Vegetables
Heredity: Open Pollinated
History: When it was introduced in 1900, it was considered giant-sized.
Country of Origin: USA
Hybridizer or Originator: Burpee 1900

Data specific to Peppers (Edit)
General Type: Bell
Fruit Length: 4" (larger if thinned)
Fruit Width at Shoulders: 4"
Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: Green to Red
Days to First Harvest and Maturity: 73 geen, 90 red
Wall Thickness: Thick
Heat: Sweet<100SHU

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 24-32"
Plant Spread: 12-18"
Fruit: Showy
Uses: Vegetable
Suitable as Annual

Image
Common names
  • Bell Pepper

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Location: Western North Carolina
Date: March 30, 2013
  • Uploaded by vic

Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company
  • Uploaded by vic

Courtesy of Diane's Flower Seeds
Comments:
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on Jul 30, 2013 1:21 PM concerning plant:
    It has been over 40 years since I last tried to grow this cultivar. Never had much success with it.

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