Vedrana
Also known as Vedrana F1 · Ведрана · Ведрана F1
Vedrana is a Capsicum annuum f1 hybrid from Enkhuizen, Netherlands. Capsi’s sourced range is 0 SHU (Official breeder). Flavor is sweet, juicy, mild. Used for Eaten fresh at the ivory-green market stage or fully ripe red, stuffed, roasted, sliced into salads and sauces, and preserved as winter pickles. Heat is a range, not a single marketing number.
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
Vedrana is an F1 hybrid. Named parents aren't linked in Capsi yet.
Tom van der Heide, Enza Zaden Beheer B.V. · 2010
Parents
The Russian State Register and Enza Zaden’s own pages both list Vedrana as a first-generation hybrid from Tom van der Heide at Enza in Enkhuizen, admitted in Russia in 2010. Neither those records nor later catalogs name the proprietary parent lines.
Sources
Heat figures in Capsi are tied to a source and a trust tier. How we verify heat
- Official Russian State Register (FGBU Gossortkomissiya) entry for ВЕДРАНА, code 9154906: Capsicum annuum F1, admitted 2010, author Tom van der Heide, applicant Enza Zaden Beheer B.V., Enkhuizen; cuboid glossy fruit 180–220 g, walls 6–7 mm, greenish-white to light red/red, TMV resistant.gossortrf.ru
- Official Enza Zaden Russia product page: elongated-blocky fruit 9 × 13 cm, 220–250 g, technical yellow-green to biological red, 60 days from transplant, Tm:0-2, film greenhouse and open field.enzazaden.com
- Official Enza Zaden Croatia page describing Vedrana as the most successful white babura in Croatia and the region; blocky type, Tm:0-2, greenhouse/tunnel, organic seed available.enzazaden.com
- Official Enza Zaden Asia listing classifying Vedrana as a sweet pepper, blocky crop type, HR Tm:0-2.enzazaden.com
- Register-based variety profile: Tom van der Heide / Enza Zaden, 2010 approval, 80 cm bush, cuboid 9 × 13 cm fruit 180–220 g, greenish-white to red, 95–105 days, 6–7 mm walls, TMV resistant.stroy-podskazka.ru
- Russian growing guide with sowing calendar, 95–100 day maturity, greenhouse and open-field yields, and sweet non-bitter taste.sad24.ru
- Romanian horticultural profile naming Capsicum annuum ‘Vedrana F1’, Enza origin, yellow-green blocky fruit to 200 g, early greenhouse culture, fresh and cooked uses.horticultorul.ro
- Zadarski list / Agroklub feature on Vedrana as the leading white babura in the region: milky-green blocky fruit 150–200 g, mild aroma, fresh, roasting, and winter-preserve uses.zadarskilist.novilist.hr
- Croatian Enza seed listing: extremely early white-bell hybrid, milky-green fruit over 200 g, 85–95 mm, protected culture and open field.pseno.hr
Last updated 19 Sep 2026 at 18:37
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.