PEPPERS. 



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PEPPERS. 



This is becoming one of the vegetables for which 

 there is a steady demand during the winter months. 

 While shipments of large size cannot be disposed of 

 very well, the demand is above the supply. Most of 

 the product for the northern and eastern markets come 

 from the Bermudas, Bahamas and Cuba. The crop is 

 not grown to any extent in the Lower South. The 

 main reason it is not more extensively cultivated is 

 the same as that given for the neglect of the egg-plant. 



It is not advisable to plant a large field to peppers, 

 but vegetable-growers should have about an acre to 

 ship in connection with other early vegetables. 



FIG. 21. 



