A recent cross between 'Green Sleeves' and 'Brandy stripes' developed by Tom Wagner.
Fruit is paste-like, elongated and cylindrical with a pointed tip.
Pale green colour with dark green speckles, turning amber when fully ripe (GWR). Depression at the stem attachment almost non-existent, trace of umbilicus at one point.
Dense flesh with little juice and few seeds. Taste similar to "Green Zebra".
Grown in 2015 under glass
-Sown on 15 March
-Planted on 2 May
-Indeterminate growth
-Very tall plant with rippled stems and short nodes. Grown on 2 stems.
-Height +/-2.40 m
-Foliage: dense, dark green vaporous foliage, drooping habit.
-Flower: with 6 very long, thin sepals and 5/6 petals
-Cluster composed of 1 long bunch of 8/10 fruits
-Fruit: small size, elongated plum type, cylindrical, invaginated apical end. Premature ribbing at the shoulders.
-Green colour, turning amber at maturity, with wide dark green stripes all over the body.
-Depression at the weak peduncular attachment.
-Invaginated umbilicus trace.
-Harvest: Medium, regular until frost. Very susceptible to black ass. Slow to set.
-Fleshy green flesh with little gel and seeds.
-Taste: to be reserved for sauce making.
Caracteristics
Caliber | Small |
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Color | Green, Zebra |
Form | Oval-Plum-Elongated |
Earliness | mid-season |
Foliage | Régular |
Climate | All |
Growing | Indeterminate |
Height | + ou - 1.6m |
Origin | USA |