In this fascinating history, Jeffrey Rothfeder tells how, from a simple idea—the outgrowth of a handful of peppers planted on an isolated island on the Gulf o

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An updated edition (first, 1984) of the scholarly reference on peppers includes information on their history and dispersion, biology, taxonomy, cultivation, and