74  Examination  of  Commercial  Peppers.  {^ebruarVTiSK"* 
The  following  results  were  obtained  in  an  examination  of  tour 
samples  taken  from  different  lots  of  this  pepper.  The  analytical 
data  herein  recorded  are  all  expressed  in  percentages : 
No.  Ash.      Ether  Extract.      Piperin.  Oleo-resin. 
i  3'5  976 .  7*13  2-63 
2  37  876  7-68  1*08 
3  4*2  9-52  6-58  2-94 
4  •  •  •  4'5  9-6°  7'33  2-27 
Average,®  ash,  3*975  ;  ether  extract,  9*41  ;  piperin,  yio  ;  oleo-resin,  2*23  ; 
color  of  the  ether  extract,  greenish. 
Singapore  and  Tellicherry,  which  will  be  considered  next,  are  the 
two  finest  peppers  on  the  American  market  at  the  present  time. 
Tellicherry  pepper  comes  from  Tellicherry  in  the  Madras  Presidency, 
British  India.  It  is  light  to  medium  dark-brown  in  color,  and  small 
and  pithy  grains  are  almost  entirely  absent ;  stems  and  pedicels  are 
present  in  very  small  amount.  The  grains  are  large  and  well  filled. 
The  sarcocarp  is  wrinkled  in  all  grains,  and  adheres  very  closely. 
The  amount  of  hull  present  is  about  1  per  cent.  Grains  which  are 
unwrinkled  do  not  appear  in  these  two  varieties.  Four  samples 
were  examined,  as  follows : 
No.  Ash.      Ether  Extract.      Piperin.  Oleo-resin. 
1                                          47  8-34  5*9i  2-43 
2                                          4*8  8-85  6-02  2-83 
3                                          3*8  7"26  6-56  70* 
4                                          4*5  7-62  6*82  *8o 
Average,  ash,  4*45;  ether  extract,  8'or  ;  piperin,  6*31;  oleo-resin,  1*69; 
color  of  the  ether  extract  was  greenish. 
Aleppy  pepper,  from  India;  color  from  light  brown  to  almost 
black;  small  and  pithy  grains,  about  2  per  cent.;  stems  and  pedicels 
present,  1-2  per  cent.;  unwrinkled  grains,  about  5  percent.;  hull, 
2-3  per  cent.  The  grains  are  smaller  than  the  preceding,  being 
from  2-6  mm.  in  diameter.  The  flavor  is  not  so  fine,  and  neither 
are  the  grains  as  solid.    Two  samples  were  examined : 
No.  Ash.      Ether  Extract.      Piperin,       Oleo  resin. 
1   47  9'65  7  7o  1 '95 
2   47  9'47  675  272 
The  ether  extract  is  of  a  greenish  color. 
Trang  pepper,  color  light  to  dark  brown ;  small  and  pithy  grains 
numerous,  10-15  per  cent.;  stems  and  pedicels  present,  but  in  small 
amount.  The  grains  vary  greatly  in  size,  being  from  1*5-7  mm.  in 
diameter.  The  sarcocarp  is  wrinkled  in  almost  all  the  grains, 
unwrinkled  grains  appearing  only  here  and  there.    Hull  is  present  to 
