Sweet Peppers

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.