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[neshura <neshura@gmail.com>]

I would guess that it is not just the fact that the ornamentals
varieties aren't bred for flavor, but also the fact that they might be
well-doused in pesticides to achieve their ornamental beauty.

On 11/15/06, Pat Meadows <pat@meadows.pair.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:59:57 +0000, you wrote:
>
> >Hi all, first a quick apology for having my email autoresponder on for a few
> >
> >days, Its off now.
> >
> >My query is regarding the new spate of ornamental plants which are
> >related to vegetables.
> >For example ornamental peppers (Capsicum salsa & Capsicum carnival),
> >ornamental miniature oranges/lemons and the ornamental cabbages etc (such as
> >
> >the Kamone Red ornamental Kale).
> >A feature that interests me about these plants particularly the peppers is
> >the prolific fruiting rate for a plant in such a small pot. However they
> >come with stickers saying they may be harmful if eaten!
> >Is this just a standard safety sticker to cover the manufacturer against
> >someone stuffing a load into their mouths or are these plants genuinley NOT
> >edible? I have tried looking it up but after wading through masses of info
> >on how to make pepper salsa, I am still no closer to finding info on the
> >actual SPECIES Capsicum salsa. Part of this problem apparently is that with
> >ornamental varieties, manufacturers break with scientific naming convention
> >and can basically call the plants whatever they want!
>
> I don't think those are genuine species names.  There are no such species.
> I think those are just names made up by the developers of the plants.
>
> So far as I know, all Capsicums are edible.  But maybe not.
>
> Pat
>
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