Two new pepper cultivars developed by USDA Agriculture Research Service scientists promise to provide striking color contrasts in the summer and fall garden. Unique fruit shapes and orange fruit color provide compelling seasonal interest, especially for fall gardens during Halloween and Thanksgiving.
The patented Lil’ Pumpkin produces black foliage and orange pumpkin-like fruit, and the patent-pending Pepper Jack bears greenish-black foliage and a mix of both orange and black, small, cone-shaped fruit, similar to candy corn.
Lil’ Pumpkin and Pepper Jack have been licensed for retail sale by McCorkle Nurseries Inc. in Dearing, Georgia. Retailers can expect the plants in 2010.
Latest from Nursery Management
- John Ruter named National Academy of Inventors Fellow
- University of Florida study unlocks secrets of invasive short-spined thrips
- IPPS announces organizational rebrand, new website and 2026 international membership drive
- Growscape appoints chief manufacturing officer, Brian Cunningham
- BioWorks introduces Sandrine Copper Soap and Cintro Insecticidal Soap
- Experts help Florida cemetery become state’s first to earn arboretum accreditation
- BioWorks appoints Jason Miller as director of sales and distributor relations manager
- Light a spark
