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ant flavored variety, with less pungency than some of the 

 other sorts. It can readily be grown by sowing the seeds in 

 the open ground in May. A sort known in the seed cata- 

 logues as the Sweet Mountain appears to be identical with 

 this. 



Cherry Pepper is a small, round-fruited, very pungent 

 variety. It requires to be raised in a hot-bed. There is 

 also a yellow-fruited variety of this sort. 



Long Red is a long-fruited sort, frequently used pulver- 

 ized, as a substitute for the cayenne pepper of commerce. 

 It should be raised in a hot-bed. There is also a yellow- 

 fruited variety of this sort. 



Squash Pepper ; this sort is largely grown for market 

 purposes, being of large size, and, when correct to name, 

 very thick-fleshed. It is rather more pungent than the 

 Bell or the Sweet Spanish. It can be grown by sowing the 

 seed in the open air in May. 



Sweet Spanish is a large-fruited sort, and very early. It 

 is sweet, mild and pleasant flavored, with scarcely any pun- 

 gency, and on that account is preferred by many persons. 

 It succeeds well sown in the open ground in May. 



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This is well known throughout the country as "Garget," 

 "Poke-berry" and "Pigeon-berry," and is a common weed 

 by road-sides, waste places and on newly burned pine- 

 lands. It is, however, an excellent substitute for aspara- 

 gus, which it resembles in taste. The young shoots, as 

 they appear in the spring, before the leaves develop, are 

 the parts used. 



The size and quality of the shoots are much improved 



