I think if I had a greenhouse I could probably get one of these Longhorns up to 8 or 9 feet and 6 feet across. That one I described is about 3 feet across at the widest point. In comparison my serranos, jalapenos, and, even the bells, are midgets. George At 08:42 PM 9/22/97 -0400, you wrote: >Tell you what isn't happening in upstate NY - four foot pepper plants! >There are times when I think the south has its moments.:-) > >George wrote: >That Longhorn is now over 4 >feet tall and loaded with peppers. I have harvested two dead-ripe ones for >seed and have 4 more bagged for seed peppers. Picked about 25 peppers off >the thing this morning and there's probably more than 100 more coming on. >The "trunk" of this plant is about 2 inches in diameter. Planted the thing >directly in the ground in May as an after thought. What's happening elsewhere? > >Cheryl Schaefer, Schaefer Yarns >Beautiful hand painted fibers >schaefer@epix.net >Zone 5 in the fabulous Finger Lakes of NY > > > > >