Eastern Pepper CROP GUIDE

Eastern Pepper CROP GUIDE

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High quality peppers for the eastern U.S. Outsider Outsider is the box-filling pepper variety that delivers strong reinforcements in yield and quality. Its broad disease package reduces field risk while its early, concentrated sets of jumbo and XL fruits give producers a fast return on investment. Ease of use for good results in most planting spots Thick walls and glossy skin attractive to retailers Strong disease and virus resistance package Early and concentrated sets Widely adaptible in FL and GA seasons Tomcat Concentrated set yields a high percentage of and large fruit High-quality fruit with consistent blocky shape, dark green color and thick walls Mid-season maturity, well adapted for all growing regions in the eastern U.S. Bastille Bastille produces a green-to-red blocky pepper for open field production in all planting seasons in the eastern U.S. Bastille is a tall and vigorous plant that produces concentrated sets of to jumbo fruit with attractive color and thick walls. Four-lobed, blocky fruit with long shelf-life Excellent fruit set architecture with good leaf coverage Earliness to harvest Concentrated fruit setting allows for a more predictable harvest Strong disease resistance package Hunter Exceptionally dark green color and glossy appearance Consistently smooth, high-quality, four-lobed fruit High percentage of fruit Early maturity, well adapted for growing regions in the eastern U.S.

Bayonet Bayonet is a green-to-red blocky pepper for open field production in all planting seasons in the eastern U.S. Bayonet shows excellent plant vigor to support multiple harvests, high marketable yields and less culls in each harvest. Large percentage of and jumbo fruit per harvest Open and strong plant structure with good leaf coverage Continuous fruit setting allows multiple harvests during the production seasons Unique and powerful disease package with resistance to TSWV and Xcv races 1-5, 7-9 Higher marketable yields with premium fruit quality Lafayette Smooth, blocky fruit with large sizes Short internodes, good plant for open field conditions Spring-summer crop with medium earliness Cutlass A green-to-red blocky variety, Cutlass is well adapted for open field production in all growing regions with high humidity and affected by thrips populations. Cutlass produces high marketable yields with less culls even under stressful weather conditions. Consistently large percentage of fruit with attractive dark green color and glossy appearance Strong plant structure with excellent leaf coverage prevents yield loss to sunburn Continuous fruit setting allows multiple harvests during the production season Unique and powerful disease package with resistance to TSWV and Xcv races 1-5, 7-9 Crusader Blocky, large and fruit hold their shape and firmness under a range of conditions Beautiful, high-quality fruit with excellent red color throughout the harvest season Proven adaptability, recommended for all planting slots in the eastern U.S. Reliable yields and grower friendly

Paladin Paladin is a mid-maturing, green-to-red blocky variety that produces quality, large to fruit. Its plant is vigorous and semi-compact, offering good cover. Paladin has very good tolerance to Phytophthora and shows wide adaptability in the eastern U.S. High-quality fruit for the commercial fresh market Excellent yields of blocky fruit, mostly and large One of the best Phytophthoratolerant varieties on the market Intruder High percentage of large fruit that is firm and smooth Mid-season maturity, well adapted for northeast U.S. production Strong disease package resulting in excellent fruit set and yields Pageant (banana) Consistent yields of large, smooth fruit Thick-walled peppers well suited for processing rings or chipped products Aruba (cubanelle) Early-maturing with consistent large size, even under conditions where making size is difficult Excellent, consistent yields over an extended harvest period Outstanding vigor, erect plant supports large fruit without overcrowding Highly uniform crop appeals to brokers, shippers and consumers Compadre (jalapeño) High-quality fruit with little cracking Vigorous plant with a large harvest window, even in low temperatures High yields through many picks Well adapted to the majority of production areas

Technical data: peppers Variety Approximate maturity Plant characteristics Fruit characteristics Fruit color Approximate size at trial Disease resistance BLOCKY PEPPER Bastille Early to medium Vigorous open bush, dark green leaves Bayonet Medium Vigorous open bush, dark green leaves Crusader Medium-late Very good cover, large leaf, upright plant Cutlass Medium Strong open bush with large leaves Hunter Early Medium size plant with dark green leaves Intruder Medium Vigorous, medium tall plant Lafayette Medium Good plant cover; holds up well over multiple harvests Green, glossy, blocky, and thick-walled Extra-large, dark green, glossy, blocky and firm Blocky; excellent firmness Extra-large, dark green, glossy, blocky and firm Blocky; very uniform; glossy; smooth Firm; smooth appearance; thick walled Large, yellow, blocky, firm and thick-walled Extra-large and jumbo Extra-large and jumbo Extra-large and jumbo Outsider Early Excellent fruit cover Glossy-skinned, blocky fruit Green Jumbo, Extra-Large Paladin Mediumearly to medium Vigorous, semi-compact plant, good cover Rampart Medium Vigorous open bush, dark green leaves Tomcat SPECIALTY PEPPER Earlymedium Compact, medium plant size Blocky to deep-blocky Extra-large, dark green, glossy, blocky, and thick-walled Smooth; 4-lobed; uniform; thick-walled HR: PepMoV / TMV / Xcv 1-5, 7-9 HR: TMV / Xcv: 1-5, 7-9 IR: TSWV: 0 HR: PVY: 0, 1, 2 / Tm: 0 / Xcv: 1-3 HR: TMV / Xcv: 1-5, 7-9 IR: TSWV: 0 HR: TEV / TMV / Xcv: 1-5, 7-9 Large HR: TEV / TMV / Xcv: 1-3 IR: Pc Yellow Large HR: PepMoV / PVY: 0,1,2 / Xcv: 1-3 Extra-large and jumbo HR: Xcv: 1-10; TSWV HR: TMV / ToMV IR: Pc HR: PepMoV / TMV / Xcv 1-5, 7-9 HR: TEV / TMV / Xcv: 1-5, 7-9 Aruba (cubanelle) Early Vigorous, erect 3- to 4-lobed, elongated fruit; matures to a bright red Lime green None reported Compadre (jalapeño) Medium to late Very vigorous, good tolerance to extreme temperatures Very uniform, consistently smooth, high quality Green Large HR: TMV / Xcv 2, 5 Pageant (banana) Earlymedium Vigorous, medium height Large, smooth fruit; thick walls; high quality Yellow Large HR: Xcv: 1-3 Disease abbreviation key Pc PepMoV PVY TEV Buckeye fruit and root rot (Phytophthora capsici) Pepper mottle (Pepper mottle virus) Potato Y (Potato Y virus) Tobacco etch (Tobacco etch virus) Tm TMV ToMV TSWV Mosaic caused by Tobamovirus pathotype Tobacco mosaic (Tobacco mosaic virus) Tomato mosaic (Tomato mosaic virus) Tomato spotted wilt (Tomato spotted wilt virus) Xcv HR IR Bacterial spot (Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria) High resistance Intermediate resistance Pathogen races are indicated to the right of the abbreviation in parentheses [example: Xcv (1, 2, 3) = Bacterial spot caused by races 1, 2, 3 of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria]. In cases where specific races or strains are not noted, the variety is resistant to some, but not necessarily all known races or strains of the pathogen. For complete disease resistance information, please visit www.vegetables.syngenta-us.com.

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