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[Jim Fruth <jfruth@uslink.net>]

    I apologize for not reading ahead as I could have responded to two
letters about Jingle Bell Peppers.  On January 31, Pat Meadows wrote:

Why do people especially want miniature peppers?  (Just
because I'm dying of curiousity about it, and because I'm
debating selling the Mini Bell Peppers: red, yellow,
chocolate.) 

    I have raised Jingle Bell peppers and can say with certainty that people
do not 'especially' want miniature peppers.  The reason I grow them is
because, in my climate, plants that produce normal-sized fruits tend to bear
one, rarely two, ripe bell peppers within a normal growing season.  There is
steady demand for ripe bell peppers at farmers' markets and I grow them
because no one else does.  Jingle Bell Peppers are the only garden item that
will earn more than 50 cents per square foot of garden space (including
aisles).

Jim Fruth
Pequot lakes, MN