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Capsicum (. Pymmidale ) caule fruticofo foliil^ineari- 
■ lanceolatis, fru&u pyramidali credo luteo. Capficum 
with a Jhrubby fialk , narrow fipear-fioaped leaves , and 
yellow pyramidal fruit growing upright. 
8. Capsicum ( Conoids ) caule fruticofo frudu conico 
credo rubro. Gapficum with a Jhrubby fialk , and a co- 
nical red fruit growing eredi , commonly called Hen 
Pepper . 
9. Capsicum {Frute fens') caule fruticofo, frudu parvo 
pyramidali eredo. Gapficum with a Jhrubby fialk , 
a fmall pyramidal fruit growing eredi. Capficum mi- 
nus frudu parvo pyramidali eredo. Sloan. Hift. Jam. 
vol. i. p. 240. Commonly called Barberry Pepper. 
10. Capsicum (. Minimum ) caule fruticofo, frudu parvo 
ovato eredo. Gapficum with a Jhrubby fialk , and a fmall 
oval fruit growing eredi , commonly called Bird Pepper . 
The firft: is the common long podded Capficum, 
which is frequently cultivated in the gardens •, of this 
there is one with re'd, and another with yellow fruit, 
which only differ in the colour of their fruit, which 
difference is permanent ; for I have cultivated both 
forts many years, and never have found them change 
from one to the other-, but both will vary in the 
ihape of their fruit and their manner of growing, fo 
that the following varieties I have raifed from the 
fame feeds, viz. 
1. Capsicum frudu furredo oblongo. Tourn. Capjicum 
with oblong fruit growing eredi. 
2. Capsicum frudu bifido. Tourn. Capficum with a di- 
vided fruit. 
3. Capsicum filiquis furredis & oblongis brevibus. 
Tourn. Capficum with oblong and fie or t pods growing 
eredi. 
4. Capsicum frudu tereti fpithameo. Tourn. Capjicum 
with a taper fruit a fpan long. 
Of thefe different forms I have had both the red. and 
yellow, but neither of them have changed their co- 
lours, though they have frequently varied in their 
fhape. 
The fecond fort with heart-fliaped fruit, is un- 
doubtedly a different fpecies from the firft, and never 
alters toward it, though there are feveral varieties 
of this, which arife from the fame feeds ; of this there 
are red and yellow fruit, which do not alter in colour, 
though they produce the following varieties. 
1. Capsicum 1 filiqua propendente rotunda & cordifor- 
mi. Tourn. Capjicum with round, heart-Jhaped , hanging 
pods. 
2. Capsicum filiqua latiore & rotundiore. Tourn. Cap- 
ficum with a larger and rounder pod. 
3. Capsicum rotundo maximo. Tourn. Capjicum with 
the largefi round fruit. 
4. Capsicum filiquis furredis cordiformibus. Tourn. 
Capficum with upright heart-Jhaped pods. 
5. Capsicum filiquis furredis rotundis. Tourn. Capficum 
with round upright pods. 
The third fort I have cultivated many years, and 
have not found it alter, nor have I feen any other but 
the red fruit of this. It is the only fort which is 
proper for pickling, the fkin of the fruit being fiefhy 
and tender, whereas thofe of the other forts are thin 
and tough. The pods of this fort are from one inch 
find a half, to two inches long, are very large, fuel- 
ing, and wrinkled ; flatted at the top, where they 
are angular, and fometimes {land ered, at others 
grow downward. When the fruit of this are defigned 
for pickling, they fliould be gathered before they ar- 
rive to their full ffze, while their rind is tender ; then 
they muff: be flit down on one fide to get out the 
feeds, after which, they fliould be {baked two or 
three days in fait and water when they are taken out 
of this and drained, boiling vinegar muff be poured 
on them, in a fufficient quantity to cover them, and 
clofely {topped down tor two months then they 
fliould be boiled in the vinegar to make them green 
but they want no addition of any fort of fpice, and 
are the wholefomeft and beft pickle in the world. 
The fourth fort is alfo a difdnct fpecies from all the 
other : this hath broad wrinkled leaves ; the fruit is 
alfo furrowed and wrinkled, generally growing up- 
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right, and of a beautiful fcarlet colour : fame of the 
fruit will have their tops comprefied like a bonnet, 
from whence it had the name ; others upon the fame 
plants will be beil-lhaped, but they never alter to any 
of the other forts. This is much tenderer than either 
of the former, fo will not ripen its fruit in the open 
air in England ; but if the plants are kept under 
glaffes, without any artificial heat, they will thrive 
better, and produce more fruit, than in hot-beds or 
ftoves. 
The fifth fort was fent me from the Spanifh Weft- 
Indies : this doth not grow fo' tall as the other forts, 
but fpreads near the ground. The leaves come out 
in clufters, which are of a finning green, and Hand 
on long foot-ftalks. The fruit is round, fmooth, of 
a beautiful red, and the fize of a common Cherry. 
I have cultivated this feveral years, r and have not 
found it change. 
The fixth fort I received from Barbadoes : this is 
like the common in its ftalk and leaves, but the 
fruit is oval, and about the fize of a French Olive. I 
have cultivated this many years, and find it conftantly 
the fame. 
Thefe fix forts are annual with us, whatever they 
may be in their native countries, for their (talks de- 
cay Toon after the fruit is ripe. They are propagated 
by feeds, which muft be fown upon a hot-bed in the 
fpring • and when the plants have fix leaves, they 
lhould be tranfplanted on another hot-bed, at four 
or five inches diftance, {hading them in the day time 
from the fun, until they have taken root, after which, 
they muft have a large {hare of air admitted to them 
in warm weather, to prevent their drawing up weak.- 
Toward the end of May, the plants muft be hard- 
ened by degrees to bear the open air ; and in June 
they fliould be carefully taken up, preferving as much 
earth about their roots as poflible, and planted into 
borders of rich earth, obierving to. water them Well, 
-as alfo to (hade them until they have taken root after 
which time, they will require no other management, 
but to- keep them- clean from weeds, and in very dry 
feafons to refrefn them three or four times a w T eek 
with water. They will flower the end of June and in 
July, and their fruit will ripen in autumn. Thefe 
directions are for the culture of the. common forts of 
Capficum, which are generally planted by way of 
ornament. But the plants of the third fort, which 
are propagated for pickling, lhould be planted in a 
rich lpot of ground, in a warm fituation, about a 
foot and a half afunder, and {haded till they have 
taken root, and afterward duly watered in dry 
weather which will greatly promote their growth, 
and caufe them to be more fruitful, as alfo enlarge 
the fize of the fruit. By this management, there may 
be at lead two crops of fruit for pickling obtained 
the fame year, provided the feafon proves not too 
cold but there lhould be one plant, whole pods are 
large and forward, chofen for to five feeds fo the 
firft fruits on this fliould be buffered to remain, that 
they may have time to perfect their feeds before the 
froft comes in autumn, for the early froft generally 
deftroys thefe plants. When' the fruit is fully ripe, 
it fliould be cut off, and hung up in a dry room till 
the fpring, when the feeds are wanted. 
The fourth, fifth, and fixth forts being tender, the 
plants lhould be put into pots, and placed in an old 
hot-bed under a deep frame, where they may have 
room to grow or if they are planted in the full 
ground, the plants lhould be each covered with a 
bell-glafs to fereen them from cold. Thefe glaffes 
may be fet off every day in warm weather, and placed 
over them in the evening again and at fuch times 
1 as the weather is not favourable, the glaffes fliould 
be raifed on the contrary fide to the wind, to admit 
the frefli air. With this care, the fruit of thffe forts 
will ripen in England, which without it, rarely come 
to maturity, but in very warm feafons. 
The beauty of thefe plants is in their ripe fruit, which 
being; of different forms and colours, intermixed with 
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