Grains of Paradise. Paprika , or Hungarian Pepper, a tasteless cayenne, is recognized by the German Pharmacopoeia, and in the United States is imported in three grades. The second grade is made by grinding the entire pod with the stems.
Third grade is all the waste and spoiled pods being ground together, the residue of other grades.
This is a yellowish colour and much more pungent than the other. Paprika is generally made from Croton annum , and sometimes called Sweet Pepper. It is mostly used to dilute the strength of other powdered chillies, and it is used by bird fanciers to improve the colour of canaries. Two kinds of these grains are known in the English markets, one plumper than the other. One may be that imported into America from West Africa, and into England from plants introduced into Demerara, where they are thought to be a product of A. Melegueta .