Vedrana
Also known as Vedrana F1 · Ведрана · Ведрана F1
Vedrana is an early Dutch F1 blocky sweet pepper from Enza Zaden, grown as a pale ivory-green babura that ripens red. Thick-walled 180–250 g fruits and reliable greenhouse or open-field yields made it a standard commercial hybrid across Eastern Europe and the Balkans after its 2010 Russian registration.
Growing
~100 days to maturity
Fruit size
9–13 cm
Flavor & Use
Sweet, juicy flesh with a mild pleasant aroma and no bitterness. Thick walls stay crisp raw and hold shape when stuffed or roasted.
Culinary
About
Vedrana F1 is a large-fruited Capsicum annuum hybrid bred by Tom van der Heide at Enza Zaden Beheer B.V. in Enkhuizen and entered in the Russian State Register in 2010. Compact, semi-spreading plants reach about 80–100 cm and set uniform elongated-blocky fruit (9 × 13 cm, typically 180–250 g, 3–4 lobes) with 6–7 mm walls and glossy skin. Fruit is greenish-white to milky-green at the commercial harvest stage and turns light red to red at full biological ripeness. Enza lists it as early (about 60 days from transplant; 95–105 days from germination) with high resistance to tobacco mosaic virus (Tm:0-2). It is grown in unheated plastic houses, tunnels, and open field, including organic systems. Flesh is sweet and juicy with no bitterness, used fresh, stuffed, roasted, and in winter preserves.
Backstory
Bred by Tom van der Heide at Enza Zaden in Enkhuizen, the Netherlands, and listed on the Russian State Register in 2010 (Ukraine 2014). Enza catalogs call it a standard white blocky type in many markets. It became the dominant white babura in Croatian, Bosnian, and wider Balkan greenhouse production for early, uniform first-class fruit. Parent lines of the F1 have not been published.
Appearance
Growing
Heritage
ExploreVedrana is an F1 hybrid. Named parents aren't linked in Capsi yet.
Tom van der Heide, Enza Zaden Beheer B.V. · 2010
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Sources
FAQ
- How hot is Vedrana?
- Capsi’s sourced range is 0 SHU (Official breeder). Capsi uses a sourced range and a trust tier, not a single marketing number. How we verify heat: https://web.thecapsi.app/learn/heat-and-capsaicin/how-we-measure-heat
- What does Vedrana taste like?
- Sweet, juicy flesh with a mild pleasant aroma and no bitterness. Thick walls stay crisp raw and hold shape when stuffed or roasted.
- How do I grow Vedrana?
- Vedrana: about 100 days to maturity, temperate climate, full sun, hardiness zones 9-11.
- What can I substitute for Vedrana?
- Capsi does not have that recorded yet.