VEGETABLES / GROUND-CHERRY
P. minima. Semi-erect growth habit. Flowers solitary, yellow with dark throat spots. Plants sparsely hairy, leaves glabrous, ovate to lanceolate, toothed margins. Anthocyanin along stems, especially nodes, none on leaves, some fruiting calyx have pigment on top and along ridges, but majority are just green. Fruit green at maturity, 1.7-1.8 cm long and wide. Plants 24-40" tall and 85-90" wide. Highly productive when grown in 2014 at Heritage Farm. Fruit taste both sour and sweet, juicy, seedy, very tough skin. Distinctive flavor, somewhat similar to kiwi. SSE Accession # 110987
SSE Accession: 110987
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