Re: [CH] "Garden Salsa" Hybrid?
Dave Anderson (Chilehead@tough-love.com)
Thu, 6 Jul 2000 13:20:19 -0700
Hybridizers never give away their "Trade Secrets" My guess is that
it's probably a New Mexico or Anaheim descendent. It's listed as a
Romitel type but I don't know what a Romitel is. Here's the
description from the hybridizer's catalog:
"Garden Salsa pepper is the perfect variety for homemade salsa
with just the right amount of "heat". Garden Salsa is hot enough,
without being too hot, but the fruit still provide plenty of kick. This
hybrid matures medium-early, about 73 days from transplants to
the first harvest of long, 7 to 8 inches by 1 inch wide, beautifully
shaped green fruit. Fruit are quite smooth with medium-thick walls
tapering to a point. They turn from green to red at full maturity, with
a medium pungency rating of about 3,000 Scovilles. Plants of
Garden Salsa are quite large, along with their resistance to
Toblamo Po virus, they have the ability to set heavy loads of fruit."
It's one of the few hybrids which I sell. I think it's a really nice
pepper.
Dave Anderson
TLCC
http://www.tough-love.com
> On to the question....
>
> Even though "Garden Salsa" is a hybrid, does it belong to any particular
> variety such as New Mexican or Cayenne or WHICH ONE?? Which varieties is it
> a hybrid of?