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Pendent growth. 4x½" smooth, tapered red fruits on 1x1' plants.

Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center. AVRDC accession number CO 5618. Originally from Lehri, Indonesia.

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Isla Colon Hot

C. chinense; pendent, 1½x1¼ wrinkled, red fruits on 1½' tall x 3' wide plant; typical C. chinense flavor.

Bob Howe and Amy Wolf, summer 1999
purchased at corner market in Bocas del Toro, Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro Province, Panama

Isla Colon Mild

C. frutescens?; erect 1½x3/4" blocky fruits with longitudinal wrinkles; plant 1' tall x 1½' wide; leaves long, pointed, wavy margins, dark green; fruits only mildly hot, would be excellent pickled.

Bob Howe and Amy Wolf, summer 1999
purchased at corner market in Bocas del Toro, Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro Province, Panama

Ivory Habanaro

C. chinense; pendent 1x2/3" rectangular ivory-white fruits with longitudinal wrinkles on 1' tall x 2' wide plant; very productive; very hot with good smokey-tropical fruit aroma; a very nice habanaro variety.

RI HO P 00 - USDA 159248 From Southern Regional PI Station via Paul Gardner; accessioned into USDA collection from U. Georgia June 3, 1947; PI 159248

Jaloro

Although described as a yellow Jalapeno, actually more like an orange Serrano with 3x1/3', pendent fruits on 1' tall x 8" wide plants with small, dark green leaves; very attractive.

TX ME C 00 - OK ME D 98 - CV Pep 97 - developed by Texas A&M

Jamaica Scotch Bonnet (Yellow)

2"x1.5" wrinkled, yellow, very hot fruits with strong fruity-smoky aroma; did well in a cool, short summer.

RI HO P 96 (93)

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Jamaica Small Red

C. chinense; bright red, pendent, 1x0.75" smooth, oval hot fruits strong smokey flavor and thick flesh; moderate production.

RI HO P 97 (91)
from market in Negril, Jamaica

Jamaican Hot Chocolate

C. chinense; wrinkled, deep chocolate-brown, pendent, 1½x1" hot fruits very strong smokey flavor; moderate production.

RI HO P 97 (NY RI R received seed as early as 89 from RI HO P)
market in Port Antonio, Jamaica
from NY RI R 90: "guaranteed to separate the men from the boys and cure nail biters on the spot"

Jigsaw

.75"x.33" blunt-tipped pendulous fruits turning green to purple to red; foliage purple and white variegated on small plant; would make great container or border plant.

Chuck Levine, St. Paul, MN
(fruits originally described as upright, mine are pendulous)

Jimmy Nardello's

1½" tall bush with heavy set of 8x1", red, tapered, curved and wrinkled fruits; very sweet with good flavor, but I found the flesh too thin for frying.

From Jimmy Nardello family of Naugatuck, Connecticut. Brought from village of Ruoti in the Basilicata region of S. Italy in 1887 by Jimmy's mother. Mr. Nardello passed away in 1983.

Joe's Big Blocky Red

Sweet, flavorful 3x4" red bells on a 2' plant.

NJ CA J 99 ... (?) MA LY W 84
William P. Lyons, Wilmington, MA
'heirloom from Taylorville, Illinois'

Joe's Long

11x3/4" pendent red fruits on 2½' tall x 2' wide plants; fruits with good heat and flavor, excellent for dried pepper flakes; one of my favorite new varieties in 2000.

NY BU J 00 - NY MA C 97 - Italian pepper from Joe Sestito of Troy, NY

Jupiter

Moderate set of blocky, thick, 6" fruits.

WI PE C 94 .... (?) PA DU W 87 - CV Holmes
Willliam G. Dunagin, Franklin, PA . Offered as new listing by the Holmes Seed Co. (Canton, Ohio) in their 1985 Catalogue. Originally released in 1982 by the Northrup-King Homestead, FL, Research Center.

 
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