There are two small chiles that grow wild in the southwest. Pequin (Piquin)is bullet shaped and Chiltepin (Tepin) is round. There are a couple of excellent posters put out by 10 Speed Press with pictures of fresh (Fresco) and dried (Seco). I sell seeds for both varieties. Dave TLCC > On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 09:56:17AM -0500, J. Patrick Donohoe wrote: > >> I have had the same experience growing these peppers in containers (I >> always thought they were called "Tepin" or "Chiltepin" or "Bird Pepper"). > > There are two varieties. The one native to Texas is the Chile Pequin (at > least, that's its name in Texas ... along with various mis-pronunciations > of the name, such as "Chile Peppeen"). As I understand it, the Chiltepin > aka Chile Tepin is more or less the same pepper, except for its location. > I don't know if there's any real difference beyond that.... > > What we really need is a guide (with photos and descriptions of key > features) for identifying different varieties of peppers. I'm trying > to find one for Thai chillies now (Thai Market---just a few minutes > walk from where I live, has some that are very hot, and some that are > "very not"...but they look virtually identical, at least, to me---the > Thai folks who own/run the store know the difference instantly, but I > don't know how they do it, and they're always too busy with customers > for me to ask). > > Speaking of Thai Market...I think I'll go get some Pad Thai supplies. > We're going to be drowning in rain from Fay this w/e, and some Pad Thai > sounds like a nice thing to make...and it's an excuse to get on my new > 21-speed mountain bike and get some exercise and fresh air.... I'm > fairly certain I won't be able to ride this w/e.... > >> The are finicky to germinate [...] in containers > > Ahh, yes...I forgot to mention that. Thanks. Very true. > > Later, > --jim > > -- > 73 DE N5IAL (/4) MiSTie #49997 < Running FreeBSD 7.0 > > spooky130@cox.net || j.graham@ieee.org ICBM/Hurr.: 30.39735N 86.60439W > No, I'm not going to explain it. If you can't figure it > out, you didn't want to know anyway... --Larry Wall > >