Re: [CH] Purple pepper
bates ronald (rbates2@gl.umbc.edu)
Sat, 26 Sep 1998 14:47:18 -0400 (EDT)
Might this be Czechoslovakian Black peppers? They are purple and then
turn red and are often referred to as ornamental peppers although can be
eaten as well. The plants also have some purple tinge in their stems and
multicolored leaves. I have four of these plants and they grew really
well, but the peppers aren't extremely hot and I wouldn't necessarily say
that the peppers were growing upright..although maybe sometimes... They
are jalapeno size...
ron
On Sat, 26 Sep 1998, Tom Sisneros wrote:
> 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
>