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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 […]

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 […]