My pepper evaluations for 2010

Rated from zero to three stars.

  *** -  Guachinango Jalapeno -very productive‚ my favorite of the jalapenos thus far‚ tied for pepper of the year 2010 

  *** -  Italian Relleno -loaded with great smelling awesomely tasty sweet peppers with a touch of heat‚ tied for pepper of the year 2010 

  *** -  Joe's Long Cayenne -the best cayenne pepper 

  *** -  Royal Black -awesome early hot thai like pepper 

  *** -  Thai Dragon -tall stately beautiful plant‚ loaded with peppers‚ wickedly hot 

  **  -  Black Cheslovakian -mild jalapeno type‚ early maturing to red‚ good producer 

  **  -  Black Scorpion Tongue -purple turning red habanero like 

  **  -  Chihaucle Negro -average production but awesome flavor when roasted 

  **  -  De Arbol(Mexico) -nice   

  **  -  Donkey Ears TSF -thick walled huge long red pepper with good flavor 

  **  -  Dragon Tongue -very interesting‚ possibly mislabeled 

  **  -  F1 Hybrid Biker Billy -very productive and very hot‚ some corking 

  **  -  Greygo Korbely's -huge glorious pimentos 

  **  -  Guajillo (Mexico) -nice drying type 

  **  -  Hot Portugal -loaded! Hot red peppers for drying 

  **  -  Little Nubian -very nice plant‚ dark purple pods maturing to red 

  **  -  Orange Bell -awesome bell pepper‚ might be a three star plant 

  **  -  Orange Thai -very productive and very hot‚ nice ornamental plants 

  **  -  Red Ruffled Pimento -nice sturdy productive plant 

  **  -  Serrano (Mexico) -nice   

  **  -  Szentesi Kosszarvo -large productive pimento 

  **  -  Ancho 101 -best ancho type of 2010  

  **  -  Black Scorpion Tongue -purple turning red habanero like 

  **  -  Chihuacle Negro -average production but awesome flavor when roasted 

  **  -  Donkey Ears -thick walled huge long red pepper with good flavor 

  **  -  Odessa Market -beautiful and productive orange/red pointy bell‚ out of seeds :.( 

  **  -  Pasilla Bajio -very nice tall plant‚ needs to be well staked 

  **  -  Red Ruffled Pimento -nice sturdy productive plant 

  *   -  Amy -blocky and pointy yellow bell with above average production 

  *   -  Ancho Mulato Isleno -big plant‚ worth trying again 

  *   -  Bulgarski Ratund -big pimento type on sprawling plant 

  *   -  Buran -nice blocky red peppers 

  *   -  Cat Red Macskapiros -sprawling plant loaded with nice red peppers  

  *   -  Cat Yellow Macskas√°rga -small plant that was loaded with skinny yellow pepers 

  *   -  Chimayo -good drying type 

  *   -  Chinese Giant -very productive but some sunburn 

  *   -  Italian Sweet -large pointy late pepper 

  *   -  Jwala -like de arbol 

  *   -  Keszthelyi -blocky and pointy 

  *   -  Little Elf -small ornamental plant‚ good candidate for overwintering on your windowsill 

  *   -  NuMex Suave Orange and Red mix -late‚ loaded with mild habanero type peppers‚ tall nice looking plants  

  *   -  Not Mexican Habanero -strangest plant of 2010‚ definitely not a habanero‚ pointy pods that dry on the plant 

  *   -  Orkhid -huge very late maturing plant with interesting ornamental peppers‚ not for northerners 

  *   -  Ozark Giant -average bell pepers on nice plants 

  *   -  Ozharovski -nice plant with upward growing bell peppers 

  *   -  Pelso -interesting plant with blocky pointy peppers 

  *   -  Phuljadi -very late‚ very ornamental‚ very productive‚ and very hot! 

  *   -  Piroska -a nice pimento type 

  *   -  Roguelands Bell -fat bell pepper 

  *   -  Yellow Monster -the largest bell pepper but not very productive 

  x   -  Aji Amarillo -grown but not evaluated 

  x   -  Ancho (Poblano) -weak plants 

  x   -  Ancho Burpee -weak plants 

  x   -  Ancho San Luis -weak plants 

  x   -  Bogyiszloi -diseased 

  x   -  Bolivian Rainbow -ornamental type‚ diseased 

  x   -  Botinecka Zuta -grown but not evaluated 

  x   -  Brazilian Churchbell -like orkhid but smaller and earlier 

  x   -  Byal Valinov -blocky yellow type 

  x   -  Cherry -small round and hot 

  x   -  Csipke -grown but not evaluated 

  x   -  Cubanelle -odd 

  x   -  F1 Hybrid Socrates X3R -weak plants 

  x   -  F1 Hybrid Spanish Spice -a waste of space 

  x   -  F1 Hybrid Tawny Port -underperforming bell pepper 

  x   -  F1 Hybrid The Godfather -small plant‚ very disappointing 

  x   -  Grandpa's Home -loaded with small hot red peppers 

  x   -  Greygo Ruud's -pimento type‚ small plant 

  x   -  Hebur -grown but not evaluated 

  x   -  King of the North -upward growing bell peppers‚ average 

  x   -  Korona -grown but not evaluated 

  x   -  LaCrime di Cristo -loaded with small hot red peppers‚ like grandpas home 

  x   -  Liebesapfel -pimento type‚ not noteworthy 

  x   -  Melrose -rellano type 

  x   -  Portugese Goat Heart -average pimento type 

  x   -  Purira -ornamental upright growing peppers‚ purple-yellow-red‚ average production 

  x   -  Red Crystal -grown but not evaluated 

  x   -  Red Peter -grown but not evaluated 

  x   -  Red Savina -diseased 

  x   -  Relleno -nothing special 

  x   -  Ruby (Ukrainian) -beautiful but only a couple peppers‚ purple tips with orange and yellow 

  x   -  Siuriya -grown but not evaluated 

  x   -  Sweet Chocolate -wrinkley pointed chocolate bell peppers 

  x   -  Sweet Spot XCR3 -banana type‚ not too exciting 

  x   -  Yellow Peter -low production