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taste, but in this respect great differences occur between one plant 

 and another, without any external indication to mark which are 

 very hot and which are mild in flavour. 



Long Cayenne Pepper. — Under the occasional name of Long 

 Cayenne Pepper, a sub-variety of the preceding kind is grown, 

 which has the seed-vessels narrower, slightly curved at the end, 

 pendent, seldom more than | in. in diameter and about 3 in. in 



Long Cayenne Pepper. Cardinal Pepper. 



length, and always very hot to the taste. This plant, however, 

 should not be confounded with the true Cayenne Pepper, which is 

 a perennial and belongs to a different species, too tender for the 

 climate of France. 



Cardinal Pepper. — A distinct strain of Long Red Pepper, 

 less than i ft. in height, of compact, bushy, vigorous growth, 

 characterised not only by its small stature but also by its earliness 

 and the great size of the seed-vessels. The latter are very red in 

 colour, slightly curved and undulated, and should be mild to the 

 taste. 



Long Yellow Capsicum. — This variety only differs from the 

 Spanish or Guinea Pepper in the colour of the seed-vessels, which 



