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ripe, and very hot to the taste ; tihey are produced in the greatest 



abundance, sometimes appearing to equal the leaves in number. 



This is one of the earliest 

 and most productive kinds, 

 and is the most suitable 

 variety for gardens in the 

 north of France. In ad- 

 dition to its value as a 

 kitchen-garden plant, it 

 is also highly ornamental, 

 from the fine effect pro- 

 duced by the numerous 

 brilliant - coloured seed- 

 vessels relieved against 

 the green of the foliage. 

 The Coral Gem 

 Bouquet Pepper is a very 

 pretty American variety 

 of the above, producing 

 ^ numerous short and regu- 

 larly shaped bright red 

 fruit, in bouquets resem- 

 bling clusters of coral. 

 Red Cluster Pepper. Red Cluster Pepper. 



A compact, much- 

 branching plant, with numerous small leaves, and an abundance 



of flowers at the ends of the branches, succeeded by branches 



of slender, pointed pods, curved, and bright red ; not so long as. 



those of the Chili Pepper, but much 



thinner and pungent. 



Cherry Pepper. Some botanists 



make this a different species under the 



name of Capsicum cerasiforme. In its 



habit of growth, however, it comes 



very close to the varieties of Capsicum 



annuum, and is distinguished from the 



Spanish or Guinea Pepper by the shape 



of its seed-vessels, which are almost 



spherical, with a diameter of nearly I in. 



in all directions. They are extremely 



hot to the taste, and somewhat late in 



ripening. In support of the opinion 



that this Pepper is simply a variety 



of Capsicum annuum, it is often found 



bearing seed-vessels more or less long in shape, and apparently^ 



reverting to the common Spanish or Guinea variety. 



Cherry Pepper (branch, 

 fruit, ^ natural size). 



