Hot pepper ‘Cayenetta’ awarded AAS
Pepper Cayenetta F1 has achieved the prestigious honour of being one of the four latest winners in the All American Selection awards for 2012. Pepper Cayenetta F1 is the latest introduction in the very successful Patio Edibles range from Vegetalis.
“The focus of the breeding has always been to develop compact, attractive varieties with good garden performance and exceptional eating qualities,” said Jim Juby, Vegetalis product manager.
“The judges comments strongly endorse our breeding objectives and show we are heading in the right direction for todays modern gardener,” he added.
Vegetalis was founded on the unique goal of breeding vegetable varieties solely for the home gardener allowing the company to be very focused. The previous three years has seen extraordinary growth for Vegetalis in the home garden compact vegetable market. With a fantastic pipeline and introductions such as Pepper Cayenetta F1 this is set to continue for the foreseeable future.
“We believe that although the Vegetalis range is appealing to existing vegetable gardeners it is also attracting a new range of consumers who previously were not interested in, or lacked the space to produce vegetables of their own,” said Juby.
Below is the excerpt from The AAS Awards Judges comments:
VEGETABLE WINNERS:
Pepper ‘Cayennetta’ F1
‘Cayennetta’ is an excellent tasting mildly spicy pepper that is very easy to grow, even for novice gardeners. This 3 to 4-inch chili pepper yielded bigger fruits from a very well branched upright plant. It required no staking which would make it a perfect plant for a container or patio garden. Unique to this variety is that it has good cold tolerance as well as dense foliage cover to protect the fruits from sun scorch and it handled extreme heat very well. This pepper is an all-around good choice no matter where you’re gardening. Market growers will benefit from the heavy yield and prolific fruit set from each plant. Everyone will love the excellent pepper flavour that outshone all the comparison varieties
