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'Pretty Purple' Peppers

Sub-Category:	Hot

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	2 1/2-foot plants with purple leaves and stalks bearing purple fruit that matures to red. Mature fruits are very hot -- about 5,000 Scoville units. (Not the same variety as 'Pretty in Purple'.)
Days To Maturity:	75
Seed Sources:	Totally Tomato - updated in 2011

Rating Summary

Overall: (4.0 Stars) Taste: (2.0 Stars) Yield: (5.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (5.0 Stars)

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Number of Reviews: 1

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Reviewed on 04/02/2009 by riceke - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Gwinnett, Georgia, United States Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Rated this pepper on it's ornamental value. I grew it in a 10" pot. It grew 12-14" and was covered with marble sized 1/2 inch peppers purple turning red. Fruit was hot when purple but milder when red. Taste was okay but it was a grand display as an ornamental..

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