Colossal bell peppers can easily reach 8 inches long and are as sweet as can be, especially when they are left to turn bright red. Plants are sturdy and quite productive, but it is good to provide a support for plants because they can be weighed down by the abundance of heavy fruit. This is an old Ozark variety with great flavor and impressive size. 85 days.
Also known as the Ghost Pepper, this is one of the hottest peppers in the world, bearing extremely hot, red fruit about 2½ inches long. In 2007, Guiness World Book of Records named it the hottest pepper and listed it as 1,002,304 Scoville units. It has since been surpassed, but it’s still plenty hot and should be handled with great care. Germination may take up to one month. 100 days.
Incredibly sweet and delicious, medium-large, 3 or 4-lobed bell peppers mature from green to an attractive chocolate color. Eat them at the fully ripe stage and you'll know that they're something special. Plants are tobacco mosaic virus resistant. 67 days to green, 85-88 days to chocolate.
AAS WINNER. Sweet peppers in the Italian bull’s horn style mature at least a week earlier than comparative types, making them easier for shorter-season gardeners to grow. Beautiful fruit have the traditional horn shape and grow to 6 inches long and 2½ inches wide. 75 days.
Deliciously sweet Italian peppers turn a rich shade of purple when they are fully ripe, adding a beautiful new color choice to Marconi peppers. Expect plentiful harvests of these peppers, which become about 6-in. long with a tapered shape ending in a blunt tip. Traditionally used for frying, Marconis are also wonderful when eaten fresh. Create a beautiful salad with Purple Marconi, either by itself or in combination with the red and golden versions. 90 days.
Deep-red, extremely sweet, 7 inch long Italian peppers are tapered with a blunt end. Often used for frying, but are also delicious when eaten fresh. Later to mature than a bell pepper, but also sweeter. Vigorous plants bear loads of high quality fruit. 90 days.
Very prolific variety with bright red, 3-1/2 inch oval fruit that is less heart-shaped than Pimento L. Plants are resistant to tobacco mosaic virus. 85 days.
2016 AAS WINNER. Cornitos are smaller versions of Corno di Toro, well regarded for being delicious but sometimes slow to ripen. These new peppers are earlier and smaller at 5 to 6 inches long, but just as delicious with a sweet, fruity flavor. Peppers turn a beautiful bright yellow and appear early in the season on up until frost. Great when raw, grilled or roasted. 55 days green; 75 days yellow.
The name of this pepper says it all, because it is just perfect for making into homemade salsa! The heat level is in the medium range, about the same as Jalapeno. Also useful for picante sauce and various other Mexican dishes. The smooth green peppers are 8 to 9 inches long and 1 inch wide, ripening to red. 73 days.
Large to extra-large jalapeno produces high yields of uniform, smooth peppers with the classic jalapeno shape ending in blunt tips. Peppers have a high pungency rating and are reliably hot. Large, vigorous plants are widely adaptable to a variety of climates and highly resistant to Potato Y virus and Bacterial Spot races 0-3 and 7-8. 75 days.
AAS WINNER. Outstanding yield, good looks and flavor combine with earliness to make this pepper a winner. Wedge-shaped fruit is 3 to 5 inches long, pale yellow at first, maturing to orange-red; very sweet when ripe. Plants perform well in both hot and cool regions. 60 days.
Golden-yellow at full maturity, these peppers are thick-walled, meaty, and really sweet. Square-shaped fruits are about 4 inches long and wide, and grow upright on healthy plants. Expect great production of these beautiful peppers. 73 days.