RE: [CH] Aji Amarillo Heat
John Sphar (chilehead@pacbell.net)
Thu, 5 Oct 2006 10:10:12 -0700
I got mine from our county's master gardener program. My AAs were bacatuums
from the master gardeners' own repository and looked like the aji Amarillo
(3rd photo down in Riley's link). Here is a list of their 2006 sources:
Seed Sources:
Some seed sources for these varieties include the
following. Inclusion or exclusion of a seed company does
not imply endorsement.
BC - Baker Creek
BI - Botanical Interests
FS - Franchi Sementi
GK - Garafarm KFT
JS - Johnny's Seeds
K - Association Kokopelli (France)
LH - Local Harvest
MG - Master Gardener saved seed
NMC - NuMex Chile Pepper Institute
NSS - Native Seed Savers
O - Orsetti Seeds
PG - Peppergal
PM - Peppermania
RG - Rene's Garden
RW - Redwood City Seeds
SS - Seed Savers
TAM - Texas A&M
TG - Tomato Growers
UP - Unipack (Italy)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com [mailto:owner-chile-
> heads@globalgarden.com] On Behalf Of Riley J. McIntire
> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 2:27 PM
> To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com
> Cc: PheasantPlucker@columbus.rr.com
> Subject: RE: [CH] Aji Amarillo Heat
>
> Cameron Begg [PheasantPlucker@columbus.rr.com] wrote:
> > Hi C-Hs,
> >
> > Jim wrote:
> >
> >> It is a sad fact of chile pepper life, that there is not- nor likely
> >> to *ever* be- consensus on what chile is called what.
> >
> > Unfortunate but true. FWIW the AAs I have grown are C. baccatums.
> > They meet Jim's visual description. Bright yellow. But VERY hot!
>
> Mine were orange, like an orange hab. C. baccatum to be sure, at least
> to my limited knowledge.
>
> They were more like the "Kellu-Uchu" here,
>
> http://www.fiery-foods.com/dave/profile_baccatum.html
>
> than the A. amarillo lower on the page. I've grown the aji limon shown
> here too. Lives up to the name, very lemony and tasty. Hot too, as were
> the aji habeneros, which were, I think, also baccatums.
>
> Hot regards,
>
> Riley
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