On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 12:33:38PM +0000, Alex Silbajoris wrote: > > It's true that some of the ornamental varieties are still unpicked when the > event is over. Same with the really small-podded varieties; they're good > stuff but few people bother picking a lot of them. I love the pointsettas, > they're pretty and they're very useful when dried. > > The orange and red habs are the bread and butter of the field, and in 04 I > acquainted myself with the fatalis (love the way the pods squeak in hand > when picked). > > The larger and milder roasting varieties are always eagerly picked, yet > unfortunately they also seem very vulnerable to problems in the growing > season. Some years they're rotted on the vine and some years they're > barely becoming ripe. I'd like to see a larger proportion of these kinds > of pods - new mex, poblanos, etc. > > The other thing I discovered on 04 was the location of our hosts, Adrian > Orchards. I spent my first $$ there last year and I resolve to spend there > again as a gesture of thanks for letting us behave like lunatics on their > land. (We really were hanging out in the moonlight for hours last year.) > > - A > I must agree almost across the board with Alex. Many of the smaller varieties are easily grown indoors and I went after only the ones I haven't tried before. The chocolate habs were very good, but the fataliis were the best -- probably one of my favorite chiles right now thanks to Butch introducing me to them at OF. However, by the time I knew what they were like, all the ripe ones were picked. I managed to get some seed from a couple though, so hopefully I can get a few this year. I never did have much luck with growing from seed at home -- maybe it's that forgetfulness and such. I should be able to spend a more than just one day up there this year though, so I'd really like to check out the market and thank the field owner as well. -- Kris OpenPGP Key Fingerprint: 14B5 9651 FC09 E576 077E F344 DFA2 1AA8 6229 5D84 -- Remember: Silly is a state of Mind, Stupid is a way of Life. -- Dave Butler