Vegetables
Heredity: Hybrid
Country of Origin: USA

Data specific to Peppers (Edit)
General Type: Other: Cherry
Disease Resistance: Tobacco Mosaic Virus
Pepper Shape: Round
Fruit Length: 1.5 - 2 inches
Fruit Width at Shoulders: 1.5 - 2 inches
Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: Green to Red
Days to First Harvest and Maturity: 70 - 80 color not specified
Wall Thickness: Thick
Scoville Heat Units (approximate SHU): 2500 - 5000
Heat: Medium Hot 2.5-30K SHU

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

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Common names
  • Hot Pepper

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Location: From my garden in zone 9 Louisiana
Date: 2018-09-03
Size in comparison to a quarter
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2021-08-14
Hot Pepper (Capsicum annuum 'Cherry Bomb'), green stage
Location: From my garden in zone 9 Louisiana
Date: 2018-08-08
Holding largest so far
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2014-07-08
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2021-10-06
Biquinho Yellow and Cherry Bomb peppers
Location: Zone 5
Date: 2009-07-09
Cherry Bomb Flower
Location: Zone 5
Cherry Bomb

Date: 2017-07-15
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Comments:
  • Posted by DanCarmona (Fort Wayne, Indiana - Zone 5a) on Jan 16, 2012 12:54 PM concerning plant:
    Capsicum: Annuum
    Origin: USA
    PI: 640797 or 640870
    Flower: erect, stellate
    Petals: purple
    Spots: no
    Calyx: toothless
    Pods: 2.5 X 1.5" Green > red
    Seed: yellow-brown
    Leaves: medium, glabrous
    Plant height: 18-24"
    Maturity: 70 Days
    Habit: sturdy, tree-like bush
    Scoville units: 2,500-5,000
    Germ. Time: 1 wk > 2 mo.

    A hybridized semi compact plant from PETO which produces high yields of 2.5in by 1.5in cherry like globular fruit. The peppers have a thick wall which makes them ideal for pickling and ripen from green to bright red approximately 65-70 days after transplanting

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