Large commercial companies focus more and more on hybrids that reduce the varieties that home gardeners can try, especially if they wish to try their hand at seed saving. With all the recent controversy surrounding patented and bioengineered seed, I am more than ever committed to preserving and sharing open-pollinated chile seeds. Although I do not sell seeds, I am always willing to trade. If you are looking for a favorite type of pepper or are fondly remembering a chile from a past family garden, please let me know. I will do my best to track it down and make it available to chile lovers verywhere.
Chile names are very confusing and as varied as the chiles themselves.
A chile that goes by one name in one country and a different name in another may still be the same chile. I have tried to list chiles under their most common name. Sometimes I receive unidentified and unnamed chile seeds. If I can not match them to a known chile, I take the liberty of making up my own name. If you grow one of my plants and it reminds you something else, please let me know.