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Heirloom. Plants with a spreading habit reach less than 10 inches tall and produce 1.5 to 2 inch oval fruit with darker purple skins and gold, green or purple flesh with tangy flavor and green or buff husks.. This variety is different from De Milpa. About 68 days to harvest from transplant and about 90 days from seeds. Stores well after harvest.
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90-100
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Seed Savers Exchange - updated in 2014
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Overall: (4.4 Stars)
Taste: (4.4 Stars)
Yield: (4.6 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (4.6 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 5
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 11/14/2011 by
Luffa Zar
- An experienced gardener
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Dane, Wisconsin, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| These grow well in WI they are extremely late typically after most of the tomatoes have ripened. I only know to eat them in salsa, and pepper sauce. I can\'t usually even find them at the farmers market when it\'s salsa making time. These need to be planted early and they need heat to size up. The plant grows huge and should be caged unless the garden has plenty of room for spraw. I have also observed that fruit shows up sooner when two plants together. |
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Reviewed on 09/25/2007 by
Corbin
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Three flushes of fruit. The main flush is an abundance of deep purple 1"-21/2" in diameter fruits in husk. They look and smell wonderful. When eaten fresh, they are sweet, rich, with a complex earthy fruity funk. We made excellent jam, Salsa Verde, Purple gispatcho soup. They were a hard sell at the farmer's market but the people who took them home loved them. |
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Reviewed on 12/01/2006 by
pajohnso
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Marquette, Michigan, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| So much better tasting that the standard green. The fruits are much smaller and don't always break the husk when they are ripe. You can blend this up and freeze them, when you thaw, add cilantro, garlic and onion blend again and make a fresh Salsa Verde anytime of the year! |
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Reviewed on 01/28/2005 by
Nancy W
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Smaller fruits that the green market varieties, with a sweeter richer flavor. Good coloring depends on sun exposure; fruits shaded by the leaves will be less purple.
I have tried purple tomatillos from Seeds Blum (now out of business) and Johnny's, and was disapointed that few plants produced really purple fruits (most being mottled purplish green). Two years ago I got seed from Sand Hill Preservation Center , and their strain does produce mostly purple fruits. |
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Reviewed on 09/20/2004 by
MAI
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Ulster, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| An easy to grow , attractive plant and, oh boy, does it produce. I only wish I knew what to use them for besides salsa. |
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