Category Archives: Varieties to Grow

Sweet Banana Bell Pepper

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance: heat-tolerant; also good for cool gardens Notes: Recommended by Sylvia Thompson in her “Kitchen Garden” as a heat-tolerant sweet pepper plant that will set fruit if you live where daytime temperatures in summer are routinely in […]

Super Heavyweight Bell Pepper

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: sweet bell pepper Shape: blocky bell pepper Color: ? Maturity: 77 days Size: “enormous, blocky pepper” Yield: ? Taste: “delicious sweet flavor” Disease Resistance: “Strong, disease-resistant plants” Notes: Sources: (where to buy) my seed came from Gurney’s, but as of 2013 it is no longer listed on their site. Results from […]

Quadrato Asti Giallo Bell Pepper

Details Capsicum annuum Open-Pollinated: yes Type: sweet bell pepper Shape: blocky bell pepper Color: ripens gold from green Maturity: 70-80 days from transplant Size: “huge, blocky Italian bell” Yield: ? Taste: “a touch of spice in its sweetness” Disease Resistance: ? Notes: Recommended gold bell pepper variety by Sylvia Thompson’s “The Kitchen Garden”. Described as […]

Purple Beauty Bell Pepper

Details Open-Pollinated: yes Type: sweet bell pepper Shape: Stocky Bell pepper Color: Green then ripens to dark purple Maturity: 70-80 days Size: 18-24″ plants produce 3-3.5″ long x 2.5-3″ diameter peppers with thick walls Yield: “very productive” Taste: Crisp & succulent Disease Resistance: ? Notes: Recommended by Sylvia Thompson in “The Kitchen Garden” as an open-pollinated […]

Lorelei Bell Pepper

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: stocky bell Color: purple skin with green flesh; ripens to red Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance: ? Notes: Recommended purple bell pepper variety by Sylvia Thompson’s “The Kitchen Garden”. Described as “a stocky bell the color of eggplant – its green flesh beneath the […]

Ivory Charm Bell Pepper

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: bell Color: start practically waxy-white, changing very little until they end pale yellow-gold Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: mild green, unripe pepper Disease Resistance: ? Notes: Recommended “ivory” bell pepper variety by Sylvia Thompson’s “The Kitchen Garden”.

Islander Bell Pepper

Details Open-Pollinated: yes Type: ? Shape: bell Color: start violet then yellow with orange streaks, ripening fully to a rich dark red; lavender skin seems to glow from the inside due to cream/pale yellow flesh Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: bitter until they deepen in color Disease Resistance: ? Notes: Recommended “lavender” bell […]