Pepper - NCSY

Capsicum annuum
65 Days
OSSI-Pledged
NCS Original

An "invisible grex" comprised of two similar interbreeding small orange sweet pepper varieties. Early with heavy yields on sturdy, compact plants that reach about 18" under ideal conditions. Very sweet, thick-walled fruits keep well after harvest. Heat and drought tolerant - when I grow these in an unirrigated field the plants and fruit tend to be a little smaller than usual, but they still produce like crazy.

The two parentals of this group are very similar, but both have desirable qualities that the other lacks. Instead of controlling pollination myself, I wanted to see how effectively I could combine these traits using only the cross pollination services of my local insects and simple mass selection techniques. It seems to be working pretty well so far!

One of the parents was a strain of Doe Hill Golden Bell that I grew in an ADAPT trial for Seed Savers Exchange. The other came from a single plant in a 2008 packet of Mr. Fothergil's Sweet Allsorts, so we can't really say what the heritage of that one is. They are both are remarkably similar in terms of frame, flavour, and yield, but shape and size is where they diverge. Doe Hill has really thick flesh, but has a super squashed oblate pumpkin shape. The Allsorts plant made fruits that were slightly bigger overall, with a mostly round shape and slightly thinner flesh. I'm selecting for plants that make bigger, thick-walled peppers that are more round than squashed; something that's not quite a pimento and not quite a mini-bell.

First released in 2023.

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