108 I 'AC IS -J AT* FIGURES OR THE 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



PEPPER. 



This crop is Ijeing grown more and more extensively in 

 Florida every season and is proving one of the truckers' 

 best mone}- makers. It can be grown on most any kind of 

 soil, and if given a little fertilizer every ten or fifteen days 

 it will bear continuousl}' throughout the season. I have had 

 pepper bushes on my own farm tb.at were one year old and 

 still bore fruit. 



PLANTING. 



In the Xorthern and Central parts of the State, for a 

 fall crop, if ^■ou prefer, _\<ju may plant the seed in the held 

 where you wish the crop to grow, sowing the seed any time 

 from Jul}' lirst to August first. For a spring ci'op, 

 to ha\'e It earl}' the seed nuist be planted in a hot bed or 

 cold frame, where the plants can be protected, as the}' are 

 ncarl}' as sensiti\'e to the cold as the tomato and the egg- 

 plant — planting anv time in Decen'iljer or Januar\". In the 

 Southern part of the State ]>lant from September first until 

 January first, sowing the seed in the field where \"ou wish 

 the crop to grow. It requires fn'Mii one-fourth to one-half 

 pound of seed to plant an acre. 



\'ARIETIES. 



The Ruby Fling is realh' the most popular of all the dif- 

 ferent kinds. Ijeing well liked by both the trucker and the 

 ccinsumcr. The Chinese C,iant, a new ■\-ariet\' which is larg- 

 ." than the Ruby King, is gaining in popularitv A'ery fast. 

 The ^'ull Xose is also a popular kind. If you wish to raise 

 an}' hoi peppers for home use plant the Long Red Cavenne. 



FERTILIZING AND CL'LTIVATION. 



Prepare the land as directed for tomatoes, putting the 

 fertdizer in furrows under the rows where vou wish the 

 plants to grow, using about i.ooo pounds to the acre. Use 



