Re: [CH] "Orange" Red Savina
Baker Richardson (habanerored@hotmail.com)
Sat, 28 Aug 1999 08:00:22 CDT
It's kind of funny that there are so many people who are getting orange habs
on their Red Savina. All 6 Red Savina plants that I planted from seeds that
I got from Shepards Seeds produced real long and wrinkled orange habs. I did
plant a 7th plant at the end of the season which I raised indoors and it is
producing red habs this year.
Yearn For The Burn Baker R.
>From: Brandon C Nuttall <bnuttall@kih.net>
>Reply-To: Brandon C Nuttall <bnuttall@kih.net>
>To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com
>Subject: [CH] "Orange" Red Savina
>Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 06:06:02 -0400
>
>Folks,
>
>Byron Bromley asked about an orange Red Savina that won't ripen to red. My
>guess is that it is a standard orange hab. If I remember the story
>correctly, the red variety was discovered in a large commercial field, a
>couple of plants out of thousands. When it was also discovered to slightly
>hotter, seeds were collected and the [successful] attempt was made to see
>if it would breed true and accumulate enough seeds to make a commercial
>venture (thus the patent).
>
>Anyway, I suspect that even in seed collected only from red savina habs,
>there might be a few throwbacks to the orange ancestor.
>
>Take care.
>
>Brandon Nuttall
>Frankfort, KY
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