Re: [CH] Strange Pepper - Need I. D. please!
kuhlwlf (kuhlwlf@santafesurf.com)
Sat, 11 Jan 2003 08:51:10 -0700
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I have had nightshade growing under one of our trees but the berries were
small and round. They didn't look like peppers, they looked like berries.
At 08:02 AM 1/10/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>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
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