. Descriptive catalogue and price list : flower, field and garden seeds. FIELD PEAS. Field peas deserve more general cultivation. They are equal to corn in fattening hogs and are ready to feed several weeks earlier. Can be sown with advantage with oats or will do well alone. As a land fertilizer they are very beneficial. For such the crop should be plowed under when they begin to bloom. They will grow on most any land. We have the Golden vine which is a white seed, and the Green Canada, which is a green seed, also the San Luis Stock Pea. Lb 10c, 10 lbs. 65c. For larger quantities ask for marke
. Descriptive catalogue and price list : flower, field and garden seeds. FIELD PEAS. Field peas deserve more general cultivation. They are equal to corn in fattening hogs and are ready to feed several weeks earlier. Can be sown with advantage with oats or will do well alone. As a land fertilizer they are very beneficial. For such the crop should be plowed under when they begin to bloom. They will grow on most any land. We have the Golden vine which is a white seed, and the Green Canada, which is a green seed, also the San Luis Stock Pea. Lb 10c, 10 lbs. 65c. For larger quantities ask for market price. PEPPER. CULTURE—Pepper should be started in hot-beds and transplanted to the open ground when the weather is real warm. They should be planted in warm, mellow soil, in rows eighteen inches apart. One ounce produces about 1,500 plants. LARGE SWEET SPANISH—(Bell shaped.) A very large sort, of square form, mild, thick and hard; suitable for filling with cabbage, etc., and for a mixed pickle; less pungent than most other sorts; notwithstanding its size it is one of the earliest varieties. Pkt. 5c4 oz. 25c, *4 lb. 75c. RUBY KING—Fruits are six to seven inches long by about four inches through, of a bright red color. They are remarkably mild and pleasant in flavor, and can be sliced and eaten with vinegar like toma- toes. The best for making mangoes. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, % lb. 75c. LONG RED CAYENNE—Fruit brilliant coral red, conical, from two to three inches in length, from three-fourths to one inch in diameter. Very pun- gent Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 14 lb. 75c. \ RED CHILI—This is slightly larger in growth than the Red Cayenne, with larger fruits, three inches in length and an inch in diameter. Bright red, very hot and firey. Ripens early. Makes the famous Mexican Chili. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, % lb. 75c. PUMPKIN. CULTURE—Sow in hills, 8 to 10 feet apart each way, as soon as the weather is settled, drop 6 to 8 seeds to a hill and cover from three-fourths to one inch deep, cult
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