[CH] Re: NewMex Heritage chiles on target
chilehead@tough-love.com
Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:40:47 -0400
I have a good supply of New Mex 6-4 Heritage seeds available with no order
minimum. I also plan to have New Mex Big Jim Heritage seeds for the 2010
growing season. I've been sending packets of 6-4 and 6-4 Heritage to
customers in different parts of the country and have asked them to grow both
and let me know what they think.
Sources at New Mexico State say that New Mex Sandia is next on the list for
"Heritage" treatment.
Dave
TLCC
> A friend, former resident of New Mexico, has bemoaned the fact that New
> Mex chiles grown in Idaho don't taste like the chiles he knew in New
> Mexico. Apparently the New Mexico-grown chiles don't taste like they used
> to either, so the Chile Pepper Institute obtained some archived seeds and
> grew them out. Several tasters pronounced them much improved, so CPI
> offered the NewMex "Heritage" (their term) 6-4s this year. Seeds are $3 a
> pack, minimum order $15. Next year they'll be able to offer Heritage Big
> Jims too. My New Mex ex-pat friend is hugely enthusiastic, because even
> though Idaho-grown, they taste like the New Mex-grown chiles used to
> taste. The Heritage 6-4s have 5 times the aroma and flavor compounds than
> the non-Heritage 6-4s being grown. Margaret Lauterbach, standard
> disclaimer
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