The Pepper 



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large "sweet peppers," of the Sweet Mountain, Chinese, 

 •Neapolitan, Pimiento and Euby King type, are used for the 

 dish known as 

 " stuffed peppers," 

 for sweet pickles 

 and in other ways. 

 Figs. 160 to 163 

 show the pepper 

 from seed to fruit. 



The plants are 

 started in frames, 

 usually in boxes, as 

 are tomatoes and 

 effffnlants Care ^*^' ^'°w*''°s jiranch of capsicum (x i/s). 



must be taken to keep the plants growing continuously, 

 else they may not mature a full crop in short-season cli- 

 mates. Dealers usually sell pepper plants, ready for the 

 garden. 



For culinary purposes, the peppers are picked when 

 aljQut full grown but before they are colored. The fruits 

 are often known in the market as " green peppers." For- 

 merly little seen, they are now a common article in shops, 

 and the culture of them, in a restricted way, is sometimes 

 distinctly profitable. The hot kinds, or chillies, are usually 

 allowed to color before being picked. Peppers are mar- 

 keted in splint baskets, hampers and ventilated barrels. 



The Peppek Plants 



Capsicum. Solanacew. Exceedingly variable plants, mostly 

 of Central and South America, by some reviewers thought to 

 be forms of one or two species and by others considered to 

 be 30 or more; herbs and small shrubs. 



