CHARACTERISTICS 'Triton' is an excellent
super-dwarf pepper cultivar for controlled environment research.
It is 20-cm tall, flowers in 25 days, and produces large (5-8 cm
long) fruit. We are continuing to characterize the unique growth and
development responses of 'Triton'. See
Cultural Recommendations
for more information.
ORIGIN 'Triton' was developed by
the Dutch seed company Royal Sluis and released in 1978. Royal
Sluis no longer sells this pepper and no longer maintains a seed
supply. 'Triton' was last sold in the U.S. in 1992 by Thompson
and Morgan Seed Company. There is no commercial source for this
seed.
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INITIAL EVALUATION OF DWARF PEPPERS
Prior to finding 'Triton' pepper we evaluated 16 pepper cultivars that
were reported to be dwarf and early maturing. We evaluated these in a
greenhouse study to find dwarf, high yielding, good tasting peppers.
For initial cultivar selection see:
