SWEET PEPPERS 

We specialize in heirloom vegetable, flower, and herb seeds. Look here for vegetables bred in a day when taste was the primary selecting criteria. This is the place to go if you want to grow the best tomatoes you ever tasted!
California Wonder PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic	California Wonder PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 75 days. (green > red) Widely adapted standard variety. [Introduced 1928.] A tobacco mosaic-resistant selection of 'California Wonder' pepper, well-known, and preferíred by many market growers and gardeners. A smooth, blocky bell, mostly 4-lobed, with thick walls. Fruits average 6 oz., and meas ...
Sweet Chocolate (Choco) PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Sweet Chocolate (Choco) PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 86 days. (green > chocolate brown) Sweet flavor with a hint of spiciness. Fruits averaging 2.6 oz., are large shiny brown, blocky-shaped chocolate-colored bells, 3- or 4- lobed. Adds an unusual color to salads. Has no "grassy" or "green" taste typical of peppers if harvested in the green stage. ...
	Golden Calwonder PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 72 days. (green > gold) Widely adapted and similar to 'California Wonder'. The thick- walled, golden ripe fruits average 4" across and 5" long. Does well in the Mid-Atlantic. Pkt ...
Keystone Resistant Giant PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed	Keystone Resistant Giant PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed Check Latest Price 79 days. (green > red) A 'California Wonder' type of pepper with large, blocky, pendant fruit (4" x 4-3/4"). Mosaic resistant. Heavy foliage reduces susceptibility to sunscald. Thick stems are breakage-resistant under heavy fruit load. Widely adapted and well suited to the Mid-Atlantic region. P ...
World Beater (Ruby Giant) PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic	World Beater (Ruby Giant) PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 72 days. (green > red) [Introduced before 1912.] Developed from a cross combining the size and production of 'Chinese Giant' with the shape and color of 'Ruby King'. Tall plants produce very large, blocky, non-tapering fruits averaging 5" in length and 3- 1/2" in width. Fruit is thick-fleshed, ...
Yellow Belle PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed	Yellow Belle PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed Check Latest Price 65 days. (yellow > yellow- orange > crimson red) A 'California Wonder' type of bell pepper, mostly four-lobed, thick flesh, borne erect on the plant. Heavy foliage, compact growth, and very attractive. In southern areas fully ripe peppers may develop fungus in the seed cavity during hot weather. ...
Marconi PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Marconi PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 80 days. Fabulous yields with this 7" horn shaped Italian heirloom pepper. Great for frying, drying, or fresh in salads. Flavor is very sweet whether green or red, stands up well to the heat. Pk ...
Sweet Banana (Long Sweet Hungarian) PEPPER, FRYING .5g seed	Sweet Banana (Long Sweet Hungarian) PEPPER, FRYING .5g seed Check Latest Price 70 days. (pale green > yellow > orange > crimson red) Very dependable. [Introduced 1941.] Heavy yields of attractive, sweet peppers pointed in shape, 6" long, 1-1/2" wide. Eaten at any ripeness stage, but sweetest at the crimson stage. Great for colorful salads, frying, and freezing. A joy to ...
Red Cherry (Cherry Sweet) PEPPER, FRYING .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Red Cherry (Cherry Sweet) PEPPER, FRYING .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 70 days. (green > red) [Introduced before 1860.] Shaped like bonbons, these little cherry peppers are a good size for lunch box treats, and they are great for pickling, canning, and stuffing. Bushy 20" plants bear dark crimson-red 1"x1-1/2" fruits. Pkt ...
	Perfection (True Heart) PEPPER, FRYING .5g seed Check Latest Price 80 days. (green > crimson red) Flavorful thick flesh. A tall-growing pepper (30") which bears thick-walled, smooth-skinned, heart-shaped fruits (3" x 2-1/2") underneath open foliage. One of the more flavorful of the sweet peppers. Use fresh or roasted, peeled, and canned. Especially well suit ...
Tequila Sunrise PEPPER, FRYING .5g seed	Tequila Sunrise PEPPER, FRYING .5g seed Check Latest Price 77 days. (green > orange) Sweet and ornamental, the thick-fleshed fruits average 5" long x 1" wide and are borne upright on the plant. Use fresh in salads or cooked. Produces good yields of attractive peppers. Pkt ...
Super Shepherd PEPPER, FRYING .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Super Shepherd PEPPER, FRYING .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 66 days. (green > red-brown > red) This Italian Sweet pepper is our most productive and versatile variety. Produces an early yield of high quality, defect-free fruits. Flesh is thick and juicy and is good fresh, fried or pickled. Heavy foliage cover protects fruit from sunscald. Three to four ...
Orange Bell PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Orange Bell PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 100 days. (green > orange) [Seed from Dr. Craig LeHoullier in North Carolina.] Large, thick-walled, sweet bells. Though later maturing and lower yielding, the quality and flavor is the best of any orange bell we've grown. Fruits are large, blocky bells, 3-1/2" wide by 4" long. An outstanding v ...
Jimmy Nardello's Italian PEPPER, SWEET/DRYING .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Jimmy Nardello's Italian PEPPER, SWEET/DRYING .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 75 days. (green > crimson red) Best sweet variety for drying. This treasure was in our seed bank for 15 years before we grew it in our pepper trials. We should have offered it years ago! This variety is one of the more productive, disease-resistant, and most widely adapted heirloom sweet pepper ...
	Jimmy Nardello's Italian PEPPER, SWEET/DRYING 3g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price ...
	Carolina Wonder PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 75 days. The best nematode-resistant bell for home gardeners. (green > red) [Introduced by SESE in 1999.] The foliage, fruit, and yield of 'Carolina Wonder' are very similar to 'Yolo Wonder B'. This variety is also a potentially valuable line for developing other nematode resistant bell peppers ...
Feherozon PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Feherozon PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price Excellent variety for container gardens , early crops, and northern gardens. 55 days for creamy white fruits. 75 days for red fruit. [Seed from Dr. Terry Berke at the Asian Vegetable Research Center. Introduced by SESE in 1999.] An extra-early, large wax, Hungarian sweet pepper with compact gr ...
Doe Hill Golden Bell PEPPER, FRYING .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Doe Hill Golden Bell PEPPER, FRYING .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price Produces small bell peppers before the larger ones come into season. (green > orange) [Pre-1900 family heirloom from the Doe Hill area in Highland county, VA ] It produces 4 to 6- lobed bright orange, flat shaped bells, 2-1/4" high and 1" wide. The 24" plants are high yielding, are widely adapte ...
Napoleon Sweet PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Napoleon Sweet PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 90 days. 8" long red fruit with sweet, mild flavor. Produces early and keeps going till frost. Very productive, tasty thick fleshed fruit can be used fresh, dried or for frying. Pk ...
Corno Di Toro PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Corno Di Toro PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price [Italian heirloom -- "Horn of the Bull"] 80 days. (green > crimson red) Extremely productive, tall plants produce so much fruit that the plant will do well with a good staking! Thin, 8-10" long fruit, slightly curved. Great flavor, good for frying and cooking. Pkt "A promising variety for market gr ...
Kevin's Early Orange PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed	Kevin's Early Orange PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed Check Latest Price 70 - 80 days. (dark green > orange) Excellent flavor and color. (Selected by Ashland Farmer’s Market growers for taste and earliness) Large blocky bells 3.5" x 4" long with thick walls. The same fine taste as Orange Bell but two weeks earlier and with slightly improved yields. Pkt ...
	Jupiter PEPPER, BELL (SWEET) .5g seed Check Latest Price 75 days. (green>red) One of the largest and best blocky sweet bell peppers ever developed. The sturdy 3-5’ plants have an excellent canopy of dark green leaves to protect the high yields of 4.5” fruit just right for easy stuffing. Pkt ...
	Ashe County Pimento PEPPER, SPICE .5g seed Check Latest Price ...
(Capsicum annuum, Capsicum chinense, and Capsicum baccatum) CULTURE: Sow seeds 8 to 10 weeks before the last frost date for your area. Plant seeds 1/4 inch deep in well-drained soil in shallow flats. Maintain soil temperature at least 75o-85oF (24o-29oC) for good germination. Germination of pepper seed can take 2 to 3 weeks, or sometimes even 4 weeks depending on variety and soil temperature. Wet and cool conditions will cause poor germination and damping off. Transplant to 3” pots as soon as several leaves have developed. Maintain day temperature 75o-80oF (24-27oC), and night temperature at least 65oF (18oC). Water plants with warm water. Transplant again to 5-inch pots if the seedlings become too large. Peppers need to have an uncrowded root system, otherwise subsequent yields will be reduced. Harden the plants by giving them plenty of light and setting them outside for a few hours on warm days. Be careful not to let the plants wilt. Don’t rush the season: a good rule of thumb is to transfer peppers to the garden after the dogwood blossoms have fallen, or when average soil temperature is 65oF (18oC) or above. Space plants 18” apart in rows or blocks. Wait to mulch peppers until July so that the soil can heat up. Small- fruited varieties tolerate hot humid conditions better than large-fruited varieties. Once flowering begins, fertilizer should be withheld; otherwise, flowers may drop without setting fruit. Other factors causing flower drop are low humidity (sometimes caused by wide spacing), poor pollination, full fruit set, or night temperatures above 80oF (27oC) or below 65oF (18oC). In the greenhouse, pollinate peppers the same way tomatoes are pollinated. Maintain high levels of phosphorus for sustained yields. Once fruit production begins, short stakes may be necessary to prevent large-fruited varieties from falling over. FLAVOR: Peppers are fully ripe when orange or red. Although all peppers may be eaten in the green stage, ripening to red or orange increases flavor and nearly doubles the vitamin C content. EXTENDED HARVEST: Before the first killing frost uproot plants and place the roots in a bucket of water and store in a cool location to extend harvest by one month, or grow the variety ‘Doe Hill Golden Bell’ which is an excellent keeper. DISEASES: Peppers are fairly disease resistant, but are susceptible to anthracnose, bacterial leaf spot, and tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). Use resistant varieties and control aphids. Mosaic may not kill plants but will greatly reduce the yield. Keep cigarettes out of the garden and greenhouse. PHYSIOLOGICAL DISEASES: Sunscald is common on varieties that have sparse foliage. Blossom-end rot is less common in peppers than tomatoes, and is due to inadequate calcium supply or uneven supply of water. GREENHOUSE PESTS: Similar to treatment of tomato pests. SEED SAVERS: Wear gloves when collecting seeds from hot peppers. Isolate sweet varieties by 150’, and hot and sweet varieties by 300’. NOTE: Days to maturity are days after transplanting. PACKET: 0.5 g (about 60 to 100 seeds, depending on variety) sows 35 to 100’ of transplants. SEEDS/OZ: 3,500 to 5,000 depending on variety.