192 GABDENING FOE PBOFIT. 



is moderately profitable, but it is not grown in large quan- 

 tities, the main consumption of it being by the pickle 

 factories. 



The popular varieties are ; 



Iiiill-IIO.se, or Bell. An early variety of mild flavor, 

 rind thick and fleshy ; it is a favorite 

 variety both for pickling and for use 

 in the crude state. 



Squash. The sort most generally 

 grown for pickling, hardly so early 

 as the preceding, but very productive ; 

 it is the leading market variety, 



Sweet Mountain, Simi- 

 Fig. 58.^LL- N osE, lar to the Bull-nose in shape 

 OB BELL PEPPER. an( j color, but larger, and 

 milder in flavor ; used to make stuffed pickles. 

 Cayenne. The variety of commerce ; pods 

 small, cone-shaped; coral-red when ripe; it 

 is quite a late variety, but the pods are as 

 frequently used for pickling green as when 

 ripe. Extremely acrid. PEPPER 



POTATO. (Solarium tuberosum.) 



The soil acknowledged to be best suited for the Potato, 

 is sandy loam ; in all heavy soils it is more subject to dis- 

 ease, and the flavor is also much inferior. This, however, 

 is true of nearly all vegetables, heavy soils inducing a wa- 

 tery insipidity of flavor. Like all robust growing vegeta- 



