A REVISION OF THE GENUS CAPSICUM. 85 



= = Fruit squarish, subtruncate, slightly longer than broad, neither 

 oblate nor with apex contorted. 



SWEET MOUNTAIN.* Plants If -2 ft. high. Branches 

 comparatively few. Fruit 3-4 in. long, 2-3 in. diam., 

 not tapering toward the apex, 3-4 shallow furrows 

 extending the entire length, usually uniformly 3-lobed ; 

 flesh mild. Originated about 1865. 



This variety is sometimes considered a synonym of 

 Bell but the uniformly smaller plants and larger and milder 

 fruits, which are not as subject to great variation, make it 

 quite distinct, though at most it is but a subvariety or 

 improved form. Plate 19, f. 2, and plate 20. 



GOLDEN DAWN.| Not usually distinguishable from the 

 last except that the fruit is of a beautiful golden yellow 

 color. It often varies to subconical without increasing in 

 length. Introduced about 1882. Plate 21, f. 2. 



= == = Fruit squarish, subtruncate, longer than broad, usually slightly 

 tapering. 



KUBY KiNG.J Plant not distinguishable from Sweet 

 Mountain. Fruit 4-7 in. long, 2-4 in. diam., deeply 4-5 

 furrowed and lobed, usually slightly tapering toward the 

 apex ; flesh slightly pungent. A very large form of Bell. 

 Introduced about 1884. Plate 21, f. 1. 



GOLDEN KINO is said to have originated as a sport 



* Burr, Field & Gard. Veg. 625. 1863. Bailey, Bull. Mich. Agr. 

 Col. 31 : 41. 1887. Sweet Mountain, or Mammoth. Hend. Qard. for Profit 

 264. 1886. French, Piment carr6 doux d'Amtrique. German, Eckiger 

 dicker kurxer rother siisser Pfeffer. 



f Thorburn, Cat. 1883. Hend. Gard. for Profit 265. 1886 [3d ed.]. 

 Golden Dawn Mango. Sibley, Cat. 1884. Yellow Bell. Bailey, Bull. Mich. 

 Agr. Col. 81 : 41. 1887. Yellow Nocre. Notes and figures by Dr. Stur- 

 tevant, seed from Batchelor, 1887. Sweet Golden Dawn. Thorburn, 

 Cat. 1887. Golden Mango. Seed from Childs, 1892. French, Piment 

 carre jaunt hattf. 



t Hend. Gard. for Profit 265. 1886 [3d ed.]. New Large Scarlet. 

 Batchelor, seed, 1887. 



Burpee, Cat. 1894. Mammoth Golden Queen. Storrs & Harrison, 

 Cat.1882.- Orange Mammoth. Livingston, seed, 1887. French, Piment 

 mammoth jaune d'or. 



