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Unusual Tomato List 2003

 

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Peppers

Hot Pepper Chart

ANAHEIM-77-80 days.  Green/Red peppers.  7” by 1 3/4”.  Medium thick walls.  Moderately hot.  Used for chili rellanos.

CAYENNE-75 days.  6” by 1/2”.  Green/Red, thin walled pepper.  Good for drying.  Turns red when ripe.

CHILI ARBOL-1/2” fruits, very hot, on bush type plant to 4’.  In frost free areas the plant may be perennial.

FLORAL GEM-65 days.  1 1/4” bullet shaped yellow fruits, good for pickling.  Hot, but less so than jalapeno.

FRESNO-3” by 1 1/2” Green/Red pepper.  Hot.  Popular fresh market variety.

HABANERO-85 days.  Hottest pepper.  50 times hotter than jalapenos.  1” by 1 1/4” Green/Orange fruits.  Thin walled.  Needs hot summer to produce best. 

HUNGARIAN WAX-70 days.  1 1/2” by 2” bright Yellow/Red pepper.  Early and productive.  Med. thick walls.

JALAPENO-75 days.  3” by 1 1/2” Green/Red pepper.  Good fresh or pickled.

SERRANO-75 days.  2” by 1/2” pepper.  Green/Red fruit.  Very pungent.  Small fruit is slim, slightly bulbous.

TABASCO-80 days.  2” by 1/2” Green/Yellow.  Slim, bullet shaped peppers.  For those who like it hot!

Sweet Pepper Chart                                                                      

BELL BOY-70 days.  4 1/2” by 3 1/2”.  Large 4 lobed fruit with thick walls.  Turns red when ripe.

CUBANELLE-63 days.  6” by 2 1/2”.  Green/Red.  Thin-walled.  Good for frying with a very sweet flavor.

GOLDEN SUMMER-67 days.  4” by 3”.  Lime Green/Gold.  Yellow, medium size bell peppers.

POBLANO (Mulato Isleno)-76 days.  6” by 3”.  Mildly hot with a unique, slightly sweet flavor.  Dark Green/Dark chocolate color.  Thick walled fruit.  Ideal for drying or fresh use.  Roasted and peeled and used in rellanos.

RED CHERRY SWEET-75 days.  1” by 1 1/2”.  Green/Red.  Small, sweet.  Good flavored fruit.

SHISHITO-60 days.  5 1/2” by 3”.  Orange/Red.  Unusual wedge shaped fruit is sweeter than any other type at maturity.

SWEET BANANA-70 days.  6” by 1 1/2”.  Yellow/Red.  Sweet Hungarian type.  Medium-thick walls.