Re: [CH] Jwala chiles
Brent Thompson (brent@hplbct.hpl.hp.com)
Thu, 10 Dec 1998 12:43:54 -0800
> > Pusa Jwala is just another variety of cayenne (which I think is
> > actually from Singapore, not India) ...
>
> I have found a picture of dried, not fresh I'm afraid, Jwala
> chiles in a booklet issued by the Spices Board of India.
Ah, hah, "Jwala" not "Pusa Jwala". Are they different? I grew both last
year from seeds from Redwood City Seed Company (meaning 1998, so it may
even be true that these plants are still alive, though our recent frosts
give low expectation), and they "seemed" different to me. Maybe just due
to belief they _must_ be, since I bought them with different names. This
may be blasphemnous, but I confess I didn't actually pay much attention to
the differences, I just kind of stuck them all together in the Cayenne Bed.
[Years of trying to keep detailed records of well over a hundred different
concurrent varieties must have finally blown my circuits]. Anyway, it
seemed to me that "Jwala" is more typical of cayenne, and "Pusa Jwala" is
longer and crinkly/twisty. (But not nearly as long and especially not
nearly as twisty as the Pusa Jwala I had years ago, the gifted seeds of
which may have come from Pepper Gal, maybe maybe). I suppose I should
check up on my plants someday, to verify whether differences exist or not.
--- Brent