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Andrieux et Cie. Sept. 3 three plants from Brack gave one ripe 

 fruit each, while there were no ripe fruits on plants from Vil- 

 morin. 



3. Oxheari. Plant diffuse, robust; fruits drooping, variable, 

 mostly short oblong-conic, much like a beef's heart in shape, an 

 inch to an inch and a half long, bright red. — From Isaac Til- 

 linghast. Sept, 3 four plants had produced, altogether, six 

 ripe fruits. 



4. Red French. Much like the last, but the fruits more pointed 

 and somewhat furrowed. — From Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie. 

 This proposed variety came in the sowings of Airelle rouge 

 "red whortleberry." Most of the plants in the sowing bore 

 fruits like the Cranberry, and it is probable that such is 

 intended by the variety Airelle rouge of Vilmorin-Andrieux et 

 Cie. The sort which is here called Red French probably came 

 of some impurity in the seed. 



II. LoifG Peppers. — Fruit very slender or several times longer than 

 broad, tapering gradually to ajyoiid, not furrowed. 



A. Fruits red. 



5. Red Cluster. {Bouquet rouge of Vilmorin.) Plant very com- 

 pact and upright, a foot higb ; leaves narrow, almost lanceolate 

 (blade three-fourths of an inch wide by two and one-quarter 

 inches long) ; fruits borne in clusters, erect, very slender (one- 

 quarter inch or less in diameter by two to two and one-half 

 inches long), sharply pointed, usually crooked near the end, 

 very light bright red. Fig. 12. — From W. Atlee Burpee and 

 Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie. This variety is the most distinct of 

 any we grew. It is very handsome, and is worthy a place among 

 ornamental plants. A few fruits were ripe Sept. 1. The plants 

 from French seed were a little earlier. 



6. Cliili. Plant compact; leaves shorter than in the last (blade 

 nearly three-quarters of an inch by one and one-half inch) ; fruit 

 usually erect, straight, firm, about two inches long by one-half 

 inch broad at base, blunt on the tip, becoming black before 

 maturity, when it assumes a rich red. — From Vilmorin-Andrieux 

 et Cie. Several fruits were ripe Sept. 1. The Small Chili, from 

 J. B. Root i& Co., gave very variable fruits, some being almost 

 berry-like and others like the Chili in shape. 



7. Cayenne. Plant and leaves much as in the last; fruits droop- 

 ing, mostly curved, three to four inches long by a half or three- 

 quarters inch broad at the base, mostly somewhat bluntish on 

 the tip, rich red. — From Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie. Sept. 3 two 

 plants had two ripe fruits each. 



B. Fruit yellow. 



8. Long Yell no Co.yenne. Fruit much like that of No. 7 in shape, 

 but thi(!ker and tending to crook, light bright orange. — From 

 Peter Henderson and Co. Sept. 3, one plant bore seven ripe 

 fruits, another five and three others two each. 



9. Lo7iq Ycllmo French. {Jaune long oi Vilmorin.) Plants stouter 

 than No. 8; fruits much larger, often five inches long, tending 

 to become broad and furrowed. — From Vilmorin-Andrieux et 



