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and becoming deeper toward apex, usually 1-2 obscure 
sinuses between larger ones, subrugose, 3-4 celled; flesh 
firm and sweet; seeds slightly acrid. The fruit has a 
tendency to elongate, becoming subconical, often nippled 
at the apex and sometimes obscurely furrowed. Intro- 
duced 1887.— Plate 22, f. 2. 
++ ++ ++ Fruit pendent, very oblate. 
Squasu.” Plant 1-2 ft. high with few stout, quite erect 
branches. Peduncles 1-14 in. long, stout, much enlarged 
toward calyx end. Fruit truncate, very oblate, 1-2 in. 
long, 2-3 in. diam., usually with three or more deep fur- 
rows extending from base to or near the apex and numer- 
ous obscure ones about half as long, 2-3 celled ; flesh firm, 
} in. thick, rather insipid, slightly pungent, often with 
a trace of tomato flavor. This is a very late variety and 
not an abundant bearer. The fruit is excellent for 
mangoes.— Plate 24, and plate 25, f. 1. 
* Burr, Field & Gard. 624. 1863.— Bailey, Bull. Mich. Agr. Col. 8ls 
41. 1887.—Red Tomato Capsicum or American Bonnet Pepper. Vilmorin- 
And. Veg. Gard. 154. 1885 [Eng. ed. Robinson].— Squash or Tomato- 
Shaped. Hend. Gard. for Profit 265. 1886 [8d ed.].— Red Tomato. 
Bailey, Bull. Mich. Agr. Col. 31: 41. 1887.— New Dwarf Early Red 
Squash. Burpee, Cat. 1893.— French, Piment tomate, Piment tomate nain 
hatif.— German, Liebesapfelfrichtiger rother Pfeffer. 
Capsicum tetragonum Miller, Gard. Dict. 1771 [no. 8. ed. 6].— Linn. Syst. 
4:561. 1819[ed. Rém. et Schult.].—Link, Enum. Pl. Hort. Reg. 
Berol. 1:190. 1821.— Fingerh. Monogr. Gen. Capsici 30. t. 10. 
f. ad. 1832.— Don, Hist. Dich. Pl. 4: 445. 1838.— Miquel, Fl. Ned. 
Ind. 2:658. 1856. 
Capsicum annuum tetragonum Miller, Gard. Dict. 1797 [ed. Martyn]. 
Capsicum cydonideforme Hort. Linn. Syst. 4: 561, 1819 [ed. Rém. et 
Schult. ]. 
Capsicum tomatiforme Fingerh. in Steud. Nom. 279. 1840 [2d ed.]. 
Capsicum dulce Hort. Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13!: 428. 1852. 
Capsicum grossum lycopersicoides Vilmorin-And. Fl. Pleine Terre 884. 
1870 [3d ed.]. 
Piper Indicum fructu dependente Pomi amoris forma. Bauhin. Pinax 
102. 1623.— Raius, Hist. Pl. 1: 678. 1686. 
Solanum mordens seu Capsicum latifolium mali Aethiopici, etc. Pluken- 
etius, Phyto. 1. t. 227. f. 7.1692. 
