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often swollen at the base, abruptly narrowing just above, 

 gradually enlarging toward the calyx end. Corolla large, 

 spreading --1^- in., coarse, dingy white. Fruit large, ob- 

 late, oblong, or truncated, deeply 3-4 lobed, usually with 

 a basal depression, more or less sulcate and rugose, 3-4 

 celled; flesh -fa- -J- in. thick, firm, and of a mild flavor. 



++ Fruit pendent, not usually oblate. 



= Fruit subconical, usually tapering to a narrow obscurely lobed or 

 sometimes rounded apex. 



EMPEROR.* Plants about 2 ft. high, vigorous. Fruit 

 3-5 in. long, 1^-2^- in. diam.,t tapering toward the 

 apex, giving a broadly conical form, slightly furrowed; 

 apex rounding or obscurely lobed; flesh medium thick, 

 slightly pungent. 



= -a Fruit subconical or prismatic, slightly tapering to a 3 to 4 

 lobed apex, decidedly longer than broad. 



MONSTROUS. J Plants 2-2 ft. high, vigorous, much 

 branched and with a dense foliage. Peduncles curved or 

 rarely straight. Fruit 3-6 in. long, 1^2^- in. diam., 

 cylindro-conical, 3-5 shallow furrows extending the entire 

 length, often transversely sulcate and very rugose, 3-5 

 lobed, 2-3 celled ; flesh % in. thick, slightly pungent, dark 

 red. A late but prolific variety, originated in France 

 and introduced to notice in this country about 1867. 

 Plate 16. 



* Giant Emperor. Thorburn, Cat. 1883. Bailey, Bull. Mich. Agr. 

 Col. 31: 40. 1887. 



t Henderson, Cat. 1883, and Thorburn, Cat. 1884, give the size of the 

 fruit as 3 by 14 in., which is evidently a mistake. 



J Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 153. 1885 [Eng. ed. Robinson]. Mon- 

 strous, or Grossum. Henderson, Cat. 1876. Spanish Monstrous. 

 Thorburn, Cat. 1884. Monstrosum. Burr, Cat. 1886. Crimson Queen. 

 Tillinghast, Cat. according to Dr. Sturtevant. French, Piment mon- 

 strueux. German, Sehr grosser milder monstrb'ser Pfeffer. 



Capsicum grossum monstrosum Hort. Vilmorin-And. Fl. Pleine Terr* 

 884. 1870 [3d ed.]. 



