Market Farming

["Halstead, Kate" <khalstead AT wsu.edu>]

Nope, it’s not a Serrano type at all. Serrano are much smaller, bullet shaped, and have a much different flavor.

What I have noticed, and the pix from Fedco mimics, is that the peppers are punt when the plant is not well fed and is left to its own devices. Still produces a large amount of fruit, just much smaller in size, with a pronounced curl. When the bushes get plenty of nutrition and water they set larger fruit that is conical in shape like the long hots and a lot straighter.

This Danish site shows something closer to what we get from the plants: http://www.irinas-shop.de/fish-pepper-p-400.html

 

Kate Halstead
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From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Road's End Farm
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 1:26 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Italian Long Hot Peppers

 

Isn't Fish a Serrano type?

 

http://www.fedcoseeds.com/seeds/search.php?item=3781&index=13&listname=Hot%20Pepper&page=1

 

There might, of course, be more than one chile called Fish. But if it's the one in the link, I doubt anybody would describe it as a long type; serranos are only a couple of inches long.

 

-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly

Fresh-market organic produce, small scale

 

 

 

On Dec 9, 2011, at 12:57 PM, Halstead, Kate wrote:

You might also want to look at one we've been growing that looks very similar to the 'Calabrian' ones in the jar. Does well in our PNW cool, wet summers; likely astounding elsewhere.. An heirloom from Africa called 'Fish", the plants and immature peppers are variegated beautifully. Leaves have irregular white blotches, and the peppers have white/green candy-cane stripes until they mature to a beautiful cone-shaped solid red pepper that has a nice heat for a wide variety of cuisines. Good fresh and they dry nicely as well. Astounding yield from medium-small plants. Listed in the Slow Food Ark of Taste.