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Old June 23, 2021   #2
eyolf
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The long purple one looks like a Thai pepper I grew once. Hot, not very flavorful in my cool climate.

The little one may have a variety name, but there are probably dozens of varieties of "Chiltepin" or "bird pepper". When I was a boy, my mom had a carefully maintained variety called "Christmas pepper" that carried peppers of many colors...including purple ones like that. They were quite hot, but didn't have much flavor otherwise.

I saved seeds from it and planted them in pots. They grew peppers too, that tasted about the same, but were not nearly as colorful. Pale green to white to a kind of yellow-brown when dry.

Eventually the original plant grew root bound and started to be unmanageable...and never came in for the winter...

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