Re: [CH] Purple jalapenos = bad?
Luke Speer (lukasz@midcoast.com.au)
Mon, 11 Dec 2000 21:44:53 +1100
Coyote wrote:
>
> I was looking for an acticle I read on cnn about a wild chile pepper
> perserve in the southwest when i ran across this article:
> http://www.cnn.com/2000/FOOD/news/10/16/chili.science.ap/index.html
> The article is about inproving chile peppers after the problems with the
> 2000 season.
> Any way it the article it says:
> "Bosland picked out a purple jalapeno from the small sea of jalapeno
> plants in the greenhouse.
>
> 'This purple trait, we have to get rid of that,' he said. 'People want
> certain kinds of chilies. People just don't buy a jalapeno that's
> purple. You want it green and that's just the way it is.' ... "
>
> I think purpple jalapenos would be cool. That's way I grow diffrent
> colored peppers.
> Is the geneeral public so set on things that a purpple jalapeno would
> not sell?
>
> What do you chyilieheads think?
Not much snippage at all
I am growing purple Jals, Planted 6 and have one and a half left due to
a Catepillar invasion, have more seeds left and should plant a couple
more they were more prolific than my ordinary Jals..
Luke in Oz
Seem to remember that the colour Purple denoted Royalty..