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Pepper Pepper Artega
Maranello
At the moment, ninety percent of Enza Zaden’s pepper Blocky red
breeding activities focus on the following varieties:
Artega
• Blocky types: blocky peppers are
available in different colours. The Artega combines high production with outstanding fruit quality. A new hybrid recommended for
green, red, orange and yellow fruits production in non-heated greenhouses under a wide range of production seasons. The fruits are
are mainly known in the western very uniform in shape, heavy and firm, colouring green to red at full maturity. The plant habit is
world, whereas white peppers, for strong growing and open. Artega is a leading variety producing export quality peppers.
example, are popular in Eastern
Europe. Maranello

• L amuyo peppers: this type is mainly Maranello is the leader variety in its segment in the heated greenhouse market in The Netherlands.
popular in the Mediterranean Region and Maranello is an extremely high yielding variety producing large blocky fruits which mature quickly
in Central and South America. For the latter from green to an attractive red colour. The excellent setting ability combined with the open plant
area, open field varieties are being developed. habit makes harvesting very easy. Maranello is the professional grower’s variety of today.

• Turkish peppers: these varieties are developed Relampago
to be grown under protected cultivation in
Turkey. Relampago is a top quality hybrid recommended for production in all non-heated greenhouse
crops. The plant is strong growing making fruit set easy and uniform. Relampago is a high yielding
• Cone-shaped peppers: these varieties are variety, producing very uniform large fruits which mature from green to a very attractive deep red
developed to be grown under protected cultivation in colour. It has a very good virus resistance package.
Spain and Italy.
Blocky green
• Hot Peppers: the hot pepper breeding programme is
a rapidly developing programme that focuses on two Sweet 46
markets: Mexico (Jalapeno and Ancho peppers) and
varieties used in Middle East markets. Sweet 46 has very attractive large dark shiny green blocky fruits at the immature stage. At
maturity the fruits remain green and are very sweet. Very suitable for use in traffic light packs
Enza Zaden’s breeding activities in The Netherlands focus where a green fruit which stays green is needed. It is recommended for production in non-heated
on heated glasshouse crops, in Spain the main markets greenhouses. The strong growing plant produces regularly up the plant; the total yield is very high.
are for non-heated protected cultivation varieties. A unique variety bred for the specialist grower.
Breeding in peppers is a global activity, combining
technical and research input from The Netherlands, Spain Young Han Sweet 46
and America. Open field peppers are bred in California Distributor Korea
and Florida for use in the USA and Mexican markets as
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Variety Cultivation Maturity Fruit Resistances Remarks Variety Cultivation Maturity Fruit Resistances Remarks

Heated Diameter
greenhouse (mm)
Non-heated
greenhouse
Heated
greenhouse
Non-heated
greenhouse
Shape Diameter HR IR Shape HR IR
(mm)
TSWV:0
Blocky green/red x Early 75-85 Tm:0-2 TSWV:0 Top fruit quality throughout the season. Perfect blocky shape. Blocky green/red x Early 75-85 Tm:0-3 TSWV:0 Medium sized pepper with easy setting and fast fruit
x Early 80-90 Tm:0-3 Mercurio x Medium-early 75-85 development.
Artega x Early 90+ Tm:0-3 Very early variety with compact plant type. Excellent fruit Muley x Medium-early 80-90
quality. Red Light x Early 85-90 Tm:0-3 TSWV:0/MaMiMj Nematode and TSWV resistant variety for non-heated
Barbero Relampago x Medium-early 85-95 protected cultivations.
Flexible, large sized TSWV resistant pepper. Extremely firm Roselo 80-85
(E20B.1012392) fruits. Scirocco Early 80 PepMoV/PV Y:0 -2 / TSWV:0 Strong plant suitable for long cropping period. Remarkable
Sweet 46 x Medium-early 90-110 Tm:0-2 shelf life.
Bungi Fast fruit ripening and quick plant recovery. Tamarin x Medium-early 85
Veyron 85-95
Dotan x Early 80-90 Tm:0-3 TSWV:0 Open plant, regular setting. Widely adaptable and reliable. Viper Early Tm:0-3 TSWV:0 Amazing setting under high temperatures. Compact plants
Early with good leaf cover and strong growth.
Maintains large fruit-size all season long. High yield.
Ferrari x x Early 75-85 Tm:0-2 Tm:0-2 TSWV:0 Vigorous plant with good endurance. Firm fruits. Especially
Large fruited variety for winter production. The fruit set, shape suited for difficult/harsher growing conditions.
and uniformity in cold conditions are unique.
Healey x Medium-early 90+ Tm:0-2 x Tm:0-3 Very generative and open plant habit, easy to work in.
New variety providing steady and reliable performance. Very
Imperio x Early 90-95 Tm:0-3 TSWV:0 good vigour and endurance. x Tm:0-2 Unique stay green variety with regular production and high
x Tm:0-3 yield.
Maduro x Medium-early 80-85 Tm:0-2 Very high production potential. Fast colouring and excellent Tm:0-3 TSWV:0
x Medium-early 80-85 PepMoV/Tm:0-2 shelf life. Large fruited variety for spring production in subtropical
Maracana x Early 85-95 Tm:0-2 areas. Continuous setting and high quality fruits.
A very early producer of firm, large sized, quality fruits all
(E20B.5064) season long. Easy setting, labour friendly plant type and fast fruit
colouring.
Maranello
Tm:0-2 Large fruit size, vigorous plant, high yielding variety.

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Variety Cultivation Maturity Fruit Resistances Remarks Pepper Volante
Milena
Heated Shape Diameter HR IR Blocky yellow
greenhouse (mm) Enza Zaden | 51
Non-heated Atalante
greenhouse
Atalante is a green to yellow maturing blocky pepper suitable for long production in heated
Blocky green/yellow greenhouses. Atalante is always very early into production and has an extremely high total yield.
The fruits are medium/large blocky, maturing very evenly from green to an attractive yellow colour.
Atalante x Early 85 Tm:0-3 Flexible variety with high production and large fruit size An exceptional variety for the discerning grower.
x Early 90-95 throughout the season.
(E20B.4994) x Early 90 Dandan
x Early 80-90 Large fruited variety with consistent fruit quality. Labour-
Bentley x x Medium-early 80-85 Tm:0-3 friendly plant type. Dandan is a yellow maturing greenhouse blocky pepper with a high level of resistances making it
x Medium-early 90-95 very suitable for production in a wide range of cropping regimes. The fruits are medium to large in
Catriona x Early 90-110 PepMoV/PV Y:0 -2 / TSWV:0 Compact plant habit. Early into production. size, very uniform and firm and resist the rigors of long distance transport very well. Dandan has a
x Medium-early 90-110 Tm:0-3 vigorous growth habit, sets fruits well and very regularly up the plant.
x Early 75-85
Celaya x Early 80-85 Tm:0-3 TSWV:0/MaMiMj Nematode resistant hybrid, easy setting in hot conditions. Volante
x Early 85-90
Coletti x Tm:0-3 Compact plant habit. Thick walled, uniform, high quality Volante produces very attractive lemon yellow coloured blocky peppers. The plant habit is
blocky fruits. quite open, giving an early and even fruit set over the whole plant. Volante has a very high total
production of extremely high quality large sized fruits, which are very firm and have an extended
Dandan Tm:0-3 TSWV:0 Medium sized fruits with long shelf life. Vigorous plant type. shelf life. Volante is strong against anthocyanin.

Deniro Tm:0-3 TSWV:0 Variety with strong growing plant habit, especially suited for Blocky orange
autumn-winter cultivations.
Milena
Dicaprio Tm:0-3 TSWV:0 Large, heavy, firm fruits. Balanced plant.
Milena is one of our main blocky orange maturing greenhouse blocky pepper hybrids, grown
Fiesta Tm:0-2 Very early and easy to grow variety. High production under a widely in many production areas around the world. Particularly recommended for use in non-
Tm:0-2 range of conditions. heated greenhouses where it excels in yield and quality. Milena has an open plant habit, is early
SunnyEZ into production and produces attractive shiny orange fruits at full maturity. This variety has a
Early into production. Thick walled, bright yellow fruits with strong disease resistance package.
long shelf life.
Tabor
Vélez Tm:0-2 Standard hybrid for the spring production in Southern Europe.
Tabor is a large fruiting blocky pepper maturing to an attractive orange colour at full maturity.
Volante x Early 85-90 Tm:0-3 Fastest colouring yellow pepper available on the market. Tabor is recommended for non-heated greenhouse production, in particular the later maturing
x Early Flexible variety with easy setting and consistent fruit quality. crops. The strong plant habit allows easy setting of fruits in a regular way throughout the
Blocky green/orange production cycle. Tabor is a very good all round variety which can be used in many different
production regions.
Castano x 85-95 Tm:0-2

Magno x Early 85-90 Tm:0-3 Easy to set, very uniform fruits.

Milena x Early 85-90 PV Y:0 -1/ Tm:0 -3 TSWV:0/TEV Excellent quality orange blocky pepper. Broad disease
resistance package.
Tabor x Medium-early 85-95 PV Y:0 -1/ Tm:0 -3 TSWV:0/TEV
High yielding variety for autumn/winter cultivations. Nice,
shiny, firm, dark-orange fruits.

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Variety Maturity Fruit Resistances Remarks Pepper Mildred
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Shape Diameter HR IR Blocky open field
Blocky green - red and green - yellow open field (mm)
Clair

Clair is a very productive open field red ripening large sized blocky pepper giving an exceptional
yield of very high quality firm fruits. The strong growing bushy plant gives good sun protection
to the developing fruits. Clair can be grown well up short stakes, which makes harvesting easier.
Clair has a good disease resistance pattern and has shown to perform well under a wide range of
growing conditions.

Mildred

An important member of our open field pepper team, Mildred produces very large and uniform
yellow maturing blocky peppers. It can also be quite easily harvested at the green stage. The fruits
are firm and thick walled giving a high kilo return in most growing systems. The strong growing
plant gives good leaf coverage, protecting the fruits well from excessive sun scorch. Mildred has
an attractive package of resistances.

Zothero

A new, early all-round variety recommended for all open field crops. The large sized, dark green
fruits are very uniform in shape and thick walled. Zothero has an extremely interesting resistance
package making it a winner for many growers. The plant is strong growing but quite compact,
producing fruits steadily throughout a long growing season.

Abay Early 95-105 Xcv:1-5/Tm:0 Excellent fruit quality, shiny dark yellow mature colour,
90-100 nice blocky shape.
90-100
Almirante Early 95-105 Xcv:1-3/PepMoV/PV Y:0 -1/ TEV Strong vigorous plant with excellent leaf cover and very
Tm:0 good setting ability.

Bunker Medium-early Xcv:1-3,5/PepMoV/PV Y:0 -1/ TEV High yielding variety with remarkable fruit quality.
Tm:0

Clair Early Tm:0/Xcv:1-3 TSW V:P0/PV Y:0/ TE V Highly resistant, very productive field pepper. Both for
green and red harvest.

Dashen Medium-early 95-105 Xcv:1-5/Tm:0 TSWV:0 Nice large sized blocky fruits. High yield.

Gambler Early 90-100 PV Y:0 -1/ Tm:0 TEV Early setting, good leaf cover, uniform fruits. Very
Mildred Medium-early 95-105 productive.
Xcv:1-3/PepMoV/PV Y:0 -2 / TSWV:0
Tm:0-2 Large sized fruits of very good quality and firmness.
Attractive resistance package.

Orion Medium-early 90-100 Xcv:1-3,5/Tm:0 Good leaf cover. Firm, thick-walled blocky fruits.

Procraft Early 95-105 Xcv:1-3/PV Y:0 -1/ Tm:0 TSWV:0/TEV New hybrid with vigorous plant and excellent setting in
hot conditions. Beautiful smooth mature red colouring.
Zothero Early 90-100 Xcv:1-3/PepMoV/PV Y:0 -1/ TEV
Tm:0 Sets well in hot and cooler conditions. Attractive
intense dark green fruit colour.

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Non-heated Shape Diameter HR IR Lamuyo
greenhouse (mm)
Open field Mirador

Mirador is a very large fruiting red maturing Lamuyo type hybrid particularly recommended for
spring production in non-heated greenhouses in the Mediterranean markets. The plant habit is strong
growing and open, and the leaf cover is good. Mirador produces prolifically large, dark shiny red
fruits with an excellent shape and consistency, maintaining size throughout the length of the whole
production cycle.

Tijuana

Tijuana is a new red maturing Lamuyo pepper variety for autumn and winter cultivations in
greenhouses in Southern Europe. The plant habit is strong but quite open allowing excellent fruit set.
Tijuana produces large sized uniform fruits. Tijuana sets fruits easily and grows particularly well from
hot to cold seasons.

Tinsena

Tinsena is a large sized red ripening Lamuyo type pepper recommended for winter production in non-
heated greenhouses in the main Mediterranean markets. Tinsena has a strong, compact plant habit
with good leaf cover for the maturing fruits, it sets fruit well even in hot conditions. The fruits have an
excellent uniform shape and a beautiful deep shiny red colour at full maturity and dark red colour.

Lamuyo Green/Red x Early 60-70 x PepMoV/PV Y:0 -2 / Smaller type for open field. Good setting in many growing
Arcade x x Early 130-150 Tm:0 conditions.
Atol x x Early
Dallas 90-100 x Tm:0 Main standard Enza Zaden hybrid. Performs well in cooler
150-160 conditions.
Tm:0
90-100 x Early, high yield and easy setting under hot conditions.
150-170
Compact, open plant, easy setting. Especially for spring and
Lucumone x x Early 80 x 120 Tm:0-3 TSWV:0 autumn crops.

Mirador x Medium-early 100-110 x Tm:0-3 TSWV:0 Very good setting in low light conditions. Maintains large size
150-160 and superb fruit quality all season long.

Robur x Medium-early 100-110 x Tm:0-3 TSWV:0 Large fruits, excellent quality.
150-170
Early maturing variety with large, very firm fruits.
Tejas x Early 100-120 x Tm:0-3 TSWV:0
150-170 Very productive and large fruit size. The new standard lamuyo
for production cycles through the winter
Tijuana x Medium-early 100-110 x Tm:0-3 TSWV:0
160-180 New large sized lamuyo hybrid with easy setting in hot
conditions.
Tinsena x Medium-early 100-110 x Tm:0-3 TSWV:0
160-180

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Variety Cultivation Maturity Fruit Resistances Remarks Spyker Cultivation Xanthi Rubinne
Variety Maturity Fruit Resistances Remarks

Heated Diameter
greenhouse (mm)
Non-heated
greenhouse
Open field
Heated
greenhouse
Non-heated
greenhouse
Open field
Shape Diameter (mm) HR IR Shape HR

Corno di Toro Long Sweet Conical
Enea
Laerte x x Early 50-70 x 200-220 Tm:0 TSWV:0 Highly productive variety with very good fruit Cooper xx Early 40 x 170-190 Tm:0-3 Early and generative variety. High Brix.
Silyen quality. Attractive yellow conical fruit. Excellent uniformity, very productive.
Orange sweet conical. Excellent taste and flavour.
Jersey xx Early 40 x 170-190 Tm:0 Very uniform shape and size, yellow sweet point. High yield.

x x Medium- 50-70 x 200 Tm:0 TSWV:0 Variety with shorter fruits, Pescarese type. High Spyker xx Early 40 x 150-160 Tm:0 Medium sized midi conical red with easy setting. Ideal for colour mix
early uniformity. Xanthi xx 50 x 170-190 Tm:0 packs.
Midi Sweet Conical Medium- Fruits weigh on average 100 grams. Sweet and very attractive.
x x Early 50-70 x 210-230 Tm:0 TSWV:0/MaMiMj Shiny yellow fruit colour, smooth skin, thick fruit early Extremely attractive yellow midi sweet point. Strong grower. High yield.
wall.
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Teseo x x Early 40-50 x 210-230 Tm:0 TSW V:P0/PV Y:0 Quality fruits, attractive colour, high yield.
TSWV:P0
The all-round 'Dulce Italiano' type for both green Kurenai x x Early 40-50 x 80-90 Tm:0-2
and red harvesting.
Dulce Italiano Nishiki x x Early 40-50 x 80-90 Tm:0

Rubinne xx Medium 40-50 x 200-220 Tm:0-2 Yamabuki x x Early 40-50 x 80-90 Tm:0

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Variety Cultivation Maturity Fruit Resistances Remarks Pepper Vedrana
Lotta
Heated Diameter Blocky white
greenhouse (mm) Enza Zaden | 59
Non-heated Vedrana
greenhouse
Open field Vedrana is a white blocky pepper recommended for cultivation in non-heated greenhouses, plastic
tunnels and also in the open field. The fruit colour is slightly darker green than the standard green/
white blocky type, but is equally attractive. The large sized fruits have an excellent quality and
are uniform and very suitable for shipping long distances. Vedrana’s growth, endurance and fruit
setting are excellent which makes the variety particularly suited for all cultivations areas.

White/light green conical

Lotta

Greenish conical pepper (Lastochka type) with medium-strong/semi-open plant. Very high early
yield and continuous setting. Very productive variety with good performance in both tunnel and
open field cultivation sytems. Matures to deep-red colour, excellent fruit quality, thick fruit wall.
Traditional type for Eastern Europe.

Nemezis

Nemezis is a white conical pepper suitable for spring and summer cultivation in non-heated
greenhouses and plastic tunnels. It is very early and has an excellent total yield. The fruits are large
and very attractive white in colour, a variety recommended for the exporters. Plant endurance and
fruit setting are excellent making the Nemezis a top variety in its particular segment.

Shape HR IR

Blocky white x x x Early 80-85 Tm:0 Very early into production. Beautiful firm white blocky fruits.
Bianca 85-95 Xcv:1-3/Tm:0 TSWV:0
Irene x x Medium- 85-95 Tm:0-2 New hybrid with vigorous plant and good leaf cover.
Milica early Especially for open field production.

x x Early Very productive. Somewhat longer blocky fruit.

Vedrana x x Early 85-95 Tm:0-2 Standard variety in many markets. Very uniform blocky fruits,
slightly darker white/light green in colour.
White/light green conical
Fast fruit development. Matures to deep red colour.
Editta x x x Early 50-60 x Xcv:1-3/Tm:0-2
150-160 Lastochka type light green conical. Very high early and total
yield. Superb fruit quality.
Lotta x x Early 70 x 130-140 Xcv:1-3/Tm:0-2
Large sized, beautiful white coloured fruit. Productive.
Nemezis x x Early 60-70 x Tm:0-2
Skytia x x Early 160-170 Tm:0-2 Reliable variety. Excellent export fruit quality. Good winter
production.
60-70 x
170-180

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Pepper

Sweet Charleston Variety Cultivation Maturity Fruit Resistances Remarks

Tayfa

Tayfa is a very new high yielding Charleston type sweet pepper recommended mainly for
production in non-heated greenhouses and plastic tunnels in Mediterranean markets. It has also
shown a high standard of performance in many open field production areas. The fruits are long
and straight and very high in quality. Tayfa comes into maturity early and has a strong growing
plant providing good leaf cover to the maturing fruits when the temperatures rise.

Dolma

Dovras

Dovras has a medium to strong growing plant which is compact but quite open. It is particularly
recommended for spring crops where it is early into production. Dovras sets fruits extremely well
in warm growing conditions, giving very attractive uniform fruits of a high quality. The fruit colour
is somewhat lighter than the standard. Dovras has a very attractive resistance package.
Heated Shape Diameter HR IR
greenhouse (mm)
Non-heated
greenhouseTayfa Blocky Colours x x x Early 85 none High yielding variety. Attractive brown colour at maturity.
Open field Brownie x x x Early 85+ Tm:0-2 Attractive mint coloured large blocky pepper.
Variety Cultivation Maturity Fruit Resistances Remarks Lozorno 85 Tm:0-2 Standard purple maturing hybrid.
HeatedMavras x x Early 85 Tm:0 Strong plant habit. Attractive lilac fruit colour.
greenhouseTequila x x Early
Non-heatedBlocky Midi Exciting new red midi bell. Widely adaptable. Speciality item.
greenhouseVitarossax x x Early Yellow midi bell for the flow pack business. Widely adaptable.
Open fieldVitagiallox x x Early Attractive orange midi bell pepper. Fits with the red and yellow
Shape Diameter HR IR Vitarancione x x x Early 60 Tm:0-2 version.
(mm) Baby Bell
Spoetnik x x x Early Very small baby bell red sweet pepper. Attractive speciality item.
Sweet Charleston Cherry 60 Tm:0-2
Reis Calimero x x x Early Plant loaded with attractive, round peppers. Used for catering
x x Early 30-40 x 180-190 Tm:0-2 Strong, balanced winter variety. Excellent setting. Uniform and buffets.
fruits. Plant loaded with attractive, round peppers. Used for catering
55 Tm:0-3 PV Y:0/ TE V and buffets.
New hybrid for spring cultivation. Very good fruit quality.
Tayfa x x Early 30-40 x 180-200 Tm:0-2 40 Tm:0
Dolma x x Early 50-60 x 120-150 Tm:0-2 Flexible winter variety. Excellent fruit shape and quality.
Desna
Thick walled blocky fruits with a minty green colour. Yellow
Donna x x Medium-early 50-60 x 120-150 Tm:0-2 at maturity. 30-40 x 20-30 Tm:0-2
Uniform, high quality fruits with thick fruit wall. Very good
Dovras x x Medium-early 50-60 x 120-150 Tm:0-2 TSWV:0 setting in warm conditions. Tweety x x x Early 30-40 x 20-30 Tm:0-2

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Variety Cultivation Maturity Fruit Resistances Remarks Hot Pepper

Heated Shakira Nattaly
greenhouse
Non-heated Shape Diameter HR IR Shakira
greenhouse (mm)
Open field Shakira is Enza Zaden’s top quality, high yielding hot pepper for the Middle Eastern markets. It has
long, thick walled, dark green pointed fruits, 19 cm long by 2 cm at the top, turning to an attractive
Shakira x x Early 20-30 x 190-210 Tm:0-2 Easy setting in cold climates. Nice smooth fruits. Very high deep red colour at full maturity. The plant is quite vigorous and provides the maturing fruits with
Shakira yielding. good coverage. Shakira is extremely high yielding and grows well in a wide range of cropping
Pencil x x Early 10-15 x 170-180 Tm:0-2 conditions.
Hyffae Pencil shaped hot pepper for export markets. Especially suited
for long term croppings. Extremely uniform and productive. Pencil
Nattaly x x Early 10-15 x 180-200 Tm:0-2 For spring-autumn planting, easy setting in cold and dark green
fruit colour. Nattaly
Hot Charleston Forajido
Homera Suitable for open field and protected production. Very flexible. Nattaly is an excellent thin pencil type of hot pepper suitable and recommended for many of the
Kiowa x x Early 35-45 x Tm:0 hot pepper markets of The Middle East. The strong growing plant sets prolifically throughout the
Jalapeño x x Early 180-190 Tm:0-2 Very productive variety with good winter performance. whole production cycle, fruits are straight and smooth and very hot. A variety to grow in many
Centella conditions, for both protected as well as open field crops.
Forajido x x Early 35-45 x Extremely uniform, highly productive, widely adaptable.
Ancho x Early 180-190 Strong plant that shows good regrowth for long cycles. Suitable Hot Charleston
for processing.
30-40 x 60-80 Tm:0/ PV Y:0/ Homera
Xcv:1-3 PepMov Ancho type with compact plant, concentrated setting and good
leaf cover. Dark green uniform fruits. Homera is a Hot Charleston pepper type with a strong and vigorous plant habit. Fruits set well also
30 x 60-80 PepMoV/ TEV in the cooler weather. Homera produces light to minty green coloured fruits which are straight
PV Y:0 -1 and very attractive for the market; they change to red at full maturity. Homera is recommended for
cultivation in non-heated greenhouses in Mediterranean markets, particularly for winter crops.
Bastan x Early 60-70 x 140-150
Jalapeño
Bastan
Forajido
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Forajido is medium-early into production and the setting is very easy. The plant shows good
regrowth in long cycles, up to 4 fruit pickings are possible. The fruits are 'bullet'-shaped, 6-7
cm long and have dark green glossy colour. The taste is very spicy. Easy stem detachment and
excellent fruit quality make Forajido especially suitable for industrial processing.

Ancho

Bastan

Bastan is an Ancho type hot pepper mainly used in the Mexican and South American markets. The
yield of Bastan is tremendous; the fruits are very uniform in size and not too big. Bastan is very
suitable for local market usage as well as for export. The plant is quite compact and sets fruit well
in a concentrated way, the leaf cover is excellent. Bastan is a new hot pepper from Enza Zaden for
the professional grower.

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