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A KITCHEN GARDEN
growth, and is covered with a profusion of thin, round peppers, about three inches in length and one-quarter inch in diameter at the base, tapering to a long, sharp point. When ripe, the fruit is a brilliant coral red, and a plant covered with fruit looks like
RED CLUSTER PEPPER.
some brilliant-foliaged plant that has escaped from the flower garden. It is very hot and pungent in flavor, and an idea of the productiveness can be had from the fact that over twelve hundred were counted on a single plant this last summer.[1]
- ↑ A very distinct and novel variety has just been introduced from China, under the name of Celestial Pepper. The small, nearly heart-shaped fruits are produced in great abundance, growing upright, and are of a beautiful creamy yellow color until fully ripe, when they turn coral red: the plant is handsome enough for the flower garden. Among the largest of the sweet, mild red peppers are Spanish Monstrous and Procopp's Giant, while among the hottest of all peppers is the Long Narrow Cayenne.—Ed.
