Liebesapfel

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Liebesapfel
Classification	C. annuum
Type	paprika, cheese
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	round, flattened
Fruit size	medium
Heat level	sweet
Scoville Heat Units (SHU)	0
Maturity	early
Variety type	open-pollinated
Country	Germany

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - ripe fruit. 2013-11-12.

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Quite early, this pepper can be grown in the open ground in cool climates. Fruits are very beautiful, ribbed, round, and flattened, they ripen from green to brown and to red. Thick walls. Excellent sweet flavor. Great stuffer. Compact plants.

Seed source:

Andrew Still, Seed Ambassadors Project, Drain, Oregon (OR ST A) 08 / Soren Holt of Frosamlerne (Danish seed savers)

Year grown: 2012, 2013

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)

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History

• Developed by a small eco-seed company in Germany.
• 'Liebesapfel' means 'love apple' in German.
• First offered in the Seed Savers 2004 Yearbook by Lila Towle, Tjele, Denmark (DENM TO L), who got the seeds from a small German seed company (likely the one that developed this pepper).

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - plant. 2013-06-23.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - green fruit. 2013-06-23.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - green fruit. 2013-06-23.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - green fruit. 2013-08-03.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - green fruit. 2013-08-03.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - ripening fruit. 2012-10-30.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - ripe fruit. 2013-07-26.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - ripe fruit. 2013-07-26.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - ripe fruit. 2013-07-31.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - ripe fruit. 2013-07-31.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - ripe fruit. 2013-07-31.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - ripe fruit. 2013-07-31.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - ripe fruit. 2013-08-03.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - ripe fruit. 2013-08-03.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - ripe fruit. 2013-10-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - ripe fruit. 2013-10-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - ripe fruit. 2013-10-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - ripe fruit. 2013-10-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - ripe fruit. 2013-11-12.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - ripe fruit. 2013-11-12.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - ripe fruit. 2013-11-12.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - sliced fruit. 2013-07-31.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - sliced fruit. 2013-07-31.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Liebesapfel - sliced fruit. 2013-11-12.

Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2015		.	.
2014	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new	.	.
2013		1	0
2012		2	0
2011		1	0
2010		1	.
2009		2	.
2008		1	.