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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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