. How to make the garden pay [microform]. Gardening. Ruby Kinp, Cultural Directions.—235 and treated similarly as tomato or egg-plants; but they do not require near as long a season as either of them to ^ produce a crop. I usually sow seeds in boxes or iSats, often rather crowded, and in early June transplant from there directly to open ground, 2 or 2^ feet apart, and plants 15 inches apart in the rows. Soil of a warm, sandy character is given the preference. I stimulate the plants to thrifty growth with liberal dressings of hen manure, and perhaps wood ashes, and thus have rows that for thrif
. How to make the garden pay [microform]. Gardening. Ruby Kinp, Cultural Directions.—235 and treated similarly as tomato or egg-plants; but they do not require near as long a season as either of them to ^ produce a crop. I usually sow seeds in boxes or iSats, often rather crowded, and in early June transplant from there directly to open ground, 2 or 2^ feet apart, and plants 15 inches apart in the rows. Soil of a warm, sandy character is given the preference. I stimulate the plants to thrifty growth with liberal dressings of hen manure, and perhaps wood ashes, and thus have rows that for thrift and amount of fruit are beautiful to behold. I usually sell some of the peppers; a very few are utilized in the household, in preparing pickles and chowders, etc., and the rest are chopped up and mixed with other stuff to be prepared as a warm breakfast for the hens during fall and early winter. VARIETIES. Ruby King.—Too much cannot be said in its praise both as a market and family variety. Frujt very large, brilliant red, well-shaped, always smooth, and of mild flavor. Prolific. Large Bell, Bullnose, Sweet Mountain.— These are the principal older market sorts; early, bright red, mild, thick- fleshed and prolific. Golden Dawn.—Re- sembles Bullnose, except in color, which is a beau- tiful yellow. Sweet and productive. Golden Upright.—. Red Cluster. Fruit large, golden yellow, smooth, thick-fleshed, mild and always upright. Plants and foliage of remarkable thrift. Golden Queen.—Resembles Ruby King, except in color which is a fine Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Greiner, Tuisco, 1846-. Philadelphia : Wm. Henry Maule
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