FW: [CH] Chile Birds
MOORE John (MOOREJ@atea.mat.army.defence.gov.au)
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 11:46:30 +1100
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MOORE John
> Sent: Monday, November 30, 1998 11:46 AM
> To: 'Peter Moss'
> Subject: RE: [CH] Chile Birds
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Moss [SMTP:pmoss@yoda.alt.za]
> Sent: Saturday, November 28, 1998 10:10 AM
> To: Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com; Brent Thompson
> Subject: RE: [CH] Chile Birds
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> >Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 11:51:09 +1100
> >From: MOORE John <MOOREJ@atea.mat.army.defence.gov.au>
> >Subject: RE: [CH] Chile Birds
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> >> So how many "wild" varieties do you grow, which is more to the
> >> point. Please name a wild variety that does not have erect
> >> fruit.
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> > C. cardenasii, for one. Tiny, extremely hot and pendant
> > fruit.
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> John I checked the USDA data base and they only have two
> specimens of C. cardenasii. PI573336 and PI590507.
> Unfortunately fruit position is not entered but DeWitt, Bosland
> - Peppers of the World shows a picture of PI573336 - C.
> cardenasii. The fruit most certainly is erect. Therefore C.
> cardenasii does have a wild erect form.
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> The seed distribution channel for wild species and varieties is
> birds. Fruit hiding under leaves will not attract the means of
> propagation and would probably indicate a cultivated variety.
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> Some of the indicators for a wild species or variety is erect
> fruit position and fruit that is easily separated from the
> plant.
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> Brent please feel free to jump in here anytime and correct and/or
> expand on this thread.
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> Looking forward to the harvest
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> I'm afraid I'm really at the limit of my knowledge here. My
> cardenasii fruit (seeds from Brent T.) are pendant, plus very easily
> separated from the plant (if you really want to eat one you have to be
> attentive, because the tiny ripe fruit will simply drop to the ground
> instead of ripening on the plant). Is there a cultivated variety of
> C. cardenasii? I don't see much point in growing it, except as a
> curiosity (although maybe it does better in its native climes).
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> JM in SE Oz
> (where the snails ate one of my two Aji Escabeche seedlings last
> night, the bastards)