Trial: Annual
Year Trialed: 2005
Good Qualities
Could be harvested before the peppers turned red, as they were a pretty light yellow - we did have a request for them after we had them in arrangements, I used the short stems in wreaths, longer stems in bouquets; Seem to be drought resistant; About 90-95% germination; Easy to propagate from seeding into flats; Nice long stems, uniform fruiting; Shape of pepper was interesting- even at the "yellow" stage; Nice conical - shaped peppers - mostly red at base of plant to creamy yellow/ white at top of plants, very uniform; colored up reasonable early; Nice yellow and red pepper; Good color; Nice red colors- peppers rather large, but okay, not sure what the white color is supposed to be, mine are just red; Nicely spaced nite-lite, great shape and size of red and 2 shades each of orange and yellow; Withstands storms well with minimal support; Uniform nice size fruit, good fruit set, fruit matured pretty uniformly.Problems
None; Long crop time in Zone 9; These were pretty but too short; Seemingly indeterminate branches; Lower fruit drying while blooms/new fruit forming during 5+ months till maturity; None except how to use, how to sell; Requires a long growing season, I let them grow as long as I thought I could (about mid Sept.) without frost and still none turned red; We were not sure when to pick since it ripens from bottom up - I'd pick earlier next time - some of the plants stalled and did not color all the way to the to; We don't know what happened but the seed never germinated - old seed? - we've NEVER had a problem with peppers not germinating.Postharvest
No special treatment; Cool water - Chrysal #2Trial Data
| Yield (stems/plant) | Stem Length (inches) | Market Appreciation Rating¹ | Repeat Again Rating¹ | Ease of Cultivation Rating¹ | Average Spacing (in2) | Average Postharvest Life (days) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale | Retail | Consumer | |||||||
| Average | 4.0 | 18.4 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 161 | 14.0 |
| Range of Responses | 1-11 | 5-24 | 2-4 | 1-4 | 1-5 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 36-360 | 14.0 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Comments
Great germination and healthy looking plants, bushy plants; We used the peppers on short stems in our pumpkin bouquets-interesting addition to bouquets; I think I still prefer 'Nippon taka' - from Johnny's for bouquets- but want to try this one again; Was fun to use in bouquets, the color of the peppers is yellow (not white), and changes to orange, then red - sometimes the leaves stayed fresh-looking, sometimes they shriveled.