With regard to Fish Pepper -- the striping in that pepper is genetically heritable. In a production situation I would say that there do seem to be "costs" to having the "striping" trait in all layers of meristems. Plant uniformity is not great, and under some conditions it can be very variable (plant size, vigor etc.).
That said, these issues are no big deal for most gardeners who are not interested in consistently producing a certain # of lbs per acre.
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