Sweet Peppers

King of the North just got better. This improved variety is now 10 days earlier to mature. The three or four lobed fruit mature from green to red and have good flavor.

Large bell peppers reliably turn red even where the season is short or weather is cool. Strong, sturdy plants become loaded with big, blocky peppers that are delicious at both green and red stages. Despite the name “King of the North,” gardeners in all areas can succeed with this outstanding variety. 60 days.

This sweet bell pepper starts green and turns to a bright and attractive orange color. Orange King pepper is great for salads, stir fry, or eating fresh for a delicious and healthy snack. Maturity 75 for green peppers, 87 days for orange.

This Cubanelle-type hybrid is more productive with higher quality fruit than standard strains. Light yellow-green peppers are 6-1/2 long and 2-1/2 inches wide with a blunt end. Wonderful for frying. Plants are medium to large, well-branched, and prolific. 65 days.

Large heart-shaped fruit is 4½ inches long and borne on 1½ ft. tall, strong, upright plants. Pimento peppers are often canned, pickled and otherwise processed. Tobacco mosaic virus resistant. 95 to 100 days.

Blocky, thick-walled peppers start out creamy white before turning a beautiful shade of golden orange blushed with red. Peppers have a delicious, sweet flavor, wonderful for fresh salads or baked as a stuffed pepper. This variety is popular in Eastern Europe, where they love it for its color progression and sweet, crispy flesh. Plants are highly resistant to Potato Virus Y. 65 to 70 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.

This extra-large, blocky bell pepper is very thick-walled and capable of becoming just huge. Peppers begin as dark green and ripen to a candy apple red, the stage when the fruit is sweetest. Strong plants are resistant to 3 races of bacterial spot, and continue to produce throughout a long season. Mature green in 70 to 75 days.

Huge, thick-walled elongated bell peppers start out green but ripen to a beautiful, bright golden yellow, at which stage they become extra sweet. These enormous peppers are delicious when eaten fresh, then take on an added dimension of flavor when stir-fried, grilled, or roasted. Average length is 8 inches, but it is not unusual for peppers to get even bigger. 90 days.

Amazingly long, sweet, cayenne-shaped peppers grow to 1 foot long and turn crimson red when ripe. Productive plants bear loads of these crinkly, thin-walled fruit that are perfect for use in stir-fries or whenever a frying pepper is needed. 75 days.

This is a premium ivory bell pepper with 3 to 4 lobes and blocky shape. It retains its creamy white color for an extended period before turning orange, and finally light red. Plants are vigorous, resistant to Tobacco Mosaic Virus and provide excellent cover for these very attractive fruit. 70 days.

Yummy Snack Orange hybrid pepper produces deliciously sweet, and crunchy fruit that are fun to eat. The fruit mature from emerald green to brilliant orange on a plant that continues to produce over the growing season. Pick the ripe fruit each morning and take them with you to snack on during the day! The fruit are 3 ¼ to 3 ¾ inches long, and 1 ¼ inches in width. There are few seeds and plenty of flavor in each bite. Due to the continued fruiting in most environments, plants benefit from support stakes. Well-suited for growing in containers of at least 3 ½ gallons. 65-75 days.

Extra-large blocky bell peppers mature from green to bright yellow on sturdy plants that are highly productive. Thick-walled peppers are 4 to 5 inches long and nearly as wide. They are heavy and quite meaty, perfect for adding bright color and sweetness to salads and stir-fries, or try them roasted and charred on the grill. Plants are resistant to Tobacco Mosaic Virus. 70 days.

These cute little miniature bell peppers are just an inch or two long and feature very sweet flavor. Best when harvested as fully red, they are great for putting out whole on platters or cut up as sweet additions to salads. Compact plants produce an impressive amount of peppers. 55 days.

1 1/2 inch round fruit with a slight taper; turn from deep green to red and have medium-thick walls. Use in salads and for pickling. 78 days.

A new blocky bell pepper that matures from green to yellow. Bred for productivity, Sweet Amarillo really loads up the fruit. It can grow well in the garden or even your greenhouse. 77 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.

This is the first hybrid sweet cherry pepper, offering earlier maturity and more uniform size and shape than open-pollinated cherry peppers. Very productive plants yield loads of 1 1/4-inch round fruit that mature from dark green to bright red. These are best loved for pickling, and the peppers can be used green, red, or halfway in between. 68 days to green.

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.

This favorite Mediterranean pepper has a fresh flavor that is neither hot nor sweet. Dark green peppers are 7 inches long and great for grilling or frying because their thin walls cook quickly. This variety is also known as Italico Hybrid. 65 days.

The Felicity hybrid produces jalapenos with real jalapeno flavor and no heat. The thick-walled fruit are 4 inches long, and weigh between 1 and 1 ½ ounces, maturing from green to red on a robust plant that can be harvested over many weeks. 75 days.

This All America winner is a sweet tasting pepper with brilliant colors. The fruit start green, then change to purple, and finish with red. They have thicker walls than other purple peppers, and the flesh is crispy and flavorful. The interior of the fruit is a bright green, offering a beautiful color contrast in salads. Resistant to Tobamovirus 0-2. 75 days.

Originally from Hungary, this wedge-shaped sweet pepper starts out white then deepens to orange and red when fully ripe. Pendant fruit is about 4½ inches long with thick, sweet flesh, and is produced in great abundance, even when conditions are less than ideal. 75 days.

These cute little miniature bell peppers are just an inch or two long and feature very sweet flavor. Best when harvested as fully yellow, they are great for putting out whole on platters or cut up as sweet additions to salads. Compact plants produce an impressive amount of peppers. 55 days.

This pepper is heart-shaped with thick walls. Some chefs prefer the mild flavor of the pimento. Fruit start out green and change to bright red with 3 x 2.5 “ diameter. Great for salads, grilling, freezing or canning. Plants reach 24 to 30 inches. 65 to 90 day maturity.

PS 09941819 hybrid sweet pepper is a powerhouse producer of large to extra large 7 to 9 ounce blocky bell fruit. Plants set continuously and set later into the season than other similar varieties. Intermediate resistance to phytophthora blight and tobamo virus strain 0. Resistance to bacterial leaf spot races 0-5. 75 day maturity.

Big Ben hybrid pepper offers large lusciously sweet (6% brix) blocky fruit with a beautiful shiny appearance turning from green to brilliant red. Some fruit reach 12 ounces. Perfect for salads or stir-fry. Vigorous plants are 20 to 26 inches tall. 75 days.

Kaptur hybrid pepper is a kapia type pepper, which are very popular in Turkey and Eastern Europe. They have rich flavor and vibrant color. They can be grown in high tunnels or in your garden, maturing from green to deep red and reaching 7 inches in length with weights of 5 to 6 ounces. Continuous fruiting under most conditions. Great flavor for eating fresh, or for canning. The firm fruit last a few extra days in cold storage. Kaptur is also excellent for baking or roasting. A favorite of our friend Big Jim Gorman. 70 days.