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 “a huge, blocky Italian bell with a touch of spice in its sweetness. She also notes that since golden peppers tend to be softer when ripe, harvest them just as they turn their final color.
  

Sources: (where to buy)

• Seed Saver’s Exchange

Results from My Garden:

• 2011: 1 plant produced 3 peppers;  average weight: 2 oz
• 2012: not a good year in my garden for peppers;