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Originally Posted by Fred Hempel
My thought is that they may be vegetative clones that are used to product the variegated peppers.
Then again, there are striped tomatoes, and so it could be a stable (genetically transmissable) trait.
And you guys are also right, it might be environmentally enhanced, and that could be the trade secret.
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The documentation (patents, etc.) seems to indicate the plants are produced via tissue culture. I'm hoping the trait is at least partially heritable.
The first of my peppers have started to develop some yellow color, so hopefully soon I'll know if any of my plants show stripes. One of the plants has produced a fruit that has a very dark anthocyanin shoulder, so there does seem to be some genetic diversity within the plant.