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mcsee · April 16, 2010

Here's the oddest shaped fruit I've seen on these plants and I wonder if they look familiar to anyone. Some bushes produce blunt end fruit, some point, some with both, so I'm hoping they redden soon for a taste test. I had 7 tiny seedlings given to me because someone likes me, so I hope I can get a resulting ripe 'bagged' fruit soon.

Blunt

Not quite a point

Two shapes

easttx_hippie · April 16, 2010

Those look a lot like the Cubanelle sweet peppers I just started.....and last year the ones that grew looked like yours only they were yellow....or maybe I just never let them ripen to red.

Wi-sunflower · April 16, 2010

Cubanella should be more light yellow-green than those tho.

My guess is that they are pepperoncini (sp?). They are about that size and color.

I've grown at least 3 different varieties of pepperoncini and I have yet to find a variety that looks like those you find in a jar. I think they pick those for processing at a very young stage and that's why they look so different.

JMO,
Carol

Frog · April 18, 2010

They look a lot like Bulls Horn, a sweet Italian pepper.

April 16, 2010	#1
mcsee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Victoria. Australia Posts: 543	Know Me? Here's the oddest shaped fruit I've seen on these plants and I wonder if they look familiar to anyone. Some bushes produce blunt end fruit, some point, some with both, so I'm hoping they redden soon for a taste test. I had 7 tiny seedlings given to me because someone likes me, so I hope I can get a resulting ripe 'bagged' fruit soon. Blunt Not quite a point Two shapes

April 16, 2010	#2
easttx_hippie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Piney Wood Hills Posts: 423	Know me?? Maybe!! Those look a lot like the Cubanelle sweet peppers I just started.....and last year the ones that grew looked like yours only they were yellow....or maybe I just never let them ripen to red.

April 16, 2010	#3
Wi-sunflower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,591	Cubanella should be more light yellow-green than those tho. My guess is that they are pepperoncini (sp?). They are about that size and color. I've grown at least 3 different varieties of pepperoncini and I have yet to find a variety that looks like those you find in a jar. I think they pick those for processing at a very young stage and that's why they look so different. JMO, Carol

April 18, 2010	#4
Frog Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 141	They look a lot like Bulls Horn, a sweet Italian pepper.