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Maturation and Fruit Color with B. swaseyi, plant S8

by Bob Harms  email-here
From late April to the end of June, the full sized fruits of survey plant S8 developed from green to yellowish to yellowish-pink to mostly pink to mostly red to dark red with a weak glaucous bloom giving a bluish cast.

With B. swaseyi plants the final color shift to red typically occurs relatively rapidly, a matter of days.


April 27


May 8


May 23


June 1


June 12


June 29