I don't know if I've said it before here, but I have yet to see the difficulty with germination that people are suggesting. We have had near perfect germination rates of all of the seeds we had attempted. Of course, I have a black thumb and have only ever managed to get one plant to actually fruit, but I have customers who have not only gotten fruit, they have near perfect germination records as well. Maybe it's the clean Canadian water? T --- Dave Drum <dirty_dave@chillicooks.org> wrote: > Brent Thompson wrote: > > > The derogatory tone of "the wonder of the whole > thing is that the denizens > > of the sub-continent managed a cross between..." > bothers me. > > No disrespect to the denizens of the sub-continent > was intended. But, > I have been informed over and over again that > crosses such as what was > accomplished were nearly impossible ... i.e. a cross > that would breed > true and produce seed viable to reproduce the > cultivar with open > pollination. That's all I meant. > > > But anyway, according to the 1983 Crossability > Matrix of Capsicum Species > > that I normally post every 2-3 years to this list: > > >>Crossability Matrix of Capsicum Species > >> (Figure 3, Genetic Resources of Capsicum, > International Board for > >> Plant Genetic Resources, 1983 > >> [Crop Genetic Resources Centre, Plant Production > and Protection > >> Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of > the United Nations]) > > > C. frutescens and C. chinense can cross, with > resulting "F1 hybrids > > partially fertile". Although this wording has > always been a bit unclear to > > me, I believe this means it is reasonable to > expect these two might cross > > and create a viable line, at some probability that > may be low but > > definitely not-zero. > > The "partially fertile" item is what I refer to. It > seems that CPI has > viable seed (I hope - I ordered some) that they are > flogging in Chile > Pepper magazine. > > -- > ENJOY!!! > -------- > UNCLE DIRTY DAVE'S KITCHEN -- > Home of Yaaaaa Hooooo Aaahhh!!! HOT SAUCE and Hardin > Cider > > "Part of the secret of success in life is to eat > what you like and let > the food fight it out inside." --Mark Twain > > ===== Tina Brooks VP Marketing, Peppermaster Hot Sauces www.peppermaster.com Brooks Pepperfire Foods Inc. Phone: (514) 393-3430 26 St. Jean Baptiste, East Rigaud, Quebec, Canada J0P 1P0 Network with me on www.gourmetbusinessforum.com -- The premier online business community for food professionals