sport peppers

[GSCole]

Joan,
A search of Google Advanced Groups reveals a post that is dated 23 JUN
1982:
http://www.google.com/groups?q=+%22sport+pepper%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&scoring=r&as_drrb=b&as_mind=12&as_minm=5&as_miny=1981&as_maxd=31&as_maxm=12&as_maxy=1996&selm=bnews.ihuxn.154&rnum=4

The above posting describes a sport pepper.

A post from 1996, 30 DEC (below), mentions 'Windy City mustard' and the
use of sport peppers, relative to "Chicago practice" for the making of
hotdog mustard.

http://www.google.com/groups?q=+%22sport+pepper%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&scoring=r&as_drrb=b&as_mind=12&as_minm=5&as_miny=1981&as_maxd=31&as_maxm=12&as_maxy=1996&selm=32C7D145.2281%40tezcat.com&rnum=1

On 12 MAR 1996, someone asked the question "What's a sport pepper?"

George Cole
Shippensburg University