Jerusalem (Pepper)

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Jerusalem (Pepper)
Classification	C. annuum
Type	chili, ornamental
Fruit color	purple turning red at maturity
Fruit shape	pendant
Fruit size	very small
Heat level	hot
Scoville Heat Units (SHU)	5,000-10,000?
Maturity	midseason
Variety type	open-pollinated
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Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Jerusalem - ripe fruit. 2014-09-08.

B.C KO T

Plants grow about 2-2.5' tall and produce many small 2-2.5" pendant-shaped pods that go through many colorful stages, from green to purplish, then to greenish-yellow, before they finally mature to red. Dries very easily. Very hot and flavorful. Very ornamental too.

Seed source:

Seed Savers Heritage Farm, Decorah, Iowa (IA SSE HF) 13 / Charles E. Hinckley of Nevada, Missouri (MO HI C)

Year grown: 2014

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)

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History

• From Freda Austin's mother.
• First offered in the Seed Savers 1989 Yearbook by Charles E. Hinckley of Nevada, Missouri (MO HI C), seeds from a friend (Freda Austin?).
• SSE PEPPER 474.
• Introduced commercially by Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds in 2015.

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Jerusalem - plants. 2014-08-30.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Jerusalem - green fruit. 2014-08-30.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Jerusalem - green fruit. 2014-08-30.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Jerusalem - ripe fruit. 2014-08-30.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Jerusalem - ripe fruit. 2014-09-05.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Jerusalem - ripe fruit. 2014-09-08.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2015	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new	.	.
2014		.	.
2013		1	.
2012		0	0
2011		0	0
2010		0	.
2009		1	.
2008		1	.

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