Gypsy
F1 hybrid pepper
- Breeding
- F1 hybrid
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 60-65 days 2 sources, none independent · basis unstated
- Fruit
- orange
- Weight
- -
- Bred by
- -
Grey captions say what stands behind that particular figure. Breeding, growth habit and fruit characters carry no caption because they rest on the record's sources as a whole rather than citing their own; closing that gap is ordinary outstanding work, not a finished job.
Origin & history
A 1981 All-America Selections winner, a wedge-shaped sweet pepper that ripens pale yellow to orange-red and sets fruit in cooler conditions than most bells will tolerate.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 60-65 days | Consensus range across the cited sources, which include both independent references and commercial catalogs. |
| Scoville heat | 0 SHU |
Against the rest of the pepper database
Where this variety sits among every pepper we hold a comparable figure for. Position is not merit: earlier is not better than later, and hotter is not better than milder. Only cultivar-level figures are compared, never trial results, and maturity is only ranked against figures counted the same way.
earlier than 99% of the 252 peppers we hold a figure for. None of these figures state whether they are counted from sowing or from transplant, so they are ranked against each other on the assumption that suppliers use one convention, which is not something any of them says.
milder than 100% of the 249 peppers we hold a figure for.
Traits
Disease resistance
| Code | Disease | Level | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| TMV | Tobacco Mosaic Virus (Tobamovirus tabaci / ToMV) | resistant | Breeder declared |
TMV records that this variety has some resistance to this disease without naming which gene. The pathogen has 5 named races that different genes answer differently, so how much of it this covers is not established by the source.
Tobacco Mosaic Virus: Recorded at disease level. This pathogen has 5 named races that varieties meet differently, and the source we cite does not distinguish them.
Every resistance claim here cites a publisher's whole output rather than one publication, and does not say where inside it the statement appears, so it cannot be looked up as cited. That is a gap in our records rather than a judgement on the claim, and it is counted and being worked down.
Breeder declared means the resistance was stated by whoever breeds or sells the seed. That is not a reason to disbelieve it, and for most resistance genes it is the only evidence that exists: the breeder screens the line and publishes the result in their catalog, and no independent party re-tests it. We label it rather than quietly presenting it as though someone had checked.
Related varieties
- F1 hybrid
Ace
50-65 days
- heirloom
Antohi Romanian
60-75 days
- F1 hybrid
Carmen
60-80 days
- F1 hybrid
Escamillo
60-80 days
- F1 hybrid
Just Sweet
60-75 days
- F1 hybrid
King Arthur
68-72 days
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Sources & References
Evidence: 2 sources, 1 trial programme and 1 seed catalog. No independent reference documents this yet.
- All-America Selections winners database · All-America Selections, Trial Program
- Tomato Growers Supply catalog · Tomato Growers Supply Company, Seed Catalog