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twelve to twenty days to germinate, the exact time depend- 
ing upon its age. The plants are usually started under 
glass in February or March and transplanted into pots or 
flats when large enough to handle. After all danger of 
frost is past, they are moved to the field and planted one or 
two feet apart. The ground around the plants is thoroughly 
cultivated during the growing season, and in case of 
extreme drouth artificial irrigation is sometimes resorted 
to. 
Its culture does not appear to be especially confined to 
any particular locality but is generally distributed through- 
out temperate and tropical regions for the supply of local 
markets. Capsicum frutescens is confined mostly to 
Southern Asia, Africa, Mexico, and South and Central 
America. The large Sweet Spanish variety is largely culti- 
vated in Spain, and various varieties for the manufacture 
of Paprika are extensively grown in Hungary. The 
Tabasco variety is almost exclusively confined to one 
locality in Louisiana. There is considerable local demand, 
as pickles, mangoes and pepper sauces are quite extensively 
manufactured in St. Louis, and the supply for them is 
largely grown in this vicinity. 
Fortunately peppers are not subject to attack by insects. 
Red spider and greenfly (Aphis) are the only known 
Arthropod enemies, and their depredations are confined 
mainly to plants grown under glass. The red spider may 
be kept in check by repeatedly syringing with water, and 
the greenfly may be killed by fumigating with tobacco. 
There are two fungus diseases which frequently occur, 
especially upon the larger thick-fleshed varieties. One of 
them Dr. Halsted * calls an anthracnose of the pink sort, 
due to Glocosporium piperatum E. & E., which causes the 
fruit to rot about the time it is maturing. The other 
disease is a dark anthracnose, due to Colletotrichum 
nigrum.t 
* Rept. N. J. Exp. Sta. 326. 1892. 
+ Halsted, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 18: 15. 1891. 
