The field and garden vegetables of America: containing full descriptions of nearly eleven hundred species and varieties; with directions for propagation, culture, and use . the same color, and greatlyincreases the weight. A better method is to dry the pods in a slow oven, splitthem open, extract the seeds, and then pulverize them (thepods) to a fine powder, sifting the powder through a thinmuslin sieve, and pulverizing the parts that do not passthrough, and sifting again, until the whole is reduced to thefinest possible state. Place the powder in air-tight glassbottles ; but add no salt or oth
The field and garden vegetables of America: containing full descriptions of nearly eleven hundred species and varieties; with directions for propagation, culture, and use . the same color, and greatlyincreases the weight. A better method is to dry the pods in a slow oven, splitthem open, extract the seeds, and then pulverize them (thepods) to a fine powder, sifting the powder through a thinmuslin sieve, and pulverizing the parts that do not passthrough, and sifting again, until the whole is reduced to thefinest possible state. Place the powder in air-tight glassbottles ; but add no salt or other ingredient whatever. —MInt. The pods of either of the long-fruited sorts, or those ofthe Cherry-pepper, prepared as above, will furnish a qualityof Cayenne Pepper greatly superior to that ordinarily soldby grocers, or even by apothecaries and druggists. The larger and milder kinds, powdered in the same man-ner, make a wholesome and pleasant grade of pepper of suf-ficient pungency for a majority of palates. ( Iherry-Pepper. Capsicum twelve to fifteen inches high, strong and branching;leaves comparatively small, long, narrow, and sharply point-. PEPPER. 621 ed; flowers white, three-fourths of an inch in diameter; pod,or fruit, erect, nearly globular or cherry-form, and, at maturity,of a deep, rich, glossy, scarlet is remarkable for its intensepiquancy; exceeding in this respectnearly all the annual varieties. It is not so early as some of thelarger sorts ; but in favorable sea-sons will perfect a sufficient portionof its crop in the open ground, bothfor seed and pickling. For the lat-ter purpose, the peppers should be cherry-pepper,plucked while still green, put into a common jar or wide-mouthed bottle, and vinegar added to fill the vessel. In afew weeks, they will be fit for use. When in perfection, the plants are very ornamental; theglossy, coral-red of the numerous pods presenting a finecontrast with the deep-green foliage by which they aresurro
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