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Quadrato d'Asti Giallo Rossa

Huge 5" meaty orange-yellow bell pepper; plant 1½x1½'

WI GR S 00 - NJ CA J 95 - IA CA D 92
David Cavagnaro, Decorah, IA

Originally from IA CA D 92 who obtained seeds from Italy

Rabbit Mouth

5x2½" tapered, smooth red fruits with end the shape of a rabbit's nose; sweet, thick flesh.


NJ CA J 98

Family heirloom of Josef Marko family of Woodbridge, NJ, who brought seed from Hungary.

Rain Forest

C. baccatum; flattened, red habanaro-shaped 2x2½" hot fruits with strong citrusy flavor; very productive and pretty; one of my 1998 favorites.

CA ED L 98 - (?) IL SW J 98
John F. Swenson, Glenview, IL

Reselected from PI 441531 (Brazil)

Red Fatalii

C. chinense; screaming orange-red, pendent 2½x1¼" tapered fruits; very hot with nice smokey-tropical fruit aroma; very attractive stable variant of regular Fatalii.

RI HO P 00

Stable (2 seasons) red variant of regular Fatalii

Reus Red

5" red bell pepper.

IA SSE HF 00 - SPAIN CO R
Ruth Cory, Apartado 1091, Reus Tarragona, Spain

 

Rio Teribe

C. fructescens (?); 2x½" blocky fruits held upright; leaves dark green.

Bob Howe & Amy Wolf, summer 1999

Collected in wild along tributary of the Rio Teribe approximately 500 m from border of Parque de National La Amistad, Bocas del Toro Province, Panama.

Rocotillo

C. chinense; ribbed, flattened, 1x1½" pendent red fruits on 1' tall x 1½" wide plants; fruits with good smokey-tropical fruit aroma with little or no heat.

IL SW J 00

From Dr. C. William Nixon of Randolph, Massachusetts; Puerto Rican variety.

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Rocoto

1.5"x1.25" thick-walled, hot fruits; hairy leaves; fruit set low, but somewhat better than the Yellow Manzano.

MD ES H 96 - MD ST C

From Bolivia.

Ruhunu Miris

Heavy set of 3x½" pendent, smooth, tapered fruits that turn green to orange to red; on 1½'x1½' plants.

TAIW BE T 99
Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center

Originally from Sri Lanka. AVRDC accession number CO 5796.

Russian

Low set of 1-1.5" narrow, upright red fruits on 3-4' plant; O.S. CV Pep 93

AK BO L 95 - CV Pep 93
Dorothy L. Van Vleck, Largo, FL

First offered in 1991.

 
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