Melrose

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Melrose
Classification	C. annuum
Type	frying
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	long
Fruit size	medium
Heat level	sweet
Scoville Heat Units (SHU)	0
Maturity	early
Variety type	heirloom
Country	Italy

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Melrose - ripe fruit. 2011-10-11.

B.C KO T

(Capsicum annuum), very early frying pepper, 4" long, turn brilliant red very early in the season, rich very sweet flavor, great both fried and fresh. First to produce green and red peppers in our garden.

Seed source:

Gary Fitzgerald, MA 07

Year grown: 2007, 2011

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

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History

• Italian heirloom, brought from Italy years ago.
• First offered in the Seed Savers ? Yearbook by WI HO G, who purchased seeds from Happ's Vegetable Stand in Salem, Wisconsin.

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Melrose - green fruit. 2011-08-28.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Melrose - green fruit. 2011-08-28.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Melrose - ripe fruit. 2011-08-28.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Melrose - ripe fruit. 2011-09-17.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Melrose - ripe fruit. 2011-10-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Melrose - ripe fruit. 2011-10-11.

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  Patty Brown, Ohio. Melrose - ripe fruit. 2013-07-30. Posted with owner's permission.

Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2015		.	.
2014		.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Southern Exposure Seed Exchange Terroir Seeds (former Underwood Gardens)	.	.
2012	{{Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds }}	2	1
2011	{{Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds }}	1	0
2010	{{Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds }}	1	0
2009	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds	1	.
2008	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new	2	.