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a bes Indian stomachie prepared by washing a few pods of bird 
r and mixiüg them with sliced cucumbers and shallots with 
the tie of lime juice and Madeira wine ue seq.). ‘Curry 
Powder (with Turmeric) and v arious [de of Pepper Sauce,” 
including ''Tabasco " (Mexic kg Papri ika” is a Hungarian 
condiment made by grinding tlie fruits after removal of the seeds. 
Capsicums find a use in mineral water manufacture and the seeds 
are used for feeding irds. 
An extens nsive trade is done in the fruits under the names 
** Capsicums " and Chillies, the former name being broadly used 
for the larger thia and the latter name for the smaller fruits, 
sometimes also called ‘Bird Pepper.’ The value may 
fluctuate between 35s.—50s. per cwt., anything below 35s. vesti 
perhaps hardly pay collecting. Zanzibar m have been 
known to fetch 140s. per ewt. (Kew Bull. 1892, p. 88), Sierra 
Leone Chillies in Liverpool (April 1915) nals s.—89s. 
per cwt 
The princi ial sources of supply are Zanzibar, Uganda, 
Nyasaland, B.E. Africa, Sierra Leone, Natal, India, Japan, and 
he West Indies, the total trade approximating to 100 tons a year. 
India alone with a total trade of about 5000 tons in 1907, contri- 
buted to the United icy idend E: 35 tons (Watt Comm. "pid. 
India, p. 268). Sierra Leon ihe same year exported 33 tons, 
and in 1909-10 Nyasaland ex iral ow 53 tons (Ann. Rep. 
Rone and For. Dept., nd exporte 1910, i í 
The inlet t is easy and much the same as given under 
Solanum melongena. In the cube éd 6 aey are treated as 
annuals, but in ‘the Tropics some form y be biennial or 
ight 
yea A 
be from 4000-8000 Ib . per acre ra ee or ‘1000 72000 lb. 
dry. The only preparation required, is picking when just kin 
to change colour, and drying in the sun. Clean, bright fruits 
are essential for shipment. In drying, the fruits lose MT 
in weight. Watt Ee . Prod. ae p. oed states that dry 
res the ungent varieties ma y be men Arr “Nepi 
Tabasco,” ete. ., and of the mild, ** Bell," ‘‘ Sweet Mountain,’ 
‘Ruby Kin a dMucinoth Golden Queen,” ‘ Chinese Giant.» “id 
** Paprika," ete 
Peppers are grown throughout Nigeria chiefly as a mixed 
crop near houses or on farms, and according to Dudgeon (Agric. 
Eee Prod. 2 A p. 135) in Kano and Zaria they are 
mim elds. They form one of the indispensable 
crops day = loc iiem use rough the Tropics. 
—'' Capsicum fastigi nd Capsicum annuum,’ 
Re nM 
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