| 6 Capsicum or Bell Pepper cultivars
Ariane is an F1 hybrid with a bush to 0.5 metres high
and thick skinned green blocky fruits of 12cm long by about 9cm wide, turn a rich golden
colour as they mature. Seed from South Pacific Seeds for commercial growers.
Aries is an F1 hybrid (syn. SPS 608) with
13cm long fruits by 10cm wide, that have thick smooth skin. The large shiny green blocky
fruits age to a rich red lustre as they mature and sweeten. The bushes are high yielding
with a very uniform fruit set and carried on fairly compact bushes to 0.5 metres in
height.
Bianca a cream to ivory white fruit on small compact
bushes to 0.4 metres high, noted for its early fruit set on quite small bushes. Seed from
South Pacific Seeds.
Big Bertha see Sweet Mama mix. see Sweet Mama mix.
Capricorn is an F1 hybrid with a prolific set of
thick skinned shiny green fruits that turn red as they mature. The four lobed fruits are
12-15cm in length. Seed from South Pacific Seeds for commercial growers.
Choco is synonymous with Chocolate an 8-10cm
chocolate brown fruit on a small bush to 0.4 metres, with early maturing and easy fruit
set characteristics. Seed from South Pacific Seeds.
Clovis see Sweet Mama mix. see Sweet Mama mix.
Fort Knox produces very blocky looking solid fruits
of a rich golden colour, that keep well when picked. The seed is in the Yates range.
Gladiator is an F1 hybrid with bell shaped fruits
that start out green and mature to yellow. The tick skinned fruits are 10-12cm long by
8-9cm wide. Seed from South Pacific Seeds. i
Golden Gem is an F1 hybrid that produces rich yellow
fruits as they mature, but the blocky shaped green ones are just as sweet and tasty. Seeds
from South Pacific Seeds.
Huey is synonymous with Tequila and it's a
tiny lilac to purple-black fruiting Capsicum, being sold in punnets that fruit even at 0.2
metres in height. The bushes are compact and strong and grown for its early fruit set and
makes a good container grown plant that is functional and decorative. Seed from South
Pacific Seeds for commercial growers.
Ivory Tower (CP 150) has a high yield of fruit that
swell from pale yellow almost square fruits to become orange red as they mature, with a
mild flavour. Seed from Sandoz Seeds
Lemon Beauty has quite square looking pale lemon
yellow fruits that are a tasty yet mild flavour. Seed from Sandoz Seeds.
Lilac Lady (CP 190) has fruits that start out green,
turn red them a dull lilac colour and are of a mild taste at each stage, seeds from Sandoz
Seeds.
Long Sweet Yellow is an open pollinated cultivar on
a bush to 0.7 metres tall, that has long tapering fruits 12-18cm long with yellow fruits
that are an ideal bottling type, popular with Hungarian cooks. Seed from Yates.
Magnum 20 has a robust bush with good cover for the
fruits so they don't get sun burnt. Its fruits are green then red and sweet and succulent
at maturity.
Mavaras is an F1 hybrid with deep purple to almost
black fruits on a compact and strong bush to 0.5 metres in height. It sets copious fruit
quite early. Seed from South Pacific Seeds for commercial growers.
Mellow Yellow is an F1 hybrid of the Hungarian Long
Sweet Yellow type, with a mild and sweet tapering fruit 15-20cm long. Seed from Sandoz
Seeds for commercial growers, but it is found in the punnet seedling ranges.
Midas has a large four lobed fruit that starts green
and then as though touched by Midas it turns golden yellow on one side only, seeds from
Sandoz Seeds. Also found in the BPA mix sold in punnets as Sweet Mama.
Olympian the green fruits first turn yellow fruit of
about 12-13cm long by 7-8cm wide, then turn a bright golden colour as they ripen. Yates
for the seeds.
Orange Beauty needless to say has green fruits that
turn Orange as they ripen. The fruits are blocky four lobed fruits that are quite sweet
when ripe. Sandoz Seeds supply commercial growers.
Purple Heart is the closest there is to a black
capsicum fruit. Somewhat elongated, it sets a heavy crop. The seed is in the Yates range.
Purple Princess has attractive four lobed fruits
that start out deep purple then change to red and have a mild flavour at all stages. Seed
in the Sandoz Seeds range for commercial growers and in several novel mixtures from punnet
suppliers.
Sultan is an F1 hybrid with prolific sweet tasting
yellow to cream fruits, that can weigh up to 225 grams each. Seed from the Yates range.
Sunray has green fruits that turn a rich yellow
colour and can be eaten in both colours.
Sweet Mama is a BPA mix of F1 cultivars containing
Midas F1, Clovis F1 both from Sandoz Seeds and Big Bertha F1 from Yates, that are similar
in that they all produce large thick-skinned green fruits that turn rich red as they
ripen. Midas however turns gold on one side. They are popular stuffing varieties for
Mediterranean cooking. You will only buy this mix as a seedlings in punnets. .
Sweet Mixed a mixture of the Yates cultivars in the
popular home garden seed range, that contains ****** .
Target (CP 089) has large green fruits of which one
side turns red as they mature. Will continue to set fruit over a long season and is one of
the best for early set. Seed for commercial growers from Sandoz Seeds.
Tequila, see Huey., see Huey. |
