OUTSTANDING QUALITIES
- Medium thick wall
- Excellent fruit quality for open pollinated variety
- Good yield potential
- Strong plant
Maor is a popular medium maturing California Wonder type sweet pepper due to its high yield potential and excellent quality fruit. Maor is ideal for open field production and bulk packaging. Maor has a very high percentage of large fruit. Fruit are heavy and have thick fruit walls with colour being green going red. Plants are uniform, strong and sturdy. Maor has high resistance to Tobacco mosaic (TMV).
SPECIAL VARIETAL REQUIREMENTS
- For open field production only
- Fruit tend to be long blocky under cool conditions, we therefore suggest production in summer
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CHARACTERISTIC* |
MAOR |
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KIND |
Open pollinated sweet pepper (Capsicum L.) |
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TYPE |
Blocky, California Wonder type |
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MATURITY |
Medium |
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FRUIT DIMENSIONS |
Approximately 9 x 9 cm (app. 160 g) |
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FRUIT SHAPE |
Blocky – long blocky |
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FRUIT WALL |
Thick |
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SMOOTHNESS |
Smooth surface |
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FRUIT COLOUR |
Green turning red |
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PLANT TYPE |
Very compact |
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DISEASE REACTION (SCIENTIFIC) |
High resistance: Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) |
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PRODUCTION |
Open field |
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POPULATION GUIDE |
Open field: 20 000 – 35 000 plants per ha |
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USE |
Pre-packing and bulk packaging |
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SPECIAL FEATURES |
Open pollinated variety with excellent fruit quality and high yield |