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'Marconi Red' Peppers
 
Sub-Category: Sweet
 
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Description: Mix sweet red and yellow peppers from Italy. Large plants bear tri-lobed fruit up to 1 foot long and 3 inches at the shoulder. Also known as 'Marconi' and 'Red Marconi'.
Days To Maturity: 70-90
Seed Sources: Seed Savers Exchange - updated in 2014
Totally Tomato - updated in 2014

 
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Overall: (4.8 Stars)Overall
Taste: (5.0 Stars)Taste
Yield: (4.5 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (4.8 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 04/16/2012 by THISISME - An experienced gardener

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Maricopa, Arizona, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Not Sure
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

I grew these first in 2011. I like them better than any of the Bell Peppers I\'ve grown. The yield was a little low for me though. It may have been the location which received partial shade during part of the day. The plants over wintered here nicely though. I dug them up early 2012 and planted them in another location. I think I will be growing these for awhile.
 

Reviewed on 10/06/2007 by Debby J - An experienced gardener

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Washington, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

This is an update of my previous review. We have been very satisfied with Giant Marconi and Golden Marconi from Tomato Growers Supply Company. We did not find Carmen to be appreciably earlier. Italia is slightly earlier but the fruit quality is not as good. These Marconi are indeed giant and beautiful when they ripen.
 

Reviewed on 09/27/2004 by E Mancini - An experienced gardener

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Jefferson, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Peppers have thick skin and are large. Excellent yield.
 

Reviewed on 09/24/2004 by Debby J - An experienced gardener

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Washington, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Here's our experience with three Italian peppers. Italia -Earliest to ripen to red. Sprawling habit even when staked. Harder to extract the peppers from the plant. Fruit tends to curl. Fruit close to ground tends to decay in wet weather. Its earliness guarantees it a place in our garden. Marconi -Upright plants are easy to harvest. Fruit larger and straighter than Italia, but later to ripen. Our Marconi mix from Cooks Garden either had very few yellows or they are much later to ripen, haven't see any as of 9/24. Corno di Toro -Upright plants. Blockier, fleshier fruits, but latest of all to ripen for us, at least the strain we grew.
 




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