Sweet Peppers
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.
This is an outstanding bell pepper variety that produces a concentrated set even in cool weather. Extra-large, blocky thick-walled peppers are four-lobed, about 4½ inches long and wide, with firm flesh turning from green to brilliant red. Resistant to phytophthora, 4 races of bacterial leaf spot, and cucumber mosaic virus. 72 days.
Cayenne Sweetness looks hot and you will be tempted to think it is even after harvest, but it has neither heat or pungency, only the sweet taste of the true flavor of a cayenne. Bright 5 inch pods can be eaten fresh, or mixed in a salad. Cut them up and add to an omelet, or saute them with onions or shallots for a special side dish. 75 days.
This widely adapted pepper produces an abundant set of fruit that mature from green to red on plants reaching up to 30 inches in height. There are so many fruit, you will be challenged to keep up with the green roasters while many turn to red for a sweeter and more complex flavor. Fruit are normally harvested between 6 and 7 inches in length, and 1 ½ inches in width. 75 days.
An improved Santa Fe Grande type that offers earliness, superior size, milder flavor, and higher yields. Fleshy peppers, 4 in. long and 2 in. wide, ripen from yellow to red and have 500 to 600 Scoville units. Use them for salsas, sauces, and pickling, or try them stuffed and then grilled. Vigorous plants set fruit continuously throughout the season. 66 days.
King George offers the promise of great things to come. The vigorous and productive plants produce an abundance of Royal Jumbo and Extra Large fruit. Fruits mature early as they change from green to red. It is hard to have both size and early maturity with other peppers, but you can have both with the King! In addition the King has added protection from bacterial leaf spot, plus a tolerance to Phytophthora blight. Strong plants benefit from staking. 72 days.
A smaller version of Corno di Toro Red and Carmen, these very sweet peppers are 5 to 6 inches long and 2 inches wide. Although delicious cut up raw into salads, their flavor deepens and intensifies when peppers are roasted or grilled. Abundant harvests are ready early in the season and keep on coming well into Fall. 60 days green; 80 days red.
A great disease-protection package offers resistance to 9 races of bacterial spot and contributes to a big production of premium-quality peppers. Strong, prolific plants can continuously set peppers that are extra large and blocky with thick walls and good, crisp flavor. They begin as green, then mature to a brilliant red. Tobacco Mosaic Virus resistant and widely adaptable to most growing areas. 72 days.
Early season 3 to 4 - lobed blocky bell pepper that sets fruit even under adverse conditions. Recommended for the North and other short season areas. Deep green peppers mature to red. Tobacco mosaic resistant. 60 days.
Before bell peppers began to dominate sweet pepper offerings, people grew more pimento peppers for their meaty, sweet flesh and thick walls. This Ohio family heirloom could convince you to try them again. The fruit has a rich, aromatic flavor that is great for eating fresh, roasted, cooked, or canned. They are sturdy, 2½ inches long and wide, rounded and ribbed with few seeds. Easy to grow with big yield potential. 70 days.
Sweet cubanelle peppers are 6 to 7 inches long and excellent for frying or eating fresh in salads. Light green, 3-lobed peppers are most often eaten in the green stage, but when they turn red, they become even sweeter and more nutritious. Vigorous plants are resistant to three races of bacterial spot. 70 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.