John Stommelis a industrial plant geneticist , but he should belike be known as Professor Pepper . Stommel has devoted much of his 30 - class life history at the Agricultural Research Service ( ARS ) to breeding and releasing unique capsicum miscellany for both the kitchen and the garden . One of his latest achievements is a series offour cosmetic pepper cultivarshe call Christmas Lights . As you might have guessed , these colorful peppers have a shape remindful of the old - fashioned light source used to decorate Christmas Tree . Two of the cultivar get out a bright violet color and mature to red or orangish . The other two cultivar begin their lives a creamy icteric color , and then mature to Bolshevik or orange .
bySue Kendall , ARS Office of Communications
Christmas Lights peppers set about out as either white-livered or violet - blue and mature to either orange or red . ( Photo by ARS , D4187 - 1 )
lay against dark - green leaf , the white pepper play a riot of pollyannaish color to garden layer . They also grow happily in pots . Their flavor and spiciness were n’t ab initio a consideration because they are n’t intended for use of goods and services , but they are quite edible for connoisseur of raging peppers .
Christmas Lights black pepper . A : Blue - Red ; B : Blue - Orange ; C : Yellow - Red ; cholecalciferol : Yellow - Orange . ( picture by ARS , D4186 - 1 )
Stommel is the inquiry loss leader of theGenetic Improvement of Fruits and Vegetables Laboratoryin Beltsville , Maryland . Previous pepper releasesfrom Stommel and his team let in the All - America Selections and Fleuroselect Quality Award winner Black Pearl , which has yield that ripens from showy inkiness to bright red ; Tangerine Dream , an decorative pepper with sweet-flavored , eatable , orange banana - influence fruit ; Pepper Jack , which has light-green - black foliage and a admixture of both orange and disastrous , pocket-sized , cone - shaped yield ; and Li’l Pumpkin , which boast unique bleak foliage and orange pumpkin - like fruit .
Snack - size of it doorbell pepper . ( Photo by ARS , D4188 - 1 )
Stommel is currently centre onsmall - fruit white pepper — either sweet or red-hot — that are perfect as a nutritious and portable collation . But since most consumers might not like to grind down on source while run through their peppers , he is also studying the genetics of peppers with few seminal fluid . This knowledge will facilitate stock breeder to more easy choice for the seedless trait . come up , look miniature bell peppers tailored for the bite capsicum pepper plant grocery store ! Madagascar pepper output , both Vanessa Stephen and chili , account for more than $ 628 million in 2018 .
