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Piment ou Quartre Epices. Piment.

No. 16. Is a hardy annual plant from the East Indies. It is cultivated for its seeds, which are produced in a roundish capsule and are somewhat triangular, wrinkled, of a yellowish color, and have a pungent, aromatic taste. There are species cultivated, the seeds of which are black. The seeds have a warm, aromatic taste, and are used in. the kitchen under the name of allspice or the four spices.

Culture

No. 17. - Sow in April, in light, warm soil, in drills fourteen inches apart and half an inch deep. "When the plants are two inches high thin them to six inches apart in the rows, keeping the soil loose and watering occasionally, if the weather is dry. When the seed ripens cut off the plants at the roots, and spread them in an airy situation to dry. When dried thresh out, after which spread out the seeds again for a short time to evaporate any remaining moisture, when they will be ready for use.