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Varieties vary much in the shape of the pods and the 

 acridity of their juice. The kinds most commonly grown 

 are as follows: 



Ruby King. Fruit very large, bright red, smooth, 

 mild flavored and prolific. The best for general use. 



Long Red Cayenne. Fruit long and slender. Very 

 pungent. 



Other varieties are Bull Nose, Chinese Giant, and 

 Neapolitan. 



THE MARTYNIA FAMILY (Order Martyniaceae) 

 MARTYNIA (Martynia probosidea) 



Description. Native of southwestern United States. 

 An annual. A coarse-growing, spreading plant, having a 

 peculiar-shaped fruit that is used for 

 pickles. The flowers are large, irregu- 

 lar, and rather pretty. The fruit is 

 tender when young, but is nearly as 

 hard as horn when ripe. The seeds 

 are black, with a rough surface. 



Culture. This is a plant of the 

 easiest culture. The seed should be 

 sown as soon as the soil settles in the Fig - 122 ' 

 spring, in hills about three feet apart each way. Where 

 seeds are allowed to ripen, plants usually appear the 

 following spring. There is only one kind. 



THE GOURD FAMILY (Order Cucurbitaceae) 



The Gourd Family is made up mostly of tendril-bearing 

 herbs, with succulent but not fleshy herbage, watery juice, 

 alternate palmately ribbed and mostly angled or lobed 

 leaves, pistillate and staminate flowers separate and both 

 kinds generally on the same plant. The calyx is grown 



