Re: [CH]V6 #27 Purple Pepper Id Please!
Dave Williams (dwill@iafrica.com)
Thu, 12 Aug 1999 09:59:52 +0200
Hi all,
I seem to recall sending Diane Cavallero (sp?) some seed a couple of years
ago of a chile with dark purple leaves that I got from a diamond mine in
Alexander Bay in Namaqualand, high up on the West Coast of South Africa
where the Orange River meets the sea.They seem to grow wild ther but some
people use them as herbacious borders in their gardens.
If these are the same they eventually ripen red ( the black fades to red).
Fruits are erect and teardrop shaped. Flowers are violet.
No idea what they're called or how they got there but they've been there for
as long as anyone there can remember.
Dave Williams in Cape Town
----- Original Message -----
From: <AutumnRhea@aol.com>
To: <begg.4@osu.edu>; <Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [CH]V6 #27 Purple Pepper Id Please!
>In a message dated 8/11/1999 7:06:13 AM Central Daylight Time,
begg.4@osu.edu
>writes:
>
><< This year I am growing "Bolivian Rainbows" from seeds provided kindly
> by Diane in Flanders. They have the dark purple leaves and almost
> black fruit. None has ripened yet; so I cannot describe the color
> changes, but I think that these are the real McCoy.
>
> Silly old Cardinal.
>
> ---
> Regards, Cameron. >>
> Well I have been researching my purple pepper plant.it's not Bolivian
>Rainbow but from what I have seen ...it is a Cuban pepper called Black
>Cluster aka Black Cubans..every different nursery has their own name for
>them.........but I think I am close now! hehehe.............. I do have the
>Bolivian Rainbow thou and it's a very pretty plant~ I'm not brave enough to
>try the peppers.............so I'll just sit back and admire their beauty!
>hehehe...........Debra~ Thanks for all the help trying to identify my
pepper
>plant..........
>