Capsicum 'Spice Drops Scarlet Candles'
Trial: Annual
Years Trialed: 2000
Good Qualities:
Color (2); Nice size pod; Very decorative small round bright red peppers, good side branches; Fun little red peppers on long stems, peppers face up not down, dried well for fall and winter color; Later to flower/fruit than Friesdorf Scarlet; Sold all I had.
Problems:
Long crop time for few stems; Maturing late September, probably caused by cold, wet summer; Fruit spaced out on branch, would like peppers to be closer in set, matured very late in season (Zone 5); Lodges freely, hard to keep upright once fruiting, weaker stemmed than Friesdorfer; I didn’t get enough plants started early enough; I will next year because it was very popular.
Trial Data
| Yield (stems/plant) | Stem Length (inches) | Market Appreciation Rating - Wholesale (1) | Market Appreciation Rating - Retail (1) | Market Appreciation Rating - Consumer (1) | Repeat Again Rating (1) | Ease of Cultivation Rating (1) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | 3.3 | 24.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 5.0 |
(1) 1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Supplier
Fred C. Gloeckner
600 Mamaroneck Ave.
60178 Harrison, NY 10528-1613
Comments:
Similar to ‘Friesdorfer Scarlet’; Not impressed with pod display; Need to remove all leaves before marketing stems to show off the fruit; Cold summer probably delayed fruit coloring; Need one layer of support, sometimes two; Consumers thought peppers were edible .