Sweet Peppers
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.
When you buy a packet of the Rainbow blend, you get green, red, yellow, orange and purple colored bell peppers. The multitude of colors makes this a very popular mix. What a nice presentation at a farmer’s market and what a nice treat for your friends and family. Average maturity 60 days.
ALL AMERICA SELECTIONS WINNER. Bright yellow-gold Italian-type sweet peppers are 7 to 9 inches long with a tapered tip. These peppers are richly flavored, juicy, and meaty, making them wonderful for eating fresh, grilling, or roasting. If you’ve never tasted a perfectly ripe, roasted golden pepper, you are in for a special treat. This variety can be compared to Golden Marconi, but has earlier maturity. 70 days.
After trialing successfully in multiple locations across the U.S. this pepper has what it takes to be a top performer in your farm or garden. Yield potential is very high, and you also have protection from bacterial leaf spot races 1-3, 7 and 8, plus Tobacco Mosaic Virus. The blocky bell shaped fruit ripen from green to orange very quickly, and measure 3.5 by 4”. Ripe green fruit are available in just 55 to 60 days from transplant, and mature orange fruit in 70 to 75 days. And did we mention, it is really a sweet treat?
Many commercial growers know about this pepper because of the jumbo sized fruit that sells quickly at the produce stand. However, home gardeners can now benefit from the productivity, large size, thick walls, and great taste. It has resistance to TMV as well. 75 days
Although technically a frying pepper, this is one of the sweetest non-bell peppers you’ll ever taste. Bright red, 6 to 8 inch long peppers are only about 1 inch wide and taper from the shoulder to tip, with a curving, somewhat wrinkled appearance. They are great for adding to salads or cooking into stir-fries. 80 days.
Old-fashioned bell pepper is huge - 5 to 6 inches deep and wide, but grows on a compact, bushy plant. When this variety is fully ripened, it turns bright red and is very sweet. Thick-walled, blocky fruit is absolutely perfect for making stuffed peppers. Early maturity and long harvests. 75 days.
Italian “bull’s horn” colorful sweet peppers are 8 to 10 inches long and curved like a bull’s horn. Ripen to deep red and are delicious fresh in salads, but more often are sauteed or grilled. Prolific tall plants. 68 days.
Beautiful deep-orange bell pepper is from 4 to 5 inches long and not quite as wide. Thick walls and very sweet flavor make this a wonderful addition to salads, stir fries, or any use when gorgeous color and sweet taste are desired. 80 days.
AAS WINNER. Vigorous plants bear gorgeous 2 to 3-lobed peppers that turn bright orange quickly. The fruit is 3 to 4 inches long and 1½ inches wide with a very sweet flavor, providing early harvests of delicious peppers just right for cutting into salads or for use in cooked dishes. Plants are vigorous and highly disease resistant. 65-70 days.
This beautiful amethyst pepper from Holland sets early and grows to a blocky 4½ inches deep and 4 inches across. Peppers begin as lavender and stay that color for a long time before fading to a lovely orange, then finally red. Strong plants are Tobacco Mosaic Virus resistant and tolerant to blossom end rot. 72 days.
Very early, colorful bell peppers start out as ivory, turn persimmon orange, then finally mature to red. Fruit is typically in all 3 color stages at one time, making for a striking appearance in the garden. Peppers are 4 to 5 inches long and very sweet. Great production and continuous fruiting on short, compact plants. 60 days.