Vegetables
| Heredity: |
Open Pollinated
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Data specific to Peppers (Edit)
| General Type: |
Cayenne
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| Pepper Shape: |
Tapered
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| Fruit Length: |
3 - 5" |
| Fruit Width at Shoulders: |
0.5" |
| Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: |
Green to Purple
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| Days to First Harvest and Maturity: |
69 green, 80 purple. If left on vine will eventually turn red. |
| Wall Thickness: |
Thin
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| Scoville Heat Units (approximate SHU): |
30,000 - 50,000 |
| Heat: |
Medium Hot 2.5-30K SHU
|
General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Herb/Forb
Shrub
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
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| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
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| Plant Height: |
24 - 36" |
| Fruit: |
Showy
|
| Uses: |
Vegetable
Suitable as Annual
|
Posted by
DanCarmona (Fort Wayne, Indiana - Zone 5a) on Jan 16, 2012 11:41 AM concerning plant:
Capsicum: Annuum
Origin: Mexico
PI:
Flower: erect, stellate, small
Petals: white/purple
Spots: no
Calyx: toothless
Pods: 3" L purple > red
Seed: yellow-brown
Leaves: green, medium, glabrous
Plant height: 24"
Maturity: 80 days
Habit: sturdy, tree-like bush
Scoville units: 35,000 - 55,000
Germ. Time: 1 wk > 2 mo.
This exceptionally edible ornamental pepper is probably the most beautiful of the many Cayenne varieties. The plants grow 2 to 3 feet tall and are covered with dozens of delicate white/purple flowers which turn into dark violet colored thin peppers about 3" long, a bit smaller that a regular cayenne
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