Incredible speed and uniformity combine with amazing disease resistance. The fruits are smooth and dark-skinned with light speckles, and they have no trouble setting in hot weather. Choose Desert for long season production and for harvests right into the cooler weather of autumn. Plant two staggered crops for the longest harvest period. Start the first batch indoors in May and transplant out after six weeks. Start the second batch in late June and transplant for late July/early August. This will keep the fruits coming even if the fist crop succumbs to late summer mildew.