BURPEE’S RUBY KING.--This variety produces the handsomest, and at the
same time the largest and mildest peppers that I have ever grown; one
specimen this season being six inches long and over ten inches in round
circumference. When ripe the fruit is a beautiful, bright, ruby-red
color, and the flavor is mild and pleasant, being much milder than in
any other variety of red pepper.
[Illustration: BURPEE’^S RUBY KING.]
BURPEE’S GOLDEN UPRIGHT.--In this variety the fruit grows in a
different manner from any other large pepper that I have ever seen; it
grows upright on the fruit stems, instead of pendulous. The fruits are
large and handsome, being about four to five inches in length, and are
of rich golden yellow tinged with red. In taste it is as mild as the
Ruby King--the two making a very fine contrast when used together.
[Illustration: BURPEE’S GOLDEN UPRIGHT PEPPER.]
BULL NOSE AND GOLDEN DAWN are the finest of the older kinds, but do not
compare with the two above given, either for size or mildness of flavor.
RED CLUSTER.--This is one of the finest varieties that I have ever
grown; it is low and bushy in 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 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.[10]