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Old July 21, 2013   #1
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Default Take a guess at this pepper.

So I got seeds of this pepper last year from a lettuce grower and breeder. He didn't have a name attached to it. So I'm wondering if there is something out there similar as far as shape and color. I Can't comment on the taste or heat level yet because I haven't tried it. What I can say is that the shape is the same as last year's pods he gave me and looks to be coloring up to an orange which is right as well. I can also say the growth habit on this one is very tall. Its about 3-3.5 tall in a 4 gallon bucket. Any help would be great.

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Old July 22, 2013   #2
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It looks rather like something I grew many years ago, tho I think it colored up red. I think it was something I got from the SSE yearbook.

Unfortunately I don't remember the name and don't have seeds any more. I think it was an "Aji" type tho. Do the flowers have yellow-green spots on the petals ?? That is an ID point for Ajis. (pronounced ah-he)

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Old July 22, 2013   #3
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Could it be a Datil pepper ?
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Sorry, posted twice

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I was thinking it looked a bit like a Lemon Drop, which is also an Aji type. But, honestly, I am not a pepper expert. (Just someone who is obsessed with combing through seed catalogs)

Honestly, I expect it would be difficult to impossible, even for an expert, to tell the exact type of pepper from a photo of the green fruit.

After it ripens and you taste it to see how much heat it has, you may be able to narrow it down a bit more in order to make a better guess. But it would still be a guess. Too many options!

(Oh, and lemon drops are yellow, so if it is orange or red, that wouldn't be it. But it could be another Aji type since two people seem to think it looks like one.)
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No doesn't look like a lemon drop, lemon drop is ussualy more curved:

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Post a picture of a flower and we could narrow it down quite a bit.
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Thanks for the replies. I will post a picture of the flower tonight when I get home from work.

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it doesn't look like the lemon drops that i have grown. sorry i couldn't help damon.

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It looks somewhat like a Beni Highlands Pepper. If so, you've a nice plant and pepper!
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It's not like Lemon Drop I've grown in the past. My LD fruits were narrower and tapered from much closer to the shoulder than those on your plant.

The shape is distinctive which may help. I think Beni Highlands is a good call though there are quite a lot even with that distinctive shape. Here's a pic of Aji Limo that Looks similar. (I don't believe Aji Limo is Frutescens by the way.)

http://www.ethno-botanik.org/Capsicu...rutescens.html

It would be worth identifying the species first. Tomorrow I'll post a step by step process (flower colour, fruits per node etc} to do that. There's one in Jean Andrews' excellent book. In the mean time this might provide some ideas.

http://chilibase.info/Identificeer.aspx

more photos would be great.

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Sorry for the delay but here are a couple pictures.

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It doesn't look like a baccatum flower. The color and shape still make me think Beni Highlands (C. chinense).
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I would say it is a capsicum annuum and that would eliminate a lot of guesses. It has the look of an aji but they are capsicum Baccatum so it can't any of them and a Beni highlands is a capsicum chinense so thats not it. It doesn't match any real common pepper that I know of, so I will have to search a little deeper!
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