Thin-skinned Chile pepper variety
AssigneeCurry Seed & Chili Co.
InventorsEdward N. Curry, Philip L. Villa
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Abstract
An improved Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivar having a fruit characterized by a relatively thin skin in comparison to other Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivars, such that mechanized peeling of fruit results in an average recovery, excluding skin, seed, and placenta, that is at least 5% higher in comparison to the peeling of an existing Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivar. The improved cultivar further is characterized by a mature seed content of less than 20 pounds per 1000 pounds of fruit and by fruit that is readily de-stemmed by mechanized de-stemming.
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A Capsicum annuum, Anaheim-type chile pepper plant of the Villa 96 cultivar, representative seed of said cultivar having been deposited under ATCC Patent Deposit Designation No. PTA-9751, said Capsicum annuum, Anaheim-type chile pepper plant having a fruit characterized by a skin that averages between 2-3 micrometers in thickness.
A Capsicum annuum, Anaheim-type chile pepper plant of the Villa 96 cultivar, representative seed of said cultivar having been deposited under ATCC Patent Deposit Designation No. PTA-9751, said Capsicum annuum, Anaheim-type chile pepper plant having a fruit characterized by a mature seed content of at least 10% less than that of an existing Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivar.
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