Re: [CH] Hot tomato?

Curtis Kruger (curtk@mediaone.net)
Mon, 17 Dec 2001 08:18:54 -0600 

I'm not sure if this fits with this thread, but I am growing banana peppers
and habeneros right now...
I have noticed a sharp increase (from last summer) of the heat level of the
banana peppers.  Do you think it is possible that I inherited some traits
from the habenero plant?  I did pollinate it with the hab plant.

Curt..

----- Original Message -----
From: "=Mark" <mstevens@exit109.com>
To: "chile-heads" <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 8:58 AM
Subject: [CH] Hot tomato?


> At 06:27 PM 8/15/01 -0700, Mary & Riley wrote:
> >Except in the case of Golden Rice--they are donating that product.  And
> >replant and harvest seed.  Sadly, one of the companies that was working
> >on it in Britain went out of business due to the GM foes, iirc.  And
> >therefore delayed people getting it. And as far as I'm concerned, have
> >caused the (unnecessary) deaths of hundreds of thousands of children.
> >
> >So who has blood on their hands?
>
> Not to push this thread any further, but there is much consternation
within
> the developing world about the delays of these tested agricultural
products
> being released for use.  Representatives of these countries are
> increasingly resentful of fat, affluent "enviromentalists" who have never
> gone 8 hours without a meal claiming to have the best interests of the
> world at heart.  Enviromentalism has been hijacked by political activists
> with their own agendas (read $$$$) as their prime concern.
>
> As far as genetically engineering a hot tomato, I say "Why?"  I sort of
> feel the same way about hot tomatoes or other veggies as I do about Chile
> Beer, two products that go great together, but not nessessarily in the
same
> package...
>
> As for chiles, do we need any hotter than a Red Savina?  (Doug Barnhart
> need not reply...)
>
> 1970s - Environmentalism = Love the Earth
> 1980s - Environmentalism = Protect the Earth
> 1990s - Environmentalism = Down with Big Business
> 2000 and on - Environmentalism = Communism with trees
>
>
>
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