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GARDENING FOR PROFIT. 



is moderately profitable, but it is not grown in large quan- 

 tities, the main consumption of it being by the pickle 

 factories. 



The popular varieties are ; 



Bull-nose* or Bell.— An early variety of mild flavor, 

 rind thick and fleshy ; it is a favorite 

 variety both for pickling and for use 

 in the crude state. 



Squash. — The sort most generally 

 grown for pickling, hardly so early 

 as the preceding, but very productive ; 

 it is the leading market variety. 

 Sweet Mountain. — Sinri- 



Fig. 58.-BTOL-NOSK, lar t0 the Bull-nose in shape 

 ok bell pepper. an <i color, but larger, and 



milder in flavor ; used to make stuffed pickles. 

 Cayenne. — The variety of commerce ; pods 

 small, cone-shaped ; coral-red when ripe; it 

 is quite a late variety, but the pods are as 

 frequently used for pickling green as when *$\g. 59.-cay- 

 ripe. Extremely acrid. 



ENNE PEPPER 



POTATO. — {Solarium tuberosum.) 



The soil acknowledged to be best suited for the Potato, 

 is sandy loam ; in all heavy soils it is more subject to dis- 

 ease, and the flavor is also much inferior. This, however, 

 is true of nearly all vegetables, heavy soils inducing a wa- 

 tery insipidity of flavor. Like all robust growing vegeta- 



