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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.
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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)
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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"
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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
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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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