CAPSICUM, OR RED PEPPER 



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Mammoth Golden Queen Pepper. 



grow. It is a dwarf branch- 

 ing plant, with pendent 



seed-vessels about ij in. 



in length and of about the 



same thickness ; in colour 



a beautiful bright yellow, 



sometimes orange. It is 



fairly productive, and about 



as early as the Sweet 



Mountain Capsicum. 



Mammoth Golden 



Queen Capsicum. A 



strong plant, with abundant 



leaves of dark green colour. 



and slightly spoon-shaped. 



For earliness it equals the 



Golden Dawn Capsicum, 



and surpasses the Sweet 



Spanish Capsicum. It is 



distinguished from both by 



the greater size of its seed- 

 vessels. 



Monstrous Capsicum. The seed-vessels of this variety are 



up to a certain point, intermediate between those of the Guinea 



Pepper and those of the Bell Pepper, but they surpass both in size. 



They are an irregular 

 ovoid or conical shape, 

 swollen in the part next 

 the stalk, and narrowed 

 at the other end, usually 

 more abruptly on one 

 side than on the other, 

 so that one side is 

 generally quite convex, 

 while the other is more 

 or less concave. The 

 appearance of the seed- 

 vessel is well indicated 

 by the name of Sheep's- 

 head Pepper, which is 

 sometimes given to it 

 Well grown, it measures 

 about 6 in. in length, 

 with a diameter of about 

 3 in. in the thickest part ; 

 Monstrous Capsicum ( natural size> and, when ripe, it is a 



