Vegetables
| Heredity: |
Open Pollinated
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Data specific to Peppers (Edit)
| General Type: |
Pimiento
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| Disease Resistance: |
Tobacco Mosaic Virus
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| Pepper Shape: |
Heart
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| Fruit Length: |
4.5 inches |
| Fruit Width at Shoulders: |
2.5 inches |
| Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: |
Green to Red
|
| Days to First Harvest and Maturity: |
95 - 100 red |
| Scoville Heat Units (approximate SHU): |
100-500 |
| Heat: |
Mild 100-2500 SHU
|
General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Herb/Forb
Shrub
|
| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
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| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
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| Plant Height: |
18 inches |
| Fruit: |
Showy
|
| Uses: |
Vegetable
Suitable as Annual
|
Posted by
DanCarmona (Fort Wayne, Indiana - Zone 5a) on Jan 19, 2012 12:06 PM concerning plant:
Pimento L Sweet
Capsicum: Annuum
Origin: USA
PI:
Flower: erect, stellate
Petals: white
Spots: no
Calyx: toothless
Pods: Green > red, 4"
Seed: yellow-brown
Leaves: medium, glabrous
Plant height: 18-24"
Maturity: 95 Days
Habit: sturdy, tree-like bush
Scoville units: 0
Germ. Time: 1 wk > 2 mo.
These large heart-shaped fruits grow to approximately 4 1/2 inches long and borne on 1-1/2 ft. tall, strong, upright plants. The peppers ripen from green to red approximately 95 days after transplanting and are a good variety for canning or pickling. Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) resistant.
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