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San Jose Market

C. chinense; 3x1" tapered, ridged pendent red fruits on 1½' tall x 2½' wide plants; hot with smokey-tropical fruit aroma.

ENGL PA U 00
Ulrike Paradine, Kent, Great Britain.

From San Jose, Costa Rica, farmer's market.

Shorokshari

Heavy set of 4x3" tapered, erect fruits turning from light yellow to orange to red; 1½x1½' plants with dark purple leaf nodes.

IA SSE HF 00

From Russia (SSE Pepper 732)

Short Yellow Tabasco

C. frutescens?; heavy set of pendent 1x'1/3" smooth, blunt-tipped orange fruits on 1x1' plants with small leaves; looks almost exactly like Orange Pekoe, but has small greenish flowers; not sure if this is C. frutescens or chinense, I chose the former based on fruit's lack of strong smokey-tropical aroma; good drier, fairly hot.

PA KO J 00

Slim Jim

Very heavy set of 7-8"x3" red, meaty, moderately hot fruits.

WI PE C 96 - CV Bur 94.
Burgess Seed and Plant Co., Bloomington, IL

Listed back as far as 1981.

St. Helena Island Acorn

Low set of 1" upright, spherical fruits on 5' plant; very attractive.

NY RI R 96 (90)
Robert W. Richardson, Phelps, NY

From Southern Atlantic Island of same name.

St. Helena Island Red

Huge quantities of narrow, sinuous, 2-2.5" bright red fruits on 5' plant.

NY RI R 96 (90)
Robert W. Richardson, Phelps, NY

From Southern Atlantic Island of same name.

St. Helena Island Yellow

Upright, smooth, 1.5"x.75" bright orange-yellow hot fruits on rather small plant; looks much like a small, yellow Jalapeno; very attractive.

NY RI R 96 (89)
Robert W. Richardson, Phelps, NY

From friend who lives on St. Helena, the small South Atlantic Island where Napoleon died. This friend writes:
"They are bright yellow about 2" long and sometimes grow a bit shapeless. Probably came from the east years ago by some traveler. Hottest we have and now seems to be getting rare."

St. Lucia Yellow Seasoning

C. chinense; wrinkled, flattened 2½x1" pendent yellow fruits on 2' tall x 2½' wide plants; fruits have strong smoky - tropical fruit aroma, but no heat.

PA WE J 00

Starfish

C. baccatum; erect 3/4x1½" scalloped, flattened red fruits that have a 6-armed starburst on top, just like a starfish; plant 2½' tall x 3' wide; very unusual and attractive variety, one of my favorites from the year 2000 trials.

PA WE J 00

Suchito Solterito

1½x3/4' pendent, red Jalapeno fruits with longitudinal fissures across entire surface; plant 1x1'.

OK MO D 00

Diane Moershel, Norman, OK

Collected by a friend from Oaxaca, Mexico

Sue's Mexican Chili

.75" diameter smooth, round, upright red fruits on tall plant with hairy leaves. Has been grown in Columbus, WI for some time by Sue Gronholz, but exact cultivar name unknown.

WI GR S 97
Sue Gronholz, Beaver Dam, WI

From Sue's Mexican neighbor, Maria, in 1993. They grow wild in N. Mexico.

Super Shepherd

Heavy set of upright, 7x3" tapered red fruits; excellent sweet flavor; early production.

NJ CA J 99 .... CV NK 87 ... Stokes Seeds, St. Catherines, Ontario.

At least as far back as 1981. "Selected from original for a taller plant with longer, thick-walled fruit"

Sweet Datil

1.5"x.75" yellow-orange very hot fruits with tapered point; typical C. chinense with complex smoky-fruity flavor and aroma; indigenous to St. Augustine, Florida.

FL BO R 97 (95)
Rebecca Bowen, St. Augustine, FL

Szechwan 8

4x½" pendent, smooth red fruits on 1½' tall x 2' wide plants with fuzzy stems.

TAIW BE T 99
Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center

Originally from Taiwan. AVRDC accession number CO 5619.

 
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