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["Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>]

I'm not a produce expert, but I found the following via Google...

The European standard for sweet peppers identifies 4 catagories of shapes:
elongated (pointed)
square (blunt)
square tapering (peg top)
flat (tomato pepper).

Tomato peppers in the US are marketed as "Toma Bellas".
These are not a cross between tomatoes and peppers, but rather a kind of
sweet pepper.
-Mark Lee, Seattle, zone 7B/8A

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Doreen Howard
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 9:38 AM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org; gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org; Cheryl
Long
Subject: [NAFEX] Toma Bellas


A fresh produce ezine to which I subscribe had the following on a new
vegetable hitting markets.  Does anyone know about this?
Doreen Howard

Toma Bellas are a hybrid fruit of tomatoes and bell peppers. Toma Bellas
have the sweet flavor of the tomato with the crispy, crunchiness of bell
pepper. Intense red in color with a squatty-bell shape, Toma Bellas maintain
their crispness after cooking. Stuff with cold salads, fill and bake, or use
them to serve dips and sauces.


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