PI 281429 (C.chinense)

[Lonewolf 18,105]

Here the link to the USDA genebank, source of this accession:

http://www.ars-grin....play.pl?1209289

 

As you can see in the photos, pods of this variety shows a grest variability; probably seeds donated to the bank were not from isolated pods.

You can expects any kind of shape and color in pods from that plant

 

By the way, I grew (maybe in 2008 or previous seasons) a similar one, PI 281419, but now I see that this accession does not exist in USDA genebank, so maybe the name on the seeds label was wrong and the true one was PI 281429 ...

I remeber well that plant, I'll try to find some photos in my archives.

[varg 90]

Claudio, thank you for your fast and inetersting reply!

That guy who gave me this PI 281429 seedling told the seed source plant had such fruits:

 

I guess they look like Peach Habanero fruits...

[macky 0]

Unfortunately I didn't have photos of ripe pods, but if I remember well the color was a wonderful mix of yellow-salmon turning to pale red.

But as pointed out by Lonewolf, it has a great variability in color and shape.

The color was one of the reason why I decided to grow ... the other was the hotness; in 2005 (when I received the seeds) the super-hot varieties were little known.

[Lonewolf 18,105]

in 2005 (when I received the seeds) the super-hot varieties were little known.

 

... not little unknown, but TOTALLY unknown.

First super-hot (Dorset Naga) was known in the west since early 2006.

[varg 90]

The first pod really has been formed but what a pity three flowers dropped!

[varg 90]

Shots of the day:

 

 

[Lonewolf 18,105]

That pod seems to grow very quickly!

[varg 90]

That pod seems to grow very quickly!

Yes, it does.

[Pepe d'India 70]

Potremmo intitolare: Dalla Russia con amore!

[varg 90]

The situation is such today: dozens of flowers and just a couple of pods...

La situazione è tale oggi: decine di fiori e solo un paio di cialde.

 

 

[varg 90]

Dozens of flowers... and only 2 pods.

 

But one of them is already ripe. It passed only 117 days after seed sprouting. IMO, fine result for a C.chinense variety .

 

[Lonewolf 18,105]

Wow, this variety is really fast to ripe pods!

Did you taste it?

[varg 90]

Not yet! Maybe a couple of days later!

A friend of mine who grew such variety last year said PI 281429 fruits were quite hot.

[varg 90]

Yesterday it was a taste test of the first ripe pod of PI 281429 cultivar.

 

I cut the fruit in half and took a smell of it. Its aroma was typical for C.chinense varieties and had average intensity. So I bite a little piece of the lower side of the fruit and felt no hotness. At all... Then I made second bite. It was the same effect. Just when I began chewing the rest of it the hotness appeared but it hadn't high level but average one.

I can't say it surprised me very much because I noticed that pepper fruits grown indoors contain fewer capsaicin than when they are grown outdoors.

 

Fine cultivar with very beautiful colour of its fruits.