rather than in the tllds Kaleidoscope. Beautiful enough to be classedamong pot plants, yet with a fine, sharp flavor that makesit valuable in the garden, also. From the time the prettyplum-like peppers form until tlioy are fully grown theyare of a light, yellowish-cream color. As they com-mence to lipen they change, first to a clear canarycolor, then deepening to orange, then again turningto pink or rose, varying from shade to shade untilthey become a vivid, shining scarlet. One of thesepepper plants, with their dark green leaves, and
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