Hi there:
My good friend Stanley Okyere in Kumasi sent me some more locally collected seeds from Ghana. This is the result of an an experiment I'm trying, where I'm looking into different ways of collecting seed varieties that wouldn't be accessible to the outside world. Stanley got seed collecting equipment, supplies, and training (plus a couple nice gifts for his trouble) and I asked him to get what he thought was "really cool" from his local region. I also traded a lot of varieties from my own collection, which he was excited to try out.
Outside of Ashanti Region, these varieties are about as new and rare as they come. I'm also trying them for the first time, so I can't give many insights into the flavors, other than what Stanley has told me. Like I said, this is an experiment. For as long as they last, I'm offering the following varieties for trade. My list is updated, so let me know if you're interested.
Capsicum chinense, var. "Mako bun" (="green pepper".) Collected at
Mankranso, Ahafo Ano South District, Ashanti Region, Ghana
(6°49′N 1°52′W)
This is an "evergreen" variety of habanero.The peppers you see below are ripe (for scale, the 1 cedi coin in the picture is 26 mm in diameter, or about the size of a quarter.) Until I saw this, I had never heard of a green ripening chinense variety.
Capsicum chinense, var. "small red pepper". Collected at a street market at [SIZE=11pt]Breman, Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana[/SIZE] ([SIZE=11pt]6°40′N 1°37′W[/SIZE])
This one is hot, and with a very distinctive flavor.
I also grew out all of the varieties that I originally collected in 2011 in Ghana, and have plenty of seeds for kpakpo shito, mako kokoo, and mako akokɔsrade. Plus, Ghanaian tomatoes and "garden eggs", all for trade. Drop me a message if you're interested.
My good friend Stanley Okyere in Kumasi sent me some more locally collected seeds from Ghana. This is the result of an an experiment I'm trying, where I'm looking into different ways of collecting seed varieties that wouldn't be accessible to the outside world. Stanley got seed collecting equipment, supplies, and training (plus a couple nice gifts for his trouble) and I asked him to get what he thought was "really cool" from his local region. I also traded a lot of varieties from my own collection, which he was excited to try out.
Outside of Ashanti Region, these varieties are about as new and rare as they come. I'm also trying them for the first time, so I can't give many insights into the flavors, other than what Stanley has told me. Like I said, this is an experiment. For as long as they last, I'm offering the following varieties for trade. My list is updated, so let me know if you're interested.
Capsicum chinense, var. "Mako bun" (="green pepper".) Collected at
Mankranso, Ahafo Ano South District, Ashanti Region, Ghana
(6°49′N 1°52′W)
This is an "evergreen" variety of habanero.The peppers you see below are ripe (for scale, the 1 cedi coin in the picture is 26 mm in diameter, or about the size of a quarter.) Until I saw this, I had never heard of a green ripening chinense variety.
Capsicum chinense, var. "small red pepper". Collected at a street market at [SIZE=11pt]Breman, Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana[/SIZE] ([SIZE=11pt]6°40′N 1°37′W[/SIZE])
This one is hot, and with a very distinctive flavor.
I also grew out all of the varieties that I originally collected in 2011 in Ghana, and have plenty of seeds for kpakpo shito, mako kokoo, and mako akokɔsrade. Plus, Ghanaian tomatoes and "garden eggs", all for trade. Drop me a message if you're interested.
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