Outstanding Qualities
- Adaptable and good vigour
- Uniform fruit size and shape
- Good yield potential
- Early fruit set
Crispy Rass is a widely adapted, hybrid sweet snacking pepper for production in the open field and under protection. Crispy Rass has a high yield potential with good large, glossy fruit. The fruit is uniform and approximately 8 x 3 cm in size.
Special Varietal Requirements
- Crispy Rass is a compact plant, but Sakata suggests that the plants are trellised and pruned. Plants can be manipulated to balance vigour, leaf canopy and fruit set
CHARACTERISTIC* CRISPY RASS
KIND F1 hybrid pepper (Capsicum L.)
TYPE Snacking pepper – Sweet bite type
MATURITY Medium
FRUIT DIMENSIONS Approximately 6 - 8 x 3 cm (app. 55 g)
FRUIT SHAPE Very uniform, elongated tapered
FRUIT WALL Thick
SMOOTHNESS Smooth surface with shallow lobes
FRUIT COLOUR Green turning bright red
PLANT TYPE Compact
DISEASE REACTION (SCIENTIFIC) High resistance: Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV:0); Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria races
(Xcv: 0-3, 7, 8)
PRODUCTION Open field and protection
POPULATION GUIDE
Open field: 30 000 – 35 000 plants per ha
Protection: 20 000 – 24 000 plants per ha (multiple stems 60 000 – 72 000 stems per ha)
Should be manipulated by pruning leaves
USE Pre-packing and processing
SPECIAL FEATURES High yield potential, excellent flavour and good Brix