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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Title: Re: [NAFEX] Toma Bellas

When I took a vegetable crops class from Dr. James Baggett years ago, such flat, thick-walled types were called "Cheese Pak" types, after a variety that was more or less the prototype.  
-Lon Rombough
> From: "Mark Lee" <markl@nytec.com>
> Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 10:16:34 -0700
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Toma Bellas

> 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-----
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> [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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