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oblate, or occasionally obscurely pointed or slightly elon- 
gated, erect, spreading, or pendent, 4-1 in. diam., smooth 
or very rarely minutely rugose or sulcate, when unripe often 
more or less blotched with purple on side next the sun; 
flesh firm, ;4,—-} in. thick, extremely pungent. 
* Fruit 4-4 in. in diameter, oval or lemon-shaped. 
Lirrie Gem.* Plant about 14 ft. high. Leaves medium 
small, larger ones 2 in. long by 1 in. wide; petioles rather 
short. Peduncles straight or slightly curved. Corolla 
obscurely greenish white, spreading about ¢ in. Fruit 
globular, ovate, or elliptical, about ¢ in. diam., usually 
erect, smooth, red, usually 3-celled, extremely pungent. 
Introduced in England about 1881. Not generally cata- 
logued by American seedsmen. 
Prince or Wates.{t Plant stout, upright-spreading, 
12-15 in. high. Leaves 2-2} in. long, 1-1} in. wide. 
Peduncles curved, long and slender. Fruit small, about 4 
in. diam., lemon-shaped, bright yellow. A very old 
and prolific variety formerly much cultivated in Europe as 
an ornamental plant. 
** Fruit 4-1 in. in diameter, generally cherry-shaped. 
Cuerry.{ Plant 2-24 ft. high, quite woody and very 
branchy. Fruit 4-1 in. diam. quite uniformly spherical or 
cherry-shaped, smooth, sometimes obscurely furrowed; 
flesh firm, about } in. thick, extremely pungent, dark red. 
* Floral Magazine pl. 479. 1881.— Williams’ Little Gem. Williams, 
Cat. 1882.— Miniature Tom Thumb. Batchelor, seed, 1887.—Creole or 
Bird’s Eye. Thorburn, Cat. 1893. 
+ Veitch, Cat. 1872.— German, Pring von Wales Pfeffer. 
Capsicum sive Piper Indicum siliqua flava ovali. Morison, Hist. Pl. 8: 
530. 1699. 
t Burr, Field and Gard. Veg. 620. 1863.— Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 
152. 1885 [Eng. ed. Robinson].— Round or Large Cherry-Pepper. Burr, 
1. c. 624.— Cranberry. Hend. Gard for Profit 265. 1886.— Bailey, Bull, 
Mich. Agr. Col. 31: 87. 1887.— Red French. Bailey, 1. c. 38. Piment 
