Trial: Annual
Years Trialed: 2000Good Qualities
Color (4); No problems growing this one; Easy, great color mix; Small round yellow peppers, dainty attractive shape, very decorative, good side branching; Good for big bouquets; Cute item, excellent appeal; Shapes, good yield of fruit; Novel size and color for arrangements.Problems
Short stems (2); Variable fruit shape (2); Matured late (2); Lots of cool rainy weather delayed this crop (Zone 7.5), we are just starting to color up lower peppers (10/3); Not uniform in height or fruit shape; Very variable, fruit color was red to yellow; Less than 10% of the plants were actually yellow, needs to be cleaned up genetically; Didn’t dry well (color was dull), would like to see fruit set closer together; Would prefer to have more rounded fruited and more uniform; Non-uniform ripening on stem, lower fruit dried up before top peaked in color.Trial Data
| Yield (stems/plant) | Stem Length (inches) | Market Appreciation Rating¹ | Repeat Again Rating¹ | Ease of Cultivation Rating¹ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale | Retail | Consumer | |||||
| Average | 3.3 | 21.6 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Comments
Nothing else like it; Probably better started earlier and moved up then planted out (not great for us small growers); Hot; Cold summer probably delayed coloring of fruit; Need one layer of support, sometimes two; Fun to use.