Re: [CH] Biker Billies Hybrids?
Rob Pieters (r.pieters7@chello.nl)
Tue, 22 Apr 2003 09:32:17 +0200
Don't know, I've grown them for some years now and always saved seeds to
start the next season with.
Till last year they looked and tasted the same as the first year...
But having said that I've no idea if these are the original BB, never the
less there absolutely hotter than regular Jalapeno's I've grown or eaten!
Hot regards
Rob NL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Margaret Lauterbach" <melauter@earthlink.net>
To: <Chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 5:28 PM
Subject: [CH] Biker Billies Hybrids?
> Are Biker Billies truly hybrids? IIRC the story originally was that a
> biker came into a Burpee store and said "you ought to be growing
> these." He was asked his name, and he said "Billy." Burpees people
> harvested the seeds and started the line. Now if that was true, it was an
> open pollinated chile. Burpees are claiming it's a hybrid. Sure, because
> if it is, saving seeds and planting them out would make getting fruit
> probably unlike the parent. You have to buy new seeds (from Burpees)
every
> year if it's a hybrid. But if it is open pollinated, you would stand a
good
> chance of getting the same chile from saving your own seeds. Has anyone
> (except me) tried this? I have seedlings from self-saved seeds and I
think
> Marc Winterburn does too (from my seeds), but have not yet produced
> fruits. Margaret L
>
>