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Title: Steckler's seed catalogue and garden manual for the southern states : 1902
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: J. Steckler Seed Co Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seed industry and trade Catalogs Seeds Catalogs Flowers Seeds Catalogs Garden tools Catalogs Vegetables Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: New Orleans, La. : Steckler
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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or flavor, and can be eatenas readily as.au apple- vStrawberry Plants, Michels Early and Ocean City are the Best. 74 J. STECKI.ER SEED CO., I/TD., Al^Vf ANAC AND Bell or Bull Nose. Is a large oblongvariety which is not sweet or mild, asthought by some people. The seeds arevery hot. Used for pickling. ; Celestial. One of the handsomest andifibst ornamental of all the pepper varieties.The plant grows stout and bushy, producinga large quantity of fine colored rather thickpods, and as it continues to bloom and setfruit almost the entire season, these pods are of a different color. When quite young-they are of a light green, changing to apure white, when almost fully grown theybecome of a bright yellow and when fullyripe of bright scarlet. The pods are uprightlike either the Cluster or Tabasco, and are asequally sharp and pungent as the Tabasco.Not only as an ornament, but for the tablewe recommend this variety highly./ Long Red Cayenne. Is very hot andpungent. Cultivated here and used for
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Tabasco Pepper. SEED DRILLS, ALL. THE BEST KINDS. GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 75 pepper sauce and seasoning purposes. Thereare two varieties, one is long and straight,and the other like shown in cut, which istjjeonly kind we keep. Red Cherry. A small roundish variety,verv hot and productive.ylBird Bye. Small as the name indi-cates. It is very hot and used principallyfor pepper vinegar. ^Chili. A small variety, from three-fourthsfo an inch long. It is strong and used forpepper sauce; very prolific.*\Tabasco. This variety of pepper isgrown for the market as well as for makingsauce. It is pungent and strong, also veryprolific. It is easily gathered, as the fruitdoes not adhere to the stem and grows al-most erect on the branches, as may be seenin the cut. This variety is used in manu-facturing the well-known Tabasco Sauce.It is splendid for family use. * Red Cluster. A new variety of whichthe pods grow in bunches, upright like theChili, which the pods resemble, but are a KALEVI

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