2 new peppers this season

[Pharmer Phil]

This season we are tryng two peppers we have not grown before, One, we got from a vendor at a Flea market in Lake City, Mn.
It is called the Ho Chi Minh
Now I don't know how well known this pepper is, I tried the pepper from which we saved the seeds, and it was hot, but not as hot as the description I found online at Fedco Seeds.
QUOTED FROM FEDCO SEEDS:

Open-pollinated.
Longtime Minnesota co-op owner Steven Schwen sent us seeds for this beautiful shining cayenne pepper from Southeast Asia.
He got it in the 1980s when the first wave of boat people landed in Minnesota and came to his farm looking for chickens and ducks. He named it Ho Chi Minh in honor of the Vietnamese revolutionary who defeated all the colonialists who invaded his country.
According to Schwen it has a bite that says “run home to your mama!” We enjoyed its prolific production (up to two dozen fruit per plant), its heat and good flavor in the trials. Peppers 4-5" long on 3' plants grow like large fingers turning from bright yellow to crimson in late August. They are excellent dried.

We shall see!

The Other variety, I am very curious about is one we have been gifted with by a friend from India
(Thanks Sameer)
The seed packet was in their language, and showed a Long RED pepper...so a quick email to Sam...and he told me it was called
Laungi Mirchi...so I found this info online.

Laungi Mirchi is one of the spiciest chilly found in India. It originated in the region of Kanpur and looks like a clove, giving it its name. This chilly is used at the beginning of the cooking process because you only need its flavour.

The tree needs a less humid climate for cultivation and the chilly is plucked a little early. For as it ripens, it loses its flavour; when it turns orangish, it means the spice is lost

So according to the above, it is best used green; again, we shall see..
Did you notice the word TREE was used, I hope they meant bush



Sam (Sameer) also gave Us seed for a variety of eggplant (I need to ask him the name)
The picture shows a beautiful burgundy colored specimen, very interesting...And, I seeded them along side the Rosa Bianca eggplant, and they are all up!
Rosa's are not as of yet

[bluelacedredhead]

Congrats Phil on your new varieties for 2011. I hope they do well for you.
Eggplant Trees huh? Sounds suspiciously like those Giant Tree Tomatoes of the 70's
You know, the flyers that came with giant tomato trees on one side and apple trees on the other with 5 varieties for the small yard.

[coppice]

Phil, The use of the phrase "Tree" isn't true for us because of our winters. In places where there is no frost peppers can be perennial.

I still think you are right in that "bush" should be closer to the mark.

There is a link in my diary-journal of-to Fatalli's bonsai peppers that has photos that may entertain you.

[Penny]

Cool....good luck with the Phil, and keep us posted on how they do

[Christy]

That is cool. good luck with em ;D If it is a tree wonder ifn you could grow it indoors in a very large pot? that would be cool!