GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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PEPPER. 



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



Sweet Spanish or Monstrous. 

 Sweet Pepper, Ruby King. 

 Golden Dawn Mango. 

 Bell or Bull Nose. 

 Long Red Cayenne. 

 Red Cherry. 



Bird Eye. 



Chili. 



Tabasco. 



Red Cluster. 



Celestial. 



Columbus. 



Tabasco Pepper. 



CULTURE — 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 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; the mild variety is highly esteemed for salad. Care should betaken 

 not to grow different kinds close together, as they mix very readily. 



Chili. A small variety, from three-fourths It is pungent and strong, also very prolific. 

 to an inch long. It is strong and used for It is easily gathered, as the fruit does not 

 pepper sauce; very prolific. adhere to the stem and grows almost erect 



on the branches, as may be seen in the cut. 



This variety is used in manufacturing the 



well-known Tabasco Sauce. It is splendid 



for family use. 



Red Cluster. A variety of which the 

 pods grow in bunches, upright like the Chili, 

 which the pods resemble, but are a little 

 larger. Quite distinct and ornamental on 

 account of the bright fruit and compact 

 growth of the plant. It is hot and pungent. 



Celestial. One of the handsomest and 

 most ornamental of all the pepper varieties. 

 The plant grows stout and bushy, producing 

 a large quantity of fine colored rather thick 

 pods, and as it continues to bloom and set 

 fruit almost the entire season, these pods are 

 of a different color. When quite young they 

 are of a light green, changing to a pure 

 white, when almost fully grown they become 

 of a bright yellow and when fully ripe of 

 bright scarlet. The pods are upright like 

 either the Cluster or Tabasco, and are as 

 equally sharp and pungent as the Tabasco. 

 Not only as an ornament, but for the table we 

 recommend this variety highly. 



Columbus. A large and popular variety 

 of sweet pepper. It is mild and sweet and 

 used principally for salad. 



Sweet Spanish Monstrous. 

 Tabasco. This variety of pepper is grown 

 for the market as well as for making sauce. 



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