PENNSYLVANIA— PEPPERS 



1679 



* Expressed in bushels for orchard fruits and persimmons, and pounds for grapes, nuts and figs. 



2 Included with "unclassified." 



3 Consists of products not separately named by the enumerator, but grouped under the designation "all other " 



* Total inclurles alminds, Japanese walnuts, hazelnuts, Japanese chestnuts, beechnuts, Italian chestnuts, Spanish chestnuts, 

 filberts, white walnuts and other nuts. 



The following table shows the quanti- 

 ties of the more advanced products man- 

 ufactured by farmers from orchard fruits 



and grapes. Values were not called for 

 on the schedule. 



Peppers 



Capsicum annuum 

 Native of South America. Perennial, 

 but in cultivation grown as an annual. 

 There are many varieties, differing 

 chiefly in the shape of their fruit. All of 

 them have erect, branching stems, which 

 become almost woody. The leaves are 

 spear-shaped; flowers, white, star-shaped, 

 solitary in the axils of the leaves; fruit 

 generally hollow with a somewhat fleshy 

 skin, at first darl£ green, but when ripe 

 turning yellow, red or dark violet. The 

 seeds are flat, and. like the flesh of the 



pods, have a very acrid, burning taste, 

 for which the plant is cultivated and used 

 in giving flavor to pickles, etc. Their 

 germinating power lasts about four years 

 after being separated, but if left in the 

 pods they will keep much longer without 

 Injury. 



Culture 



Peppers need practically the same 

 cultivation as the tomato or egg plant, 

 except that they may be planted two 

 feet apart, in rows three feet apart. 



Varieties vary much in the shape of the 

 pods and the acridity of their juice. The 



