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produce a great many pods which are used green the same as snapbeans, 

 and if dried like dried 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. Lady Peas are small, white 

 with a black eye ; they are generally planted between corn, so that they 

 can run upon it. Dry they are considered the best variety for cooking, 



PEPPER. 



Piment, (Fr.) Spanischer Pfeffer, (Ger.) Pimento, (Sp.) 



Bell or Bull Nose. 

 Sweet Spanish Monstrous. 



Lono Red Cayenne. 

 Red Cherry. 



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

 should be sown in January, and when large enough transplanted 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 

 morePeppers raised here than in other 

 sections of the country ; the hot varie- 

 ties are used for seasoning and mak- 

 ing pepper 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 §panish,or Monstrous. 

 — A very popular variety, and much 

 cultivated, and used for salad. It is 

 very mild, grows to a large size, taper- 

 ing towards the end. 



Bell or Bull Nose. Is a large 



oblong variety which is not sweet or 



mild as thought by some. The 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. 



Red Cherry.— A small roundish 

 variety, very hot and productive. 



Sweet Spanish, or Monstrous. 



Red Cherry. 



Long Red Cayenne. 



