Dolce di Minervino and Mareko Fana

[mariabee63]

I'd like some too - thanks for the offer!

[puttgirl]

E-mail sent...and a beautiful site, too.
Thanks!

[Fred Hempel]

I have over 20 takers. That is it for the pepper offer. I will try to get the peppers out to everyone later this week.

I hope everyone likes them, but what I am interested in in return are comments to this thread on the peppers. Please let everyone know how you grew them, when you harvested, how you cooked them. Anything that might be of interest.

[Timbotide]

Fred, Do either of these peppers require an extremely long
Growing season as compared to Jalapenos or maybe even
Habaneros.

[Fred Hempel]

They are not as slow as Habenero or Jalapenos, but with our long growing season, I am not focused on how long they take to produce.

Additionally, the immature peppers are excellent "frying peppers" that can substitute for Padron or Friggitello. Some of the restaurants who used to buy Padron from us now use Mareko Fana. Of course the harvest of frying peppers starts much earlier.

I am now starting to catch on to the SASE thing, and I would like to request that everyone who requested the peppers send a SASE to

Baia Nicchia Farm and Nursery
P.O. Box 428
Sunol, CA 94586

Make sure you include a note telling me that you want the peppers.

[Fred Hempel]

One other note: The pepper we are distributing is not the same as the Mareko Fana offered by Reimer seeds.

Indeed, the population of Mareko Fana we grew was also not uniform genetically, and the variety available at Reimer seeds looks like a variant that was within the seed we obtained. While we are making a standard long, brown Mareko Fana available, we are also in the process of selecting a number of additional true-breeding lines that capture much of the diversity of the seed we obtained from Ethiopia. We may make these lines available too, at some point. The first thing we will do, however, is make them available to Ethiopian agronomists and farmers for evaluation there.

[DuckCreekFarms]

Fred

recieved the seeds today....thanks so much. I look forward to growing these.
gary

[Mark0820]

Fred,

Thanks for the seeds! I received them today. I can't wait to grow them and experience the taste.

Mark

[VGary]

Fred,
Many thanks for the gift of pepper seed which arrived in the afternoon mail.
I certainly look forward to growing them.
All the best to you and Bain Nicchia Farm & Nursery!
Gary

[Farmette]

Fred, got mine yesterday and I am very anxious to try them. Many good wishes to you for the upcoming year.
Thanks much!
Chris

[Timbotide]

Fred, my seed arrived today in good condition.
Thanks.

[sprtsguy76]

Fred I got my seed too, thanks!

Damon

[puttgirl]

Got mine today, too! Thank you very much.

[Buck7762]

Hi Fred,

Received seeds today. Perfect timing, I've been starting peppers this weekend.

Thank you again, and will post pics as things progress.

Buck

[wmontanez]

Got the seeds. Thank you, can't wait to try them!!

Wendy