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Old 22-09-2004, 02:57 AM
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Default Interesting volunteer pepper

I talked to my brother in Houston last night, and he mentioned an
interesting pepper he has this year. He grew Trinidad Spice peppers
last year (habanero-type chinense pepper with no heat at all), and a few
jalapenos. Apparently they crossed, because he kept some volunteer
plants and one of them looks like a habanero plant, and the peppers are
dark green, thick-walled and look like a misshapened jalapeno -- and
they are extremely hot like a normal habanero or maybe even hotter. The
heat hits you like a big hammer and then subsides quickly; not at all
like a jalapeno. He says the flavor is jalapeno-like, but also has some
habanero fruitiness to it. The peppers have very few seeds. He's gonna
take some cuttings to try to keep it alive over the winter just in case
it's a mule.

It sounds like a great pepper to try to inbreed for a few generations
and select for a pure strain. But I'll bet it's sterile.

Best regards,
Bob
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