Caption: Tomatoes and peppers like those pictured above will be on sale March 18-20 at the Fullerton Arboretum. Photo by Kelly Lacefield
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Monster Tomato and Pepper Sale at Fullerton Arboretum
As spring weather warms up, its time to start thinking of growing fresh vegetables in the back yard or patio flower pots. And there is one place where a wide range of tomatoes and peppers can be found: the Fullerton Arboretum Monster Tomato and Pepper Sale March 18 – 20.
More than 230 varieties of tomato plants, ranging in size from currant to beefsteak and every color from white to black, will be for sale. In addition, more than 100 varieties of hot and sweet peppers will be available for purchase. The varieties include the malaqueta, an intensely hot pepper used in Brazil, Portugal and Mozambique; as well as the sweet sunrise orange, a orange/yellow sweet bell pepper.
Back by popular demand is the Bhut Jolokia, also known as Naga Jolokia or Ghost Chili. Recognized as the world's hottest chili,Bhut Jolokia is the Guinness World Record holder with an official Scoville heat rating of 1,001,304.
The public sale is open all three days from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. A special Friends of the Fullerton Arboretum “Members Only” sale day is scheduled from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 17.
All tomatoes and peppers for this sale were propagated and organically grown in the Arboretum nursery. A complete listing of all tomatoes and peppers available for sale can be found at the Arboretum website.
March 1, 2011
