Excerpt from Chilling Injury and Alternaria Rot of Bell Peppers Lauritzen and Wright (2) stud ied the efiect of temperatures and humidities on the development of botrytis rot, especially that from artificial inoculation.2 A review of their publication is included here because of the statement that 0 C. (32 F. And a relative humidity of 90 percent was the most favorable condition tested for storage of pep pers. Lauritzen and Wright were not aware of chilling 1nj ury. Theyfound that decay developed at 32 F but considered it would develop too slowly to be a problem. The peppers were not held at higher temperatures following low-temper ature storage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This small book on "Bell Peppers" explains in detail ideal growing practices and nutritional information of various types of bell peppers such as green bell peppers, red bell peppers, orange bell peppers, white bell peppers, and purple bell peppers. Bell peppers are also known as sweet peppers because they are non-pungent unlike other chili peppers. In some parts of the world, bell peppers are known as capsicums and/or capsicum vegetables.