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Pdchard Frotschefs Almanac and Garden Manual 



PEPPER. 



PiMEXT (Fr.), Spaxischer Pfeffer (Grer.), Pimento (Sp.) 

 Bell or Bull Nose. j Luxg Red Cayexxe. 



Sweet Spaxish Monstrous. j Red Cherry. 



Peppers are tender and require to be raised in the hot-bed. 

 Seed should be sown in January, and when large enough trans- 

 planted into the ground in rows from one and a half to two feet 

 apart, and a foot to a foot and a half in the rows. There are more 

 Peppers raised here than in other sections of the country ; the 

 hot varieties are used for seasoning and making pepper sauce 5 

 the mild variety is highly esteemed for sala 1. Care should be 

 taken not to grow different kinds 

 close together as they mix very 

 readily. 



Sweet Spanish, or Mon- 

 sti'Oiis. A very popular variety, 

 and much cultivated, and used for 

 salad. It is very mild, grows to a 

 large size, taperiug towards the end. 



Ball or Bull Xose. Is a large 

 oblong variety which is not sweet 

 or mild, as thought by some. The 

 seeds are yery hot. TJsed for pick- 



Long* Red Cayenne. Is very 

 hot aud pungent. Cultivated here 

 and used for pepper sauce and sea- 

 soning purposes. 



Red Cherry. A small, round- 

 ish variety, very hot and produc- 

 iive. 



Svreet Spanish, or Monstrous. 



Red Cherry. 



Long Red Cayenne. 



