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poses ; tliat is sown broad-cast, and when a good stand and of 

 sufficient height, they are plowed under. The Clay Pea is the 

 most popular. There are several varieties, called crowders, which 

 do not grow as tall as the others, but produce a great many 

 pods, which are used green, the same as snap-beans, and if dried, 

 like diied beans. They make a very good dish. The crowders 

 are of an oblong shape, almost pointed at one end; they are on 

 an average larger than the other Field Peas. Ladj' Peas are 

 small, white, with a black eye ; they are generally planted be- 



tween corn, so that ihey can run upon it. 

 ered the very best variety for cooking. 



Dry, they are consid- 



PEPPER, 



PiME>rT (rr.), Spaxischer Pfeffer (Ger, ), Pimento (Sp.) 



Bell or Bull Nose. 

 Sweet Spanish Monstrous. 



Long Eed Cayenne, 

 Eed 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 j^epper 

 sauce; the mild variety is highly esteemed for salad. Care 

 should be taken not to grow different kinds close together, as 

 they mix very readily. 



Sweet Spanish, or Mon- 

 strous. A very i)opular variety, 

 and much cultivnted, and used for 

 salad. It is very mild, grows to a 

 large size, tapering towards the 

 end. 



Bell or Bull Nose, Is a 



large oblong variety which is not 

 sweet or mild, as i bought by some. 

 Thf-^ seeds are very hot. Used for 

 pickling. 



Long Red Cayenne. Is 



very hot and pungent. Cultivated 

 here and used for pepper sauce and 

 seasoning purposes. 



Bed Clierry, A small, 

 roundish variety, very hot and pro- 

 ductive. 



Sweet Spanish, or Monstrous . 



