o'J-i GARDENING FOE THE SOUTH. 



those freshly picked. Green or dry they are very nutri 

 tious, abounding in flesh-forming constituents. 



MARKETING. — In the far South peas are gathered for 

 the market in .March, at the time when a good price can 

 be obtained if the pods are carefully picked and neatly 

 packed. Do not pick until the pods are well tilled and 

 reject all those which are discolored or over-ripe. Pack 

 in bushel crates. Fill the crates above the top and press 

 the tops on firmly, so that the peas will be securely packed 

 and the packages will be full when they reach their desti- 

 nation 



PEPPER.— (Capsicum.) 



This genus (Capsicum) of plants belongs to the Solanum 

 family, and several species are in cultivation, all of which 

 are natives of tropical regions. Some of them have been 

 cultivated in England three hundred years, C. annum, or 

 Guinea Pepper, having been introduced there in L548. 

 Those most in use are: 



Bell Pepper. — This was brought from India in 1759 — 

 of low- growth, with large, red, bell-shaped fruit. Its thick 

 and pulpy skin renders it best for pickles; more mild than 

 most varieties. It is a biennial. 



Cayenne, or Long PErrEK. — Is a perennial, with 

 small, round, bright red, tapering fruit, extremely pun- 

 gent. Of this there is a large and small fruited sort, both 

 excellent for pepper sauce, and to grind as a condiment. 



Large Sweet Spanish is a large, mild variety of an- 

 nual pepper, much used in pickling. 



Tomato Pepper is of two sorts, red ami yellow, both 

 tolerably mild; fruit tomato shaped. 



Culture. — Capsicum likes ;i rich, moist loam, rather 

 light than otherwise. Guano and fowl manure are excel- 

 lent fertilizers for peppers. 



For early plants, sow the seed in drills, one inch deep 



