Re: [CH] Chile-Heads Digest V8 #424

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Hi C-H's,

Mary-Anne wrote:

>I made the comment chiles in India weren't Cayenne.  Well, it was pointed out
>to me that they all are.  Well, what I was trying to say was they aren't our
>common cayenne we have in the US of A.

I don't think anyone is right or wrong here. Most of the chiles grown 
in India are C. annuum, which as we know interbreed so fast it's 
almost impossible to keep a particular cultivar "pure" without taking 
to extreme precautions. People call them all "cayennes" because they 
mostly look like cayennes. Some, such as the Lal Mirch (red pepper) 
that M-A mentioned are smooth skinned but still the same sort of size 
and shape as cayennes. This year I grew the "long" peppers that she 
mentioned and they also look like large cayennes.

>Any input of other Indian Chiles greatly appreciated.  Thai as well!

Dundicut peppers (C. chinense) are widely used in Pakistan and so I 
would be surprised if they were not also to be found in India. These 
are clearly NOT cayennes!
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