Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners

Reviewed on 08/12/2010 by UpstateJohn - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Monroe, New York, 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: More than 8 hours per day
We started these this year from 2007 seed stock and achieved 100% germination. Can you hear the branches snapping on the Napoleon plants ?? Was on vacation and I lost two of them before staking and tying up the rest of the 3 Napoleons we've grown this year. A luscious Master crop producer! The SeedSaversExchange catalog lists them as "Listed in 1923 by L. L. Olds Seed Company and decribed as: “Possibly the most productive of all the large peppers, bears consistently until frost. Mild as an apple. Fruit about 8" long and 4" in circumference, standing upright until they get so heavy they sometimes droop. Remarkably early for a large fruited pepper.” Good flavor when green, sweeter when red. 70-90 days from transplant. Heat •0•" These are now in our TOP 5 Sweet Pepper choices in the Lake Plains of Lake Ontario!!

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Reviewed on 08/15/2009 by ghg - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Kitsap, Washington, United States Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days Soil Texture: Sand Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
First year trying and the results here near Hood Canal Washington [not pepper heaven but I always get a crop] are amazing. Sweet, huge and early, oh and prolific, such great stuffers!