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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: SE Minnesota Zone 4.51a
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I seldom get all worked up and excited when the wave of seed catalogs begin arriving right after the holiday season...usually that starts happening when the SSE Yearbook comes along a month later or so
![]() ![]() Usually I take the descriptions in any catalog(particularly the commercial ones) with a grain of salt so to speak. Mavras is offered by Totally Tomatoes(maybe others, don't know) and it was advertised as being the darkest bell available and early. Here is a pic or two of Mavras next to another nice hybrid pepper... the very purple Tequila. Fairly impressed. Yield thus far is a little behind other varieties but it sure looks nice IMO. Tastes pretty darn good too. Not bad, a decent size funky bell right after 7/4 in chilly Minnesota. OK, done patting myself on the back ![]() |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7
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That is a nice looking pepper - wonder how it compares to the Stokes hybrid Blackbird? What is the ripe color..I assume it goes red?
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I also assume that it goes to red, hopefully I'll be able to let you know since I plan on maturing at least a handful of fruits. Stokes? I've heard of them....mainly from you and a couple other folks but haven't checked them out as of yet. I think that they're in a northerly latitude?? NY?? ME?? Well, time for me to check them out. Off to Stokes.....
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Nice and dark and mysterious... flavo(u)r?
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Is it of Greek origin ? Mavras means "black" in Greek ..
~ Tom
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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Grub...you said something along the lines of ....nice, dark and mysterious. You talking about me or the pepper
![]() Tomstress...its all Greek to me, couldn't resist that, sorry ![]() |
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