28 THE COMPOSITION OF EED PEPPERS. 



TABLE 8. Summary of analytical results on Spanish pimenton Continued. 

 DATA FROM LITERATURE. 



CONCLUSIONS. 

 CAYENNE. 



The first point of special interest to be noted is the fact that the 

 Mombasa, or African, chillies now coming into this country are 

 exceedingly dirty, and must necessarily be very carefully cleaned 

 before they are ground. This condition is undoubtedly brought 

 about by the fact that they grow wild in the interior of Africa, and 

 are gathered by semi-savage tribes and dried under various condi- 

 tions. 



The results given in the tables further show that the product now 

 coming into this country is somewhat different from that which 

 was formerly shipped; this is especially shown by a comparison of 

 the results obtained by the authors with those obtained by Winton 

 and his collaborators a number of years ago. There does not, how- 

 ever, seem to be any difficulty in producing a sound product of a 

 satisfactory nature by carefully sifting out the dirt and sand. 



It is also likely that the conditions which control the production 

 of this product may vary in the course of a number of years, so that 

 the cayenne on the market may vary from time to time as the source 

 of the chillies varies. 



At the present time a considerable amount of small, round-shaped 

 chillies, known as " cherries," grown in India, is being brought into 

 this country, and practically none of the true Zanzibar chillies is being 

 received, although some chillies are still shipped from Zanzibar 

 which are undoubtedly the same as those coming from Mombasa, and 

 their source is the interior of Africa and not the island of Zanzibar. 



