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PEPPER. 



oiVBE ou PIMENT. CapsicuMi 



VARIETIES. 



Grossum, or Bell Pepper. Long Red, or Bird's Bilk 



'Tomato shaped, or Squash. Cherry, or West Indian. 



Sweet Spanish ; used as a Salad, has a very delicate taste. 



THIS family of plants are natives of the East and West 

 Indies ; some of their capsules, or pods^ are yellow, and 

 others red, when at maturity ; they are much used for pick- 

 ling, and should be gathered for that purpose before they 

 are fully ripe. 



The seeds of the different kinds of Capsicums may be 

 sown in a hot-bed in March, or on a warm border, early in 

 May. One ounce of seed will produce about three thousand 

 plants. When the plants arrive at the height of from one 

 to two inches, they should be transplanted into good rich 

 ground, from eighteen inches to two feet distant from each 

 other. 



Those who do not want Peppers early in the season^ 

 may sow some seed in the open ground in May, in drills two 

 feet asunder, and half an inch deep. When the plants are 

 grown an inch or two high, thin them to the distance of 

 fifteen or eighteen inches in the rows. The ground should 

 be afterwards hoed deep round the plants, and kept free 

 from weeds by repeated hoeings. 



The Capsicum Grossum, or Bell Pepper, is perennial, and 

 will keep in perpetual bearing in warm climates. In Eng- 

 land this species is considered superior to all others, on 

 account of its skin being thick, and also pulpy and tender; 

 the plants are therefore frequently preserved in hot-houses 

 during the Winter and Spring, and kept in the open air in 

 settled warm weather. 



