Article 9875 (69 more) in rec.gardens:
From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu
Subject: FAQ -- Catalogs for Peppers
Date: 10 Aug 92 11:46:31 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa
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              CATALOGS OF PEPPER (CAPSICUM) SOURCES

Mike Huben saved this list of pepper-lovers catalogs:


Horticultural Enterprises
   P.O. Box 810082
   Dallas, Texas 75381-0082

Native Seeds/Search
   3950 W New York Drive
   Tucson, AZ 85745
   Cat $1; Chiltepine peppers as well as landraces of other
   vegetables of the SW US and adjacent Mexico.

Old Southwest Trading Company
   P.O. Box 7545
   Albuquerque, NM 87194

Pepper Gal (The)
   10536 119th Ave. North
   Largo, FL 34643

Porter & Son
   1510 E. Washington St
   P.O. Box 104
   Stephenville, TX 76401

Seed Savers Exchange
   Rural Route 1, Box 239
   Decorah, IA 52101

Shepherd's Garden Seeds
   30 Irene St.
   Torrington, CT 06790

St. Thomas Vegetable Products
   Box 9519
   St Thomas, VI 00801
   phone # (809) 779-2904
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Re: Pepper seed sources

        SEED SAVERS EXCHANGE
        Rural Route 1, Box 239
        Decorah, IA 52101

        THE PEPPER GAL
        10536 119th Ave. North
        Largo, FL 34643

Horticultural Enterprises
P.O. Box 810082
Dallas, Texas   75381-0082

Porter & Son
1510 E. Washington St
P.O. Box 104
Stephenville, TX 76401

        Shepherd's Garden Seeds
        30 Irene St.
        Torrington, CT 06790
        St Thomas Vegtable Products
        Box 9519
        St Thomas, VI 00801
        phone # (809) 779-2904

Subject: Re: Peppers
Date: 21 May 92 21:51:04 GMT

Here are some mail order addresses for peppers.  I got them in context
of a discussion of hot peppers, but they may have some sweet peppers
available.  I would also check standard seed catalogs for sweet peppers.

Casa Moneo
210 W. 14th Street
New York, NY 10011

La Preferida, Inc.
3400 W. 35th Street
Chicago, IL 60632

   The Pepper Gal, Dorothy L. Van Vleck, 10536 119th Avenue North,
Largo, FL 34643

   Roswell Seed Co., 115-117 South Main, P.O. Box 725, Roswell, NM
88201, (505) 622-7701

   Plants of the Southwest, 1812 Second Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
   Porter and Son, Seedsmen, 1512 East Washington Street, Stephenville,
TX 76401


Re: HOT peppers
Subject: Beyond Habanero or the list of hot chiles
Date: 10 Feb 92 22:06:39 GMT

The List of Hot Chiles:

REF: Redwood City Seed, box 361, redwood city, ca, 94064, CAT $1
HS=ounces of sauce that will be detectably hot with one ounce of chiles
chiles are tested in state normally used

Anaheim: HS=25 fresh
U.S. Ancho: HS=50 fresh
Serrano: HS=133 fresh
Mex. Ancho: HS=135 fresh
Fresno: HS=280 fresh
Jalapeno: HS=400 fresh
Guru Palace: HS=1,300 fresh
Guajillo: HS=1,300 dried
Cayenne: HS=2,500 fresh
Japones: HS=2,500 fresh

HABANERO: HS=2,500 fresh, unusual apricot flavor, reputedly the hottest

Aji Rojo: HS=3,500 dried
Thai: HS=6,700 dried
De Arbol: HS=8,000 dried
Red/Tabasco: HS=10,000 fresh
Zimbabwe Bird: HS=19,500 dried
Pequin: HS=20,000 dried

TEPIN: HS=50,000 dried without seeds, 13,000 dried with seeds
  The Hottest, Guiness Book of World Records

BTW: Redwood City is also a source of seeds, if you want to grow these.

Re: Sources for pepper seeds 
Subject: Habanero, Chili
Date: 9 Apr 92 15:21:45 GMT

One source for seeds is Shepherd's Garden Seeds in Connecticut.  Their number
fo r a credit card order is (203) 482-3638.  The stock nuber is #1964, cost
1.75$.   Their address is:

        Shepherd's Garden Seeds
        30 Irene St.
        Torrington, CT 06790

A second source is

        St Thomas Vegtable Products
        Box 9519
        St Thomas, VI 00801
        phone # (809) 779-2904

They advertise a grow kit.  It includes domesticated growing instructions, seed
 and a jar of habanero chili paste.  Price 19.50 + 4.50 S&H.


Subject: RE: pepper seeds
Date: 10 Apr 92 14:45:50 GMT

There have been quite a few requests for various types of pepper seeds
and I have a catalogue from a company in Dallas, Texas, that specializes
in pepper seeds.  I haven't had a chance to try their product so I can't
give any comments about quality or yield.  Following is their name and
address and a list of the peppers in their catalogue.  I hope this helps.

They don't list the SCOTCH BONNETT pepper which is frequently mistaken
for and more frequently passed off as HABANERO so if you are interested
in those perhaps in a year or so someone could tell us which they
really are.

Horticultural Enterprises
P.O. Box 810082
Dallas, Texas   75381-0082

ANCHO (Chile Poblano)
CUBANELLE
COLORADO (mild or hot)
MIRASOL
ANAHEIM (mild or hot)
HUNGARIAN HOT WAX
PASILLA
FRESNO CHILE GRANDE
CHERRY (sweet or hot)
JALAPENO (also TAM variety)
SERRANO
PIMIENTO GRANDE
TAKANOTUSME
SANTA FE GRANDE
GOLDSPIKE
YELLOW SWEET WAX
TOMATILLO
ROUMANIAN (sweet or hot)
JUPITER
CAYENNE
YUNG KO
TA TONG
PEPERONCINI
ITALIAN SWEET
GABANERO
FLORAL GEM
NUMEX BIG JIM
NUMEX R. NAKY
PETITE YELLOW
CALORO
HIDALGO
ESPANOLA IMPROVED
RUBY GIANT
CHIA (not the pet B-))
CILANTRO (Coriander, Chinese parsley)
TATUME
SUPER SIOUX

Terms are check or money order and no C.O.D.'s.  All seeds are $1 per
package and there's a $1 postage/handling fee.


Re: Frost resistant chiles (from Usenet, rec.gardens)
Date: 14 Apr 92 18:25:46 GMT

I heard (saw) a rumor (posting) on r.g that there are no frost resistant
chiles. OK:

Capsicum baccatum v. pendulum
  Andean Aji    (~25oF?)

Capsicum pubescens
  chile manzano rojo y amarillo, (red and yellow apple chiles), rocoto (~28oF?)

Capsicum (?) (also has pubescent leaves)
  chile de arbol  (~30oF?)


Seed Source:
J.L. Hudson, Seedsman, po box 1058, redwood city, ca, 94064, CAT $1

More Info Source:
-----------------

Solanaceae Enthusiasts, 3370 princeton ct, santa clara, ca, 95051

All I know about this outfit is that they are listed in Cornucopia as a
source of newsletters and books. Since I happen to know that this is
also the house of the world famous solanaceae expert, Mr. John Riley,

Re: Another pepper seed source (from Usenet, rec.gardens)
Subject: Re: Pepper Problems
Date: 28 Apr 92 14:54:12 GMT

And finally, here is the address for my pepper seed suplier:

Porter & Son
1510 E. Washington St
P.O. Box 104
Stephenville, TX 76401

I've only ordered from them once, but everything they sent was
satisfactory. They have lots more stuff than just peppers seeds.


Subject: HOT PEPPER SCALE
Date: 9 Oct 92 13:07:04 GMT

For anyone who has expressed an interest in a hot pepper scale, here 
are a few scales I have compiled over the last few months, both from 
the net and other sources.  The final column is my own perception of 
a pepper heat index, however it is suspect because it's my own taste 
(I used a 1-10 scale as in "The Great Chile Book" so I arbitrarily 
assigned habeneros a 10 as in the book).  I mentioned only peppers 
which appeared in at least two sources.

SOURCE (1)  "The Great Chile Book" by M. Miller, scale of 1-10 (10 is 
hottest)
SOURCE (2)  Redwood City Seed Company, "HS" Hot Sauce scale, ounces 
of sauce that will be detectably hot with one ounce of chiles
SOURCE (3)  "The Whole Chile Pepper Magazine", Scoville Unit scale 
X1000, obtained by high pressure liquid chromatography
SOURCE (4)  My own palette

ALL SOURCES:  (d) dried,  (f) fresh

Aji Rojo, (1) 7-8.5 f, (2) 3500 d, (3) 30-50 f  
Anaheim, (1) 2-3 f, (2) 25 f, (4) 2 f
Ancho, (1) 5 d, (2) 50 f, (4) 2-3 f
Cayenne, (1) 8 d, (2) 2500 f, (3) 30-50 f, (4) 8 f, 7 d
Cherry Red, (1) 3 f, 3 d, (4) 4 f
Chipotle, (1) 6 d, (2) 2500 d, (3) 50-100 f     
De Arbol, (1) 7.5 d, (2) 8000 d, (3) 15-30 f    
Guajillo, (1) 2-4 d, (2) 1300           
Habenero, (1) 10 d, (2) 2500 f ,10000 d, (3) 100-300 f, (4) 10 f        
Jalapeno, (1) 5.5 f, (2) 400 f, (3) 2.5-5 f, (4) 5 f
Pequin, (1) 8.5 d, (2) 20000 d, (3) 30-50 f
Problano, (1) 3 f, (2) 135 f, (4) 2-3 f
Rocoto, (1) 7-8 f, (3) 30-50 f
Serrano, (1) 7 f, 7.5 d, (2) 133 f, (3) 5-15 f, (4) 6 f
Tabasco, (1) 9 f, (2) 10000 f, (3) 30-50 f, (4) 9 f
Tepin, (1) 8 f, 8 d, (2) 13000 f, 50000 d
Thai, (1) 7-8 f, (2) 6700 d, (3) 50-100 f, (4) 9 f
Yellow Wax, (1) 1 f, (3) 5-15 f, (4) 2 f


From: James H. Sterling <sterlingj@delphi.com>
Newsgroups: misc.rural
Subject: North Star hybrid bell pepper plug transplants available.
Date: Thu, 12 May 94 23:41:09 -0500

     North Star hybrid bell pepper transplants are available for sale
and some other varieties also. Some are .8" and some 1.0" greenhouse
grown plug transplants. They can be used for a fresh market or a pro-
cessing pepper crops. Yields from 15 to 23 tons per acre were achieved
with the North Star variety last year (1993). If you're interested, or
know of any one who might be, please contact me at one of the addresses
or numbers below for prices and time of availability . Thank you.
 
James H. Sterling (Jim), Field Manager
Postal: Moody Dunbar, Inc., P.O. Box 68, Limestone, TN 37681
UPS: 3202 Highway 107, Chuckey, TN 37641
Tel: Voice: 615-257-2131 Fax: 615-257-3649 Wats: 800-251-8202
email: 72135.244@compuserve.com or sterlingj@delphi.com
 
 


