CULTURAL DIRECTIONS 
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sauce is made. It does not usually ripen fruit as far 
north as Pennsylvania. 
Long Red Cayenne is well known for its pungency. 
Red Chili produces small, hot, bright-red peppers. 
Anaheim Chili is valued in the West and Southwest 
for drying purposes. 
MILD-FRUITED VARIETIES (Figure 96.) 
Pimento Peppers, of which there are several varieties, 
are valued for their sweet, thick flesh. They are widely 
used for canning. 
Bull Nose is one of the most popular varieties. 
Chinese Giant is a large pepper extensively planted. 
Ruby King is the favorite with most growers. 
Neapolitan is a very early, 
extremely productive variety 
adapted to the cooler sections. 
Golden Queen is a large, 
sweet, yellow pepper. 
569. Seed. — Seeds should be 
selected with the greatest care. 
Some successful growers pro- 
duce their own seeds and main- 
tain superior strains. To pre- 
vent the development of the 
pungent character in sweet 
peppers there must be no cross- 
pollination with hot-fruited 
varieties. 
570. Starting early plants. 
The directions given for start- 
ing eggplants (454) under glass, 
apply equally well to peppers. 
A high temperature is required to germinate the seed 
and to secure rapid growth in the frame or the green- 
house. As early peppers command the highest prices, 
FIG. 96. MILD-FRUITED 
PEPPER 
