166 AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 



In household use, peppers are in demand chiefly for making 

 or flavoring pickles. The squash pepper answers both these 

 purposes, for the former of which its thick, fleshy character 

 especially fits it. 



The bell and sweet Spanish peppers grow larger, but are com- 

 paratively thin, though they are often used and esteemed for 

 the same purposes as the former, particularly in making man- 

 goes. 



The long, or " Cayenne," is chiefly used in the manufacture 

 of the condiment known by that name ; and the bird pepper is 

 used to make the familiar " pepper- sauce." 



Peppers, whether sown in the open ground or transplanted 

 from the hot bed, should stand in rows eighteen inches wide, 

 leaving the plants at least twelve inches apart. They should 

 be often hoed, and the earth gradually but moderately raised 

 around them, so as to afford support to them when top-heavy 

 with their fruit. 



PEPPERGRASS. 



French, Cresson Alenois. German, Kresse. Spanish, Mastuerzo. 



1. CURLED. 2. PLAIN. 



BRIEF DIRECTIONS. 



Sow in shallow drills, twelve inches apart. Cover lightly, 

 and if dry, give water. Keep perfectly clear of weeds. 



Time : every two weeks throughout the season, if it is de- 

 sired. 



Between the above varieties there is but slight difference, 

 though the first named is esteemed of better quality and pret- 

 tier appearance than the last. It may be successfully raised 

 as above directed, and the ground upon which it is sown in 

 spring can be used for some later crop. 



There is a broad-leaved cress, sometimes known as roquette, 

 somewhat resembling the water cress, by some called land 

 cress, and by others garden cress, which is a hardy biennial 

 that yields a strong peppery salad through the fall and very 

 early in the following spring, if sown and cultivated as parsley 



