Ahh there you are, Hi John! You sent me a swag of seeds 3-4 years ago of different accessions of pubescens. Do you reckon I could get a plant out of them? Nada, zero, zip. I believe they might have come under Aussie trials of irradiating letter mail during the "white powder" scare of 03-04(?) . Thanks goodness they don't do that anymore. Like most governments, these things are a great idea...... until the bill arrives for the technology. Then it all magically and quietly disappears! ;-) Frank, bless him, has offered to send some of the seeds he referred to earlier, so I 'll see how they go. Cheers MarkEinOz Reservist, 2LT. Moderate Corp. On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:35:31 am JohnT wrote: > > We are a group that has not yet had brain cells, orifices or > > hearing damaged due to intense chile heat. > > Um... with all respect to my commander... > > Some of us have suffered said damage from time to time & are prone to > occasional backsliding experiences. I just minutes ago diced up a cup of > mixed C. pubescens to go into a smoked pork /baked bean burrito concoction. > I'm anticipating the pain and then will repent for a time I'm sure.. > > JohnT > Buck Private (probable permanent rank) > Moderate Corps > >