Re: [CH] Thai's vs. Habs

Michael Bailes (frgntgar@ozemail.com.au)
Sun, 1 Feb 1998 23:07:17 +1100

At 4:49 PM +1100 31-1-98, Jim Campbell wrote:
>Michael,
>     No, you're right- it probably wouldn't tell us much except how hot your
>chiles are in relation to each other.  I have posted before that these
>tests are
>only good in so far as they indicate general potentials for the varieties
>rather than predicting absolutes about anyone persons' particular pod.  As I
>also stated, so very much is dependent on the subject doing the testing
>that, to
>each their own.  The point I was trying to make was that, for all its'
>drawbacks, HPLC is the accepted standard for ratings.  Certainly it can be
>understood the need for a single testing process, rather than a dozen or so
>ad-hoc methods each with wildly varying results.  Two cents poorer now....
>
>-Jim C
>MWPH
year agree Jim


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