MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



ARTIFICIAL KEY TO GARDEN PEPPERS. 



* Peduncles straight; fruit erect or spreading. 



+- Calyx embracing base of fruit, the latter much longer than broad. 

 M- Fruit short, usually less than 1 in. long; peduncles nearly as 

 long or longer. 



Plant 2 ft. or more high, maturing slowly and rarely ripen- 

 ing fruit except in extreme south. C. frutescena. 

 Plant ripening its fruit earlier, usually not over li ft. high 

 except for the first variety. C. annuum conoides. 

 Fruit usually compressed at the base by the calyx; 

 plant at least 2 ft. high. TABASCO. 

 Fruit not compressed at the base by the calyx. 

 Dark red. 



Oblong fusiform. CORAL GEM. 



Conical or ovate obtuse. CAYENNE. 



Orange red. ORANGE-BED CLUSTER. 



M- +* Fruit usually more than lfe in. long, slender, largest diameter 

 usually less than i in.; peduncles shorter; flesh very thin 

 (about aV in ). 

 Plant about 1 ft. high ; leaves and fruit fascicled. 



C. annuum fasciculatum. 



Fruit red. RED CLUSTER. 



Fruit yellow. YELLOW CLUSTER. 



Plant larger; leaves and fruit not fascicled. 



C. annuum acuminatum* 



Fruit red. CHILLI. 



Fruit yellow. YELLOW CHILLI. 



*- *- Calyx not usually embracing base of fruit, or only obscurely so j 



fruit usually more than li in. long, largest diameter usually 



more than 4 in. ; flesh somewhat thicker. C. annuum longum. 



Petals more or less purple ; fruit black at first, becoming 



orange-red. BLACK NUBIAN. 



Petals white ; fruit green, becoming red when ripe. 



LONG RED. 



--- Calyx not embracing base of fruit, the latter slightly longer than 

 broad, subconical, ovate, or oblong, usually | in. to 2 in. long. 



C. annuum abbrematum. 

 Fruit bright red when ripe. 



Changing from green to light yellow or straw color before 

 ripening, subrugose, not turbinate. 

 Usually mucronate, oval. KALEIDOSCOPE. 



Not mucronate, subconical. CELESTIAL. 



Not changing to light yellow. 



Very rugose, often turbinate. RED WRINKLED. 



Neither rugose nor turbinate. ETNA. 



