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Long Red Cayenne. —From this, a representative of Capsicum 
mnuum, and also from the shrubby Capsicum, Capsicum frutescens, is 
manufactured the red or cayenne pepper of commerce. Our seed of 
ibis variety was not true to name, there being no less than five types 
varying from the small pyriform shape, not over an inch long, to the 
long pointed type 5 to 6 inches long, which is the true cayenne; 
be color is a bright red. From one plant 80 pods were picked 
which weighed 1.2 pounds; the three best specimens weighed .3 
pound. 
Mammoth or Sweet Mountain. —A large sweet pepper of the Bell 
or Bull-Nose type used in the natural state, and also grown largely 
for mangoes; pods 4J to 5 \ inches long, of a deep red color when 
ripe. From one plant 13 pods were picked which weighed 1.6 
pounds; the three best specimens weighed .8 pound. 
Red Cluster. —This is a distinct variety of very showy appear¬ 
ance, producing a profusion of pods which point upward, making a 
very ornamental plant when the peppers are ripe. Owing to its 
small size this variety is chiefly grown for pickles. From one plant 
460 pods were picked which weighed 1.1 pounds. 
Ruby King. —The largest variety of the Bell or Bull-Nose type ; 
pods 5 to 5 J inches long, used in the natural state and also for man¬ 
goes. From one plant 22 pods were picked which weighed 2.5 
pounds; the three best specimens weighed .9 pound. 
SWEET CORN. 
While our sweet corn the past season did all that we could ex¬ 
pect in the way of making a vigorous growth and producing a large 
number of ears, clearly showing the comparative earliness and pro¬ 
ductiveness of the varieties under test, yet by far the greater portion 
of the crop was destroyed by boll or corn worms. These pests are 
generally supposed to be more destructive at the south than at the 
north, but it would be hard to imagine their being more numerous, 
or doing more damage to the corn crop in any other section of the 
country, than here during the season of 1893. By actual count 
from 92 \ per cent, to 97 per cent, of the ears had been entered by 
worms. They have no less than a dozen food plants ; attack com 
in the growing shoot, the tassel, and the grains in all stages. They 
seem to prefer sweet corn to the field varieties. There are normally 
two broods of these worms that feed upon corn, exceptionally three; 
the eggs are deposited on the leaves of the corn and the newly- 
hatched larvae begin feeding at once on the spot of their birth, eating 
many irregular holes through the leaves. The first brood usually 
makes its appearance early enough to feed upon the staminate 
