Whoever the grower is, he won't have peppers for at least another month. T --- John Sphar <chilehead@pacbell.net> wrote: > At my local Whole Foods last year in July, I almost > fainted when I saw a bin full of a big red obviously > chinense, some were 2 inches across. Most were as > round as a globe. The produce mgr. can't get them > this year. I must have made four trips and bought a > total of bought 25 pounds of them (at 10.00 per > pound). > > He says the grower is in Canada and called then red > habaneros. (Around here though, anything chinense > is marked habaneros at the grocery stores). They are > either Scotch bonnet or Habanero, a beautiful red, > but I have no idea of the variety. Well, no > picture I've seen yet typifies this chile. I made > Louisiana and Belizean style sauces with these and I > am running out. I forgot to ask him the name of the > grower. > > Does anyone know: The grower of this type, 2: where > I can get these fresh (I'm in San Jose, CA but would > pay for shipping)? > Gracias. John S. > ===== Tina Brooks VP Marketing, Peppermaster Hot Sauces www.peppermaster.com Brooks Pepperfire Foods Inc. Phone: (450) 451-6770 26 St. Jean Baptiste Rigaud, Quebec J0P 1P0 ===== Join our hot pepper discussion group at http://www.thehotpepper.com Have you ever had an Elephant Pepper??? No? Ask me about my Elephant Pepper project: Feeding the world, one pepper at a time. =====