Seeds are small, about half the size of other mustards. This Italian sweet pepper is our most productive and versatile variety. Produces an early yield of high quality, defect-free fruits. The flesh is thick and juicy with a distinctive flavor, and is good fresh, saut ed, or pickled. Heavy foliage cover protects the fruit from sunscald.
Fruit set is concentrated at the base of the plant.
Ripens from green to red. An excellent main crop variety. Seed originally sent by Dr. Terry Berke at the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center. This variety was originally developed in 1952 at the Morden Experimental Station in Manitoba for farms and gardens in the southern Canadian prairie. Ripens from green to yellow to gold developing a rich, full, sweet flavor.