Category Archives: Varieties to Grow

Gypsy Bell Pepper

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: tapered bell pepper Color: orange-red Maturity: kind of early Size: thin-walled Yield: ? Taste: “fine flavor and fruitfulness” per vendor Disease Resistance: tobacco mosaic virus resistant; good for cool summers but also is heat-tolerant Notes: Recommended variety by Sylvia Thompson in “The Kitchen Garden” for places with cool summers. It […]

Golden Summer Bell Pepper

Details Open-Pollinated: yes Type: hybrid Shape: ? Color: lime green peppers ripen to golden yellow Maturity: 67 days Size: blocky fruit with thick walls Yield: high yields, per vendor Taste: mild, sweet flavor Disease Resistance: tobacco mosaic virus resistance Notes: Recommended by Sylvia Thompson’s “The Kitchen Garden”

Gator Bell Pepper

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: bell Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance: heat tolerant 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 the 80s and 90s.

Fat ‘N Sassy Sweet Bell Pepper

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: bell Color: red Maturity: 65 days to maturity Size: big, bulky peppers; thick-walled, 4.5″ peppers Yield: ? Taste: “excellent flavor” Disease Resistance: “disease tolerant” Notes: Sources: (where to buy) My seed came from Gurney’s, but as of 2013 it was no longer available from them Results from My Garden: 2010: […]

Dove Sweet Bell Pepper

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: ? Color: ivory (ivory stage is only transitional, and a rare color for peppers. They start practically waxy-white, changing very little until they end pale yellow-gold) Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste:  taste like a mild green, unripe pepper Disease Resistance: ? Notes: Recommended “ivory” bell pepper variety by […]

Cubanelle Sweet Bell Pepper

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: bell Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance: heat tolerant Notes: Recommended by Sylvia Thompson in “Kitchen Garden” as a heat-tolerant sweet pepper plant that will set fruit if you live where daytime temperatures in summer are routinely in the 80s and 90s.

Cal Wonder Bell Pepper

Details Open-Pollinated: heirloom Type: sweet bell pepper Shape: bell Color: red Maturity: 65-75 days to maturity Size: 18-24″ tall plant produces 4″ peppers Yield: ? Taste: sweet and juicy, not pungent Disease Resistance: ? Notes: Thick, glossy skins, per vendor Sources: (where to buy) Seeds of Change Results from My Garden: 2010: 1 or 2 plants; didn’t produce […]

Cal Wonder Orange Bell Pepper

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: sweet bell pepper Shape: bell Color: orange Maturity: early; 60-80 days Size: 4″ long, 3.5″ diameter, 18-24″ plants (per vendor) Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance: good canopy cover to prevent sunscald Notes: peppers like to have lots of calcium and phosphorous Sources: (where to buy) My seeds were purchased from Seeds […]