Re: [CH] Strange Pepper - Need I. D. please!
Rob Pieters (r.pieters7@chello.nl)
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 17:03:23 +0100
You might be able to eat the roots at the end...
If its a nightshade family you'll posible find a kind of potato's when you
dig the up later on.
Just my two cents
Rob NL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Thompson" <jeffthompson@mac.com>
To: "John Caldwell" <jcald@3wheel.net>
Cc: "chefmad" <chefmad@earthlink.net>; "Chile-Heads Digest"
<chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: [CH] Strange Pepper - Need I. D. please!
> If they ripen to a dark purple (almost black) and if the leaves are dark
green-sometimes with a dark purple shading, then what you've got is
NIGHTSHADE!!!! I had some of thise in MY yard too (growning where I normally
plant my peppers). I'm glad I checked it out before tasting any of them.
>
> http://kaweahoaks.com/html/nightshade.html
>
> On Thursday, January 09, 2003, at 09:55PM, John Caldwell
<jcald@3wheel.net> wrote:
>
> >hmm... that sounds like the "black cuban" or "black prince", but those
are
> >black until they ripen, at which point they turn red. What do the leaves
> >look like? The leaves are fairly dark for both of those. Also, what
color
> >are the flowers?
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "chefmad" <chefmad@earthlink.net>
> >To: "Chile-Heads Digest" <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
> >Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 7:01 PM
> >Subject: [CH] Strange Pepper - Need I. D. please!
> >
> >
> >> Hi Everyone:
> >>
> >> I have found a pepper growing on bushes in several different places
around
> >> town - and now, even in my own yard - that I cannot identify. It is
> >> egg-shaped, about the size of a petin, maybe a tad larger. When ripe,
they
> >> turn almost black, past the eggplant shade, anyway. I've seen these
> >growing
> >> in front of, and behind Vietnamese and Chinese restaurants; now there
is
> >one
> >> taking root in my yard. Does anyone have a suggestion as to what kind
this
> >> is? Please enlighten me!
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> chefmad
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >