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Originally Posted by Fred Hempel
Just because fruit color, shape and size "grow true" does not mean that the peppers are OP.
Both parents of a hybrid can have very similar peppers but be different in any number of other traits that may be subtle (eg. disease resistance).
Since I can find over 5 reputable seed sellers that sell them as F1 hybrids, I think it is very likely they are.
Of course it could be a conspiracy between all of these seed companies, but personally, I doubt it.
I know there have been charlatans who have sold OPs as hybrids in the past, but I think many folks now are too quick to assume malfeasance when there is none.
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I reckon I learned something today. I never would have thought of peppers growing true, at least in phenotype could still be a hybrid. But it makes sense. I don't have much of any disease pressure on my peppers so I don't know about those aspects. I guess for my purposes I consider them OP, they are consistent from year to year and always delicious.