HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 
PEPPERS — SETTING OUT PLANTS, THE “HOT” 
OR PUNGENT SORTS 
T>EPPER plants will thrive on relatively poor soil, 
though a moderately rich, sandy loam suits them 
best and fair crops have been grown on heavy clay. What- 
ever the nature of the soil, it must have good drainage. 
Too rich soil will grow large plants to the detriment of 
the setting of fruit. Excellent crops are grown on newly 
broken soil supplemented by a fertilizer rich in potash. 
The plants are generally set out during early June, in 
rows, eighteen inches to two feet apart, with two feet of 
space between the rows. They stand any amount of 
dry weather so long as they are cultivated thoroughly.. 
The hottest of the small red peppers for seasoning is 
Tabasco, famous for the sauce made from it. Bird’s 
Eye or Creole is an even smaller sort but not quite so 
fiery. Long Red Cayenne is the variety generally used in 
the making of Chili Sauce, as is Red Chili, a smaller sort 
of the same shape as Cayenne. 
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