CAPSICUM, OR RED PEPPER 



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are bright glistening yellow, and usually very hot 

 in flavour, seldom more than 4 in. long, slender 

 in shape, and often slightly curved. 



Long Black Mexican Pepper. Seed-vessel 

 thin, straight or slightly undulated, 7 to 9 in. in 

 length, shining black, as pungent as the Cayenne 

 Pepper. Quite distinct from the other sorts of 

 Capsicums. 



Long Yellow Pepper. 



Long Black Mexican Pepper 



Chili Pepper, or Chillies. The appearance of this variety is 

 very distinct from that of the other kinds, as it has a very 

 branching, rather low- 

 growing stem, the spread- 

 ing branches of which 

 form a dwarf broad bush, 

 seldom more than 16 to 

 20 in. high. Leaves small, 

 narrow, and numerous ; 

 flowers small and white, 

 succeeded by slender and 

 long-pointed seed-vessels 

 about 2 in. long and 

 scarcely f in. in diameter, 

 very often growing erect, 

 very bright scarlet when 



Chili Pepper, or Chillies. 



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