[CH] Keriting ?
Parkhurst, Scott Contractor (PARKHURS@LEAV-EMH1.ARMY.MIL)
Fri, 20 Aug 1999 14:37:12 -0500
>There is a chile variety actually named Keriting (which is
>from Indonesia). In my experience, however, Keriting are
>not corkscrew, but relatively straight, i.e. slightly curving
>and usually only 1/4 inch wide at widest part, i.e. even
>narrower than most "Indian-type" cayennes (meaning the
>sort of longish thinnish cayenne that is rarely anywhere as
>large as 1/2 inch diameter). My Keriting usually end up
>3-4 inches long.
As far as I know, these are not called Keriting. I got the
seeds from Asian Vegetable Research & Development
Center (AVRDC), Taiwan. The info provided was:
PBC 367 A control number they use, no name provided.
Sri Lanka Where the seeds were from.
keriting In the column marked "Fruit Type"
Other seeds they provided listed fruit type as cayenne,
piquin or tabasco. I contacted them and asked what was
the difference, and they said keriting type was similar to
cayenne, but with a corkscrew twist. These are maturing
to about 1/2 inch diameter, 3 - 4 inches long, ripen to red.
They start out, and remain, pendant. The fruit grows to its full
length with a definite twist, while remaining very thin. It
thickens up after reaching full length. The plant seems to be
C. annuum, and mine are approximately 5 feet tall.
I guess I will just refer to them as "keriting type" unless/until
more info comes along.
Scott... KCK