bed in March or
April, and transplanted in May to the open ground, fifteen inches apart.

QUINCE-PEPPER.

Piment cydoniforme. _Vil._

This variety is similar to the Sweet Spanish; but the fruit is rather
longer, and its season of maturity is somewhat later. Its flavor is
comparatively mild and pleasant; but, like the Sweet Spanish, it is not
generally thick-fleshed. At maturity, the fruit is a brilliant
coral-red.

ROUND OR LARGE RED CHERRY-PEPPER.

Rond. _Vil._ Cerise grosse.

This is but a sub-variety of the Common Red Cherry-pepper, differing
only in its larger size.

It is quite late, and should be started in a hot-bed.

SQUASH-PEPPER.

Tomato-shaped.

Fruit compressed, more or less ribbed, about two inches and
three-quarters in diameter, and two inches in depth; skin smooth and
glossy,--when ripe, of a brilliant coral-red; flesh thick, mild and
pleasant to the taste, though possessing more piquancy than the Large
Bell or Sweet Spanish.

Plant about two feet high, stout and branching; leaves broad and large;
flowers white, an inch and a quarter in diameter; fruit drooping, the
fruit-stem short and thick.

The Squash-pepper is extensively grown for the market, and is most in
use in the pickle warehouses of the Eastern and Middle States. In
field-culture, the plants are started in hot-beds in April, and, after
the beginning of summer weather, transplanted to the open ground,
fourteen to eighteen inches apart, according to the quality of the soil.
The fruit is generally sold by weight; and an acre of land, in a fair
state of cultivation, will yield about three tons,--a bushel of the
thick-fleshed sort weighing nearly thirty-two pounds. An excellent
pickle may be made by preparing the peppers in the manner directed for
the Bell variety.

As grown by different market-men and gardeners, there are several
sub-varieties of the Squash-pepper, differing both in form and in the
thickness of the flesh; the latter quality, however, being considered
of the greater importance, as the thick-fleshed sorts not only yield a
greater weight to the acre, but are more esteemed for the table.

The Squash-pepper succeeds well when sown in the open ground in May, in
drills fourteen inches apart. The plants should be ten or twelve inches
apart in the rows; for, when grown too closely, they are liable to draw
up, making a weakly, slender growth, and yield much less than when
allowed sufficient space for their full dev