Re: [CH] Datil identification
Phil (wpcody@mindspring.com)
Fri, 8 Oct 1999 01:34:37 -0400
Lynn Edwards has images of green immature Datils on her
excellent website at:
http://www.crl.com./~ledwards/datil.html
I have an image of mature Datils on my website at:
http://www.mindspring.com/~wpcody/chile/seeds.htm
Phil
W.P. Cody Co.
> Robert,
>
> I have to admit to being confused by now on just what is a
datil. I
> thought one of my plants was, until I saw the ones Jim
called datil. My
> Jean Andrews doesn't have datil in the index, and DeWitt's
The Peper Garden
> has no illustration. I looked at Grame's site, and his
illustration looks
> like what you describe. My plant's fruit and leaves are
not quite like
> anything in Jim's hab field - the fruit is longer, but
still a lantern
> shape, starting light green and ripening to vivid red.
The growing habit
> is low and wide; the foliage is dark and ruffly, like
miniature spinach
> leaves. Swarthy, I say, this is a plant that would
smoke cigars and
> drink agave tequilla.
>
> I have a poor-quality photo of my plant, taken when the
fruit was still
> pale green. I'll try to get another picture now that some
of the fruit is
> ripe.
>
> The pickled ones I made turned out close to some pickled
little cocktail
> peppers I remember having a few yers ago, even to the
point of having
> little stems for handles. They look so harmless, small
and simple and
> pale yellow green. I wonder if I should mix one or two of
them into a ripe
> olive relish or something...
>
> Alex Silbajoris 72163.1353@compuserve.com
> back to hot canning
>
>