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Snackabelle Red pepper from PanAmerican Seed

Early hybrid tomatoes and peppers gained a bad reputation for being flavorless.
Accused of selecting for durability in shipping and shelf-life, commercial vegetable
breeders were not embraced by the home garden community. Vegetable breeding has
advanced significantly in recent years, though the old perception is tough to shake.
Today, hybrid vegetable breeders are breeding for many markets including fresh market,
home garden and controlled-environment agriculture. In all of those segments, flavor is
a key selection criteria. You can trust the hybrids that make it to your greenhouse are
flavorful. In fact, they offer all the flavor of OP or heirloom classics, along with improved
disease resistance, better yields and more.
Try these hybrids to replace OP pepper or tomato varieties in your next vegetable program:

Pepper | OP Variety F1 Hybrid Counterpart

California Wonder Colossal
California Wonder Yellow Admiral
Cayenne Long Slim Dragon Cayenne
Habanero Red Habanero Primero Red
Hot Banana Hot Sunset
Hungarian Hot Geronimo
Jalapeno Compadre
Pimento Pimento Elite
Homeslice tomato from PanAmerican Seed
Poblano Ancho Sanchez
Serrano Sandoval
Sweet Banana Lola, Sweet Sunset or Pageant

Tomato | OP Variety F1 Hybrid Counterpart
Beefsteak Big Beef or Summerpick
Brandywine Heirloom Marriage Big Brandy
Cherokee Purple Heirloom Marriage Cherokee Carbon
Golden Jubilee Carolina Gold
Moby Grape Sweet Zen
Roma Daytona or Heirloom Marriage Marzinera
Super Chili pepper from Seminis Rutgers Burpee Big Boy

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