Varieties of Peppers — The Potato 129 



Ruby King is another very large, productive variety. 

 It lias, for some years, been the principal market variety, 

 usually sold green. It is a prolific bearer of very showy 

 pods. 



Golden Queen. — Those who prefer a yellow pepper 

 will find this a very desirable variety. Similar to Ruby 

 King except in color of pods. 



Long Red Caijenne. — The pod of this variety is long, 

 red and pointed; very hot. This is the kind so often 

 seen hanging in the porch of the farmhouse. It is dried, 

 ground and used as a condiment. 



Tom Thumh, sometimes called Bird^s Eye. — This is a 

 dwarf variety usually grown as an ornamental plant in 

 the collection of house plants or in pots in the green- 

 house. The berries are the size of a red currant. 



Tohasco. — This makes a very handsome plant when 

 loaded with the little crimson pods, which are only an 

 inch in length but very hot; well known on account 

 of its use in tobasco sauce. 



Celestial, an ornamental variety, is very productive 

 and showy, and is covered with creamy yellow and deep 

 scarlet pods at the same time. 



POTATO ( Irish) 



To distinguish this from the sweet potato, it is often 

 spoken of as the "white" potato. It belongs to the same 

 genus as the eggplant and is closely related to the to- 

 mato and several narcotic plants, as henbane, tobacco 

 and belladonna. It, too, contains a trace of poison, 

 which is developed when the surface turns green from 



