Mystery Hot Pepper

JohnF · February 22, 2006

Hi jt

Great to be here. I said I wasn't going to get into the which is which thing with pepper shapes but.... I don't know how you ultimately determine which is "correct". I may have a pepper that matches the one of my source but how do I know my source is correct, or his source? These debates have gone on about a bunch of different peppers as long as I have been growing them. ( Remember the USDA pepper picture that had a whole lot of pod shapes?) When you add to natural shape variation the factors of different names and languages, it's pretty hard to sort.

I do remember the chart you mentioned but don't know how to locate it.

February 22, 2006	#30
JohnF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bangor, Maine Posts: 66	Hi jt Great to be here. I said I wasn't going to get into the which is which thing with pepper shapes but.... I don't know how you ultimately determine which is "correct". I may have a pepper that matches the one of my source but how do I know my source is correct, or his source? These debates have gone on about a bunch of different peppers as long as I have been growing them. ( Remember the USDA pepper picture that had a whole lot of pod shapes?) When you add to natural shape variation the factors of different names and languages, it's pretty hard to sort. I do remember the chart you mentioned but don't know how to locate it.