This is an old variety, extremely productive, and great for canning, paste, or sauces. Healthy plants are highly productive and bear continuously up until frost. Even once picked, fruit seems to keep well until you are ready to use it at all. This variety was made popular many years ago by a seed company that is no longer in business. Many gardeners still remember fondly this prolific variety with 4 to 6 inch long, tapered red fruits shaped like banana peppers.
Color is a gorgeous bright red and yield is impressive.
Large yields of 3 to 4 oz. Produces 7 times more fruit than the standard Roma in field trials. These paste-type fruit are meaty with few seeds and not much juice, perfectly suited to cooking, but delicious enough to eat fresh. Compact plants have rugose, dark foliage. Heirloom variety and extremely productive.