Appearance
The unusual appearance of some chili peppers, and peter pepper in particular, causes amusement and provides the reasoning for a descriptive names, like penis pepper. Some kind of peppers are more predisposed to produce strange shapes. Jean Andrews, in her book "The Pepper Lady's Pocket Pepper Primer, explains, "A latent predisposition manifests itself more often when the plant is grown under unfavorable conditions." Humans use the seeds of individuals that have some special appeals to them: taste, shape, color, size, etc., to plant a new generation of the pepper. By repeating such selections over and over again, humans are able to make desired characteristics even more distinguished. Peter/Penis pepper is a product of such repeated selections.
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Famous quotes containing the word appearance:
“When appearance and reality coincide, philosophy and literary criticism find themselves with nothing to say.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“To educate the wise man, the State exists; and with the appearance of the wise man, the State expires. The appearance of character makes the state unnecessary. The wise man is the State.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Most lovers ... picture to themselves, in their mistresses, a secret reality, beyond and different from what they see every day. They are in love with somebody else—their own invention. And sometimes there is a secret reality; and sometimes reality and appearance are the same. The discovery, in either case, is likely to cause a shock.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)