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oblate, or occasionally obscurely pointed or slightly elon- 

 gated, erect, spreading, or pendent, -J-l in. diam., smooth 

 or very rarely minutely rugose or sulcate, when unripe often 

 more or less blotched with purple on side next the sun ; 

 flesh firm, -iV~l m - thick, extremely pungent. 



* Fruit |-i in. in diameter, oval or lemon-shaped. 



LITTLE GEM.* Plant about 1-J-ft. high. Leaves medium 

 small, larger ones 2 in. long by 1 in. wide; petioles rather 

 short. Peduncles straight or slightly curved. Corolla 

 obscurely greenish white, spreading about in. Fruit 

 globular, ovate, or elliptical, about f in. diam., usually 

 erect, smooth, red, usually 3-celled, extremely pungent. 

 Introduced in England about 1881. Not generally cata- 

 logued by American seedsmen. 



PRINCE OF WALES. f Plant stout, upright-spreading, 

 12-15 in. high. Leaves 2-2^- in. long, 1-1-j- in. wide. 

 Peduncles curved, long and slender. Fruit small, about -J 

 in. diam., lemon-shaped, bright yellow. A very old 

 and prolific variety formerly much cultivated in Europe as 

 an ornamental plant. 



* * Fruit i-1 in. in diameter, generally cherry-shaped. 



CHERRY. :f Plant 2-2^ ft. high, quite woody and very 

 branchy. Fruit ^-1 in. diam. quite uniformly spherical or 

 cherry-shaped, smooth, sometimes obscurely furrowed; 

 flesh firm, about -J- in. thick, extremely pungent, dark red. 



* Floral Magazine pi. 479. 1881. Williams' Little Gem. Williams, 

 Cat. 1882. Miniature Tom Thumb, Batchelor, seed, 1887. CroZe or 

 Bird's Eye. Thorburn, Cat. 1893. 



f Veitch, Cat. 1872. German, Prim von Wales Pfeffer. 



Capsicum sive Piper Indicum siliqua flava ovali. Morison, Hist. PL 8: 

 630. 1699. 



J Burr, Field and Gard. Veg. 620. 1863. Vilmorin-And. Veg. Gard. 

 152. 1885 [Eng. ed. Robinson]. Round or Large Cherry -Pepper. Burr, 

 1. c. 624. Cranberry. Hend. Gard for Profit 265. 1886. Bailey, Bull, 

 Mich. Agr. Col. 31: 37. 1887. Bed French,. Bailey,!, c. 38. Piment 



