Lime Green Salad
From The Populuxe Seed Bank
| Lime Green Salad | |||||
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| Leaf Type | Regular Leaf | ||||
| Fruit Colour | Green | ||||
| Fruit Shape | Oblate | ||||
| Origin | U.S.A. | ||||
Grower: Kelly
Year: 2019, 2020
Accession: 272
Seed Source: Donated by a private donor.
Comments:
2019 I got loads of fruit set and flowers, but then the rains and cool weather hit and it took forever for anything to ripen thereafter. I'm looking forward to trying this one again in a drier year because just based on the number of flowers the harvest should be spectacular.
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Plant Growth Observations
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Plant size: Small
Leaf type: Regular
Leaf Coverage: Fair
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Fruit Observations
Skin colour: Green
Flesh colour: Green
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History
- Bred by Tom Wagner in the 1980's. Tom Wagner originally named the variety 'Green Elf'.
- Tim Peters of Peters Seed Research did not realize Wagner had named the variety, and called it Lime Green Salad.
- Listed in SSE 1995 yearbook under the name Lime Green Salad.
