Pepper call two absolutely different plant species. One look – vegetable pepper which belong to family the Nightshade family. Another – spices, such as black pepper, cubeb, the African, long pepper, – belonging to family Peppery.
Instruction
1. Pepper from family the Nightshade family has many names: siliculose pepper, kapsikum, paprika, sweet pepper, red pepper, paprika. All types of vegetable pepper have no relation to "namesakes" from sort Peppery. In the nature pepper vegetable – long-term semi-bush. In culture it is grown up as annual plant. Has the simple building leaves, long or korotkochereshkovy, they can be single or are collected in the socket. Coloring of leaves at different types – from green to olive-black. Blossoms large flowers which are located in bosoms of leaves. Flowers single or are collected in bunches. Coloring of flowers white, greenish, yellowish or with violet shade.
2. Vegetable pepper hollow fruits which can be the different sizes and weighing from one to two hundred grams fructifies. In wild look grows in tropics and subtropics on all continents. In garden culture it is grown up everywhere, except northern areas. Vegetable siliculose pepper is bitter and sweet. In areas with frigid climate it is grown up in the protected soil, small-fruited – room culture. In midland it is grown up by seedling. In the southern areas – crops to the open ground. Productivity of bitter siliculose pepper – 7-8 kg/m², sweet grades – up to 12 kg/sq.m.
3. The sort of pepper from family Peppery includes one and a half thousand types. Not only semi-bushes, but also bushes, trees, lianas and herbs concern them. The majority of types grows in tropics, in America and East Asia. Plants from family Peppery are cultivated in culture for the sake of their seeds from which by processing receive spices: black, pink, white, green pepper and others. They are used as seasoning in ground or whole look.
4. For example, black pepper is received from immature fruits of plant which represents liana. They are collected, scalded boiled water, cleaned and dried in the sun or in special drying machines. White pepper – the same seeds of black pepper, only mature and deprived of okoloplodnik. For their receiving the mature fruits ret in cold water for week that the cover was softened and has lagged behind. Then the core is dried. Green pepper is received from immature fruits too. They for obtaining green color, are processed sulfur dioxide. The same way (by special processing) receive peas of red and pink pepper.