Capsicum ‘On Top Candles Red’
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Collapse ▲Trial: Annual
Years Trialed: 2006
Good Qualities
Great color (2); Great germination, easy to transplant, made nice looking plants; Peppers are always fun to have in the fall for variety, this variety seems to be a little later than the starburst red, very easy to grow; Peppers in cluster ripen at same time, nice size clusters; Interesting shape gave texture to fall bouquets, we sold many bouquets of just peppers at the farmers market; This was a nice pepper, we are excited about this pepper, the peppers were nicely clumped on top as the variety suggests – Since we have a short season, we cut them all regardless of color before frost was expected and held them for up to a month; This one was different but nice – If I had to choose, I’d grow the on top red instead, these were shorter but still nice; Easy of harvest- complete stem novelty item for market.
Problems
Very short (2); Although the plants grew well all summer in the rows they did not flower until mid September (Zone 5), this was one week before our first light frost which took the tops of the plants and ended all chances of a crop, these plants did not get any supplemental fertility as they were lush green and growing vigorously; I sell to a summer market – Red is not a good color; Didn’t get nearly as tall as the on top bronze, planted in same conditions; Seedlings grew very slowly, plants never fruited (Zone 3); Uneven and poor germination, several plants had peppers throughout the branches rather than in top clusters; None; We grew our ornamental peppers in large containers this year so it severely decreased the stem length across the board; Was not real tall for us but taller than what I expected; should have planted earlier in season; Didn’t seem to have any good qualities, very woody, most short 10 inch and some 15 inches tall.
Similar Cultivars
Other peppers did not do well this year; ‘Starburst Red’.
Postharvest
We placed in Floralife – had no problems with droopy leaves;
Trial Data
| Plants flowering (%) | Plants dead at end of summer (%) | Yield (stems/plant) | Stem Length (inches) | Market Appreciation Rating¹ | Repeat Again Rating¹ | Ease of Cultivation Rating¹ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale | Retail | Consumer | |||||||
| Average | 3.5 | 13.9 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 114.3 | 11.4 |
| Range of Responses | 1-9 | 6-18 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 2-5 | 1-5 | 3-5 | 36-216 | 4-14 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Supplier
Fred C. Gloeckner Company
600 Mamaroneck Ave.
Harrison, NY 10528-1613
Comments
Perhaps we did not have enough heat up here in the cold and frozen north for some cultivars of warm season crops; Growing ornamental peppers is a gamble for me, even in the tunnel (Zone 4), by the time they change color we’ve either had frost or I have nothing left but the peppers and pumpkins-on-a-stick to go to market with – I could help this by getting them in the ground a little earlier I guess; Unseasonably cool and wet weather all summer made all my warm weather / greenhouse crops languish; I wish I had pinched out the center growth earlier – we may have gotten longer stems – I still find ‘Nippon Taka’ the best pepper to work with in bouquets but will definitely try this one again; Good, upright fruit held above the foliage, perhaps not tall enough to make a really good cut;