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Solanaceous Fruits 



Plants should be in full crop in 120 to 150 days from seed. 

 An acre may yield upwards of 30,000 good fruits. 



Ceecospora LEAif-spoT (Cercospora capcici). — Circular gray- 

 ish brown spots with dark borders and gray centers are 

 characteristic. Seriously affected leaves wilt and defoliation 

 may occur. Control: Disinfection of the seed with corrosive 

 sublimate 1 to 1,000 has been recommended. Seed should be 

 immersed in the solution for ten minutes and then rinsed 

 at once in running water for about fifteen minutes and planted 

 immediately. Seed should be sown in disease-free soil ; and 

 plants in the seed-bed and soil may be sprayed with bordeaux 

 mixture. 



Peppers are attaclced by the potato aphis, flea-beetle and 

 potato beetle : see under Potato ; also by the spinach aphis : 

 see under Spinach. 



The pepper (often called "red pepper," although there 

 are yellow-, black- and white-fruited varieties) is a Cap- 



160. Capsicum seeds, of 

 the Bell pepper type 

 (X 2%). 



16:. Young pepper plants (X %). 



sicum, the common garden forms now being referred to 

 one species, C. annuum. It is very distinct from the pepper 

 of commerce, which is the fruit of Piper nigrum, of an- 

 other family. Part of the demand is for the making of 

 mixed pickles and for seasoning, and for this purpose the 

 Cayenne, Chilli, Tobasco and Cranberry varieties are 

 grown. These are the " hot " or pungent varieties. The 



