Seed Keepers

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@intrex.net>]

Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:

> I bought some really nice peppers from the nearby Korean grocery store.
> They are:
>
> just like very oversized carbon copy of cayenne red hot peppers with large 
> green stems
>
> semi hot, hotter near the wide end with the greatest concentration of seeds
>
> typically 6-9" long; up to 1 1/8 thick at the large end at the stem

This pepper is long tapered with a wide shoulder at the top where it joins 
the stem;
as opposed to most long hot peppers, green or red, which are somewhat oblong; pointed at one end with its widest point 
near but not at the top.

> bright red in color
>
> sweet in taste; fairly thick walled, excellent flavor, spicy - a little like hot red cayenne peppers without as much of 
> the heat; a unique flavor, one of the best peppers I have eaten, equal to Giant Marconi or a good green bell pepper
>
> Koreans eat them raw and dip them in straight red miso
> good raw, cut up on top of miso soup or on rice
>
> This may be an exclusive Asian variety
> I would like to grow these this year and thereafter; its an excellent market 
> and table crop
> it is probably easy to grow and a prolific bearer
>
> Anyone know the name of this variey?