RE: [CH] Re: Capsaicin in the (chemists) news; rocotos V8 #743

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Hi C-H's,

At 8:15 AM -0600 2/12/04, Hughes, David L wrote:
>I have a Tepin/Piquin/whatever plant that I grew from wild seeds. I
>don't really know if they're hotter than my Habs, but when peppers get
>to that level of hot, what real difference does it make? Mine makes tiny
>pods about 1/8"-3/16" dia. by about 3/8" long, and one of them will bite
>me just as hard as a hefty bite off a Habanero. They're HOT!!!!

My understanding is that ovoid pods are called pequins and spherical 
ones tepins. You can get pequin plants with extremely dark green 
foliage. When they are covered with ripe peppers they look beautiful.
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