[CH] Purple pepper

Tom Sisneros (tsis@flash.net)
Sat, 26 Sep 1998 09:41:43 -0600

I recently had a visit to a local nursery in NM (rowlands) and came
across a wonderful ornamental pepper. The peppers were 1.5 - 2 inches
long and grew upright.  The interesting thing is that they had the most
intense puple I have ever seen. I've run across some varieties that had
tinges of purple and even large amounts with a dull purple but never the
intense brilliant color that I saw. They later turned red as they
ripened. Does anyone have any information on this variety.  I suspect
NMSU has developed another masterpiece to go with sunrise, sunset....
but I'm not sure.  Does anyone have information on this variety. I'm
very interested in finding out the name and a seed source. Hope someone
can help.
Tom