Prof. Piovano and his Aconcagua 
pepper plant. 
THE GIANT 
ACONCAGUA PEPPER 
Recently developed by Prof. Abelardo Pio- 
vano, vegetable crops specialist at the National 
University of Argentina. Considered the largest 
pepper in the world, it was named after the 
highest mountain peak of the Andes (22,834 ft.) 
and likewise the highest of both South and 
North America. 
Huge, long conical (Hungarian) shaped fruits 
attain a size of 2% inches in diameter and 
many times over 10 inches long. Pepper in the 
photo weighs 1214 ounces. Unusually thick 
fleshed, crisp, mild sweet flavor, very rich in 
vitamins. Color ripens to a light yellow for 
harvest and bright red at maturity. The plant grows into a peculiar conical shape, 
increasing in foliage density as upward growth continues. It is virtually necessary to 
lift the leaves to see the fruit. We are offering seed this season only on a limited experi- 
mental basis, as it was found necessary to reselect in the season of 1953 to get a more 
fixed true strain. 
Pkt. (about 50 seeds) 50c. 
APPEARING IN 1955 CATALOG 
Several types of ornamental peppers, beautiful purple leaf strains, squash shaped 
fruited strain and a black Cuban cluster pepper, very rare. 
PERON PLANTS JUMP OUT OF GROUND 
I received seeds of Peron (Sprayless Tomato) on Monday and planted them same day, 
they were up before Saturday. I never had tomato seed to come up so quick. 
May 22, 1953 Mr. Joseph Cook, Christ’s Home, Warminster, Pa. 
