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Title: Descriptive catalogue of high grade seeds
Identifier: CAT31284996 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Wood & Stubbs; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Kentucky Louisville Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Cereal grasses Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Louisville, Ky. : Wood & Stubbs
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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General List of Choice Vegetable Seeds. Late or Main Crop Peas. stratagem. remarkably fine pea. The vines are almost completely covered with* large, well-filled pods. Sweet and delicious. Ifei^^ht i foot. Pkt. 5c.; qt. 25c.; 4 qts. 70c.; bushel, $4-25. Champion of England. Universally admitted to be one of the best late peas grown ; of a deli- cious flavor and a very profuse bearer. One of the best for market or private garden. Height four to five feet. â Pkt. 5c.; qt. 20c.; 4 qts. 50c.; bush. I3.25. Yorkshire Hero. A superior late pea. The pods are long and well filled; the peas large and of excellent qual- ity. Height 2 feet. Pkt. 5c.; qt. 20c.; 4 qts. 50C.; bui^hel $3.00. Telephone. One of the most productive of the wrinkled peas. Of excellent sugar) flavor. Pods of large size, containing six or seven pea.s each. Rather late in matur- ing, but one of the best for main crop. Height 4 feet. Pkt. 5c.; qt. 25c.; 4 qts. 60C.; bushel, $3.75. Wood's Mammoth Luscious Sugar Pea. Among the edible podded peas nothing we have ever grown can com- pare with this when sliced and boiled for ten to fifteen minutes, and served with butter and sauce, they make ar most tempting and de- licious dish. The pods grow six to seven inches long and an inch-and a-half broad. Once tried, this will always have a place in the garden. Pkt. loc; pint, 25c.; qt. 40c.;
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4 qts. $1.25. Champion of England. Telephone. Mammoth Luscious Sugar. Pepper. Culture. âSow in hot bed in Februarj' or March, and transplant to open ground in May, in rows two feet apart, fifteen inches between the plants, or when the ground becomes warm, sow in open ground and set out as above. When about six inches high, apply liquid manure or some good fertilizer. Coral Gem Bouquet. A dwarf-growing pepper, producing hundreds of small, bright red peppers thickly set on the plants so as to give the plants a most beautiful appearance. Pkt. loc; oz. 35c.; '4: lb. f i.oo.; lb. $3.50. Ruby King. These are a bright ruby-re<3 color, remarkably mild and pleasant. Can be sliced and eaten with vinegar and pepper, used as a salad or stuff"ed as mangoes. One of the large sized peppers, the fruit being from four to six inches long. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 20c.; \i lb. 65c.; lb. I2.25. Procopp's Giant. One of the largest peppers grown, the pods measuring six to eight inches long and about two inches thick. Of a glossy bcarlet color; flavor mild and sweet. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 25c.; % lb. 75c.; lb. I2.75. Mammoth Golden Queen. P'ruits six inches long by nine to ten in circumference, and are borne twelve to fifteen to each plant. Mild and sweet. Use as described for Ruby King. Pkt. 5C.; oz. 25c.; )i lb. 70c.; lb. $2 40. Sweet Spanish flammoth. Fine for mangoes. Large of splendid quality. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 20c.; ^4 lb. 60C.; lb. $2.oo. Bell or Bull Nose. A large early sort of mild flavor. Color, purplish red. Pkt. 5C.; oz. 20C.; % lb. 6oc.; lb. $2.00. Long Red Cayenne. A bright red, hot variety of conical shape. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 2oc.; lb. 60C.; lb. I2.00. Red Cluster. Very hot, small, thin ; of a coral red color. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 25c.; )/i

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