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Old August 4, 2008   #4
carolyn137
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Pale Perfect Purple, aka Perfect Pale Purple, etc., LOL, was bred by Tad Smith, who used a couple of names for it initially, and is a cross between Purple Price and Ozark Pink, is.

Tad sent seeds for it initially to Craig and me many years ago.

Shelley refers to the picture in my book and what's shown are perfect 6-8 oz globes growing in clusters of 4-5 that really are a dusky pink but they show up a bit lighter in the picture. No green shoulders, well maybe a hint of that on one fruit in the picture but green shoulders can occur re weather with lots of varieties.

Ray, it is NOT purple; it is not a black. Tad and many others still use the word purple to indicate a shade of pink and that started back in the late 1800's. I know of only two varieties that really do have a purple tint to them and that's Purple Calabash and Noire des Cosebeauf and their taste is not to my liking.

I think PPP has excellent taste and yielded very well for me. For many years I listed it in the SSE Yearbooks.
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