THE GROWING OP VARIOUS VEGETABLES 



blacken them; boil fifteen minutes, remove the 

 stems, and serve with pepper, salt, butter, and, if 

 preferred, vinegar. 



PEPPERS 



Are grown from seed started early in April in 

 the hotbed or in flats in the house and planted out 

 when all danger of frost is passed. They require 

 rich, well-drained soil and a sunny situation. Where 

 the supply of manure is limited, a spoonful of 

 phosphate may be placed in each hill as the plants 

 are set, and more be scattered about the plants and 

 hoed or raked in unless the growth is satisfactory. 

 Set out in rows two feet apart, setting the plants 

 eighteen inches apart in the rows. 



The culture that will produce good corn, cab- 

 bage, or tomatoes will be right for peppers, as they 

 are of easy culture. Hen manure may be used with 

 this plant, as it is one of the few plants which is 

 not injured by the application of so strong a fer- 

 tiliser. 



The plants come into bearing in July, and if the 

 first peppers are removed while green, the succeed- 

 ing fruits will come forward more rapidly than if 

 the peppers are allowed to ripen. 



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