Plant the seed of peppers in a hotbed, and transplant to the open
ground as soon as it is warm, or sow the seeds in the garden after all
danger of frost is past. When grown in the garden the plants should be
in rows 3 feet apart and 15 to 18 inches apart in the row. The plants
require about the same treatment as the tomato. Peppers are divided
into two classes--the sweet varieties, which are eaten as vegetables,
and the pickling varieties, which are used for pickles or dried and
powdered, in which form they are much used in Mexico. Of the sweet
peppers the varieties Sweet Mountain, Ruby King, and Large Bell are
good standard varieties; and of the pickling peppers, the Cayennes
and Chilies are largely used. The pickling varieties are all more or
less pungent and should never be prepared with bare hands, because the
burning sensation is very difficult to eliminate.--(F. B. 255; B. P. I.
6; P. Rico 7; Iowa, E. S. 47; N. C. E. S. 132.)