[CH] Keriting ?

Parkhurst, Scott Contractor (PARKHURS@LEAV-EMH1.ARMY.MIL)
Fri, 20 Aug 1999 14:37:12 -0500

	>There is a chile variety actually named Keriting (which is 
	>from Indonesia).  In my experience, however, Keriting are 
	>not corkscrew, but relatively straight, i.e. slightly curving 
	>and usually only 1/4 inch wide at widest part, i.e. even 
	>narrower than most "Indian-type" cayennes (meaning the 
	>sort of longish thinnish cayenne that is rarely anywhere as 
	>large as 1/2 inch diameter).  My Keriting usually end up 
	>3-4 inches long.

	As far as I know, these are not called Keriting.  I got the 
	seeds from Asian Vegetable Research & Development 
	Center (AVRDC), Taiwan.  The info provided was:

	PBC 367   A control number they use, no name provided.
	Sri Lanka  Where the seeds were from.
	keriting     In the column marked "Fruit Type"

	Other seeds they provided listed fruit type as cayenne,
	piquin or tabasco.  I contacted them and asked what was
	the difference, and they said keriting type was similar to
	cayenne, but with a corkscrew twist.  These are maturing
	to about 1/2 inch diameter, 3 - 4 inches long, ripen to red.
	They start out, and remain, pendant.  The fruit grows to its full 
	length with a definite twist, while remaining very thin.  It 
	thickens up after reaching full length.  The plant seems to be
	C. annuum, and mine are approximately 5 feet tall.

	I guess I will just refer to them as "keriting type" unless/until
	more info comes along.

	Scott... KCK