20 Pepper Varieties You Need to Know
Leading seed breeders and distributors highlight some of the latest pepper varieties available.
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Autry
This blocky green pepper has high resistance to tobamovirus and intermediate resistance to tomato spotted wilt virus and bacterial spot races 1-10. It matures in 74 days and is best suited for production in the Eastern U.S. Autry produces smooth blocky uniform anthocyaninless fruits. It is the seventh X10R pepper launched by Seminis.
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Baron
Baron is a highly-adaptable, large-fruited Ancho, or Poblano, pepper. It has proven to produce better than other Anchos under challenging conditions. The fruits are very large (average size is 5 inches by 3 inches) and are typically two-lobed, which makes them easy to stuff and cook in their signature dish, chile rellenos. Available from Johnny's Selected Seeds.
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Cornito Giallo
Cornitos is a new class of peppers ranging in size from 1 to 1½ inches wide at the shoulders and 5 inches long. Cornito Giallo matures from green to yellow and is a 2016 All-America Selections winner. Organic seed. Available from Johnny's Selected Seeds.
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Currier
This hybrid bell pepper provides an early and high commercial yield of consistent and uniform blocky-shaped fruit. Fruit are smooth and large to extra large with a glossy deep-green color changing to red. Currier has high resistance to bacterial spot races 1 to 3, and intermediate resistance to cucumber mosaic virus and Phytophthora root rot. Available from Rispens Seeds.
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Galleon
This leading-edge variety offers resistance to bacterial leaf spot races 1 to 10 while maintaining excellent marketability features and high yield potential. When harvested green, the fruit is very dark, smooth, and glossy. Galleon produces extremely uniform, blocky four-lobe fruit that ranges from extra-large to jumbo sized. It is also a high-yielding, low-cull-count variety. Available from Clifton Seed Co.
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Green Festa
A green maturing to red pepper, Green Festa has high resistance to bacterial leaf spot races 1-3. It matures in 70 to 75 days after transplanting in spring/summer growing period. This variety has stable pungency measuring between 1,140 to 1,300 in Scoville heat units and averages 4¾ inches in length. Available from American Takii.
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Giant Ristra
This variety has resistance to tobacco mosaic virus. Giant Ristra is a hot marconi that matures in 75 days and is best suited for production in the desert Southwest, West, and Midwest. This pepper is a 2014 All America Selections Regional Winner (Mountain/Southwest). Giant Ristra produces heavy yields of bright red, very hot, 7-inch chile peppers. Available from Seeds By Design.
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Green Flash
A green-to-red pepper, Green Flash has intermediate resistance to bacterial spot races 1-10. This sweet bell is best suited for production in the Eastern U.S. A Clifton Seed Company exclusive, Green Flash has jumbo-sized, four-lobed fruit. Its dark-green fruit is smooth and glossy. Available from Clifton Seed Co.
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Mammoth
Mammoth is a new jalapeño from US Agriseeds. It produces high quality, uniform, dark green fruit making it ideal for both fresh and processing markets. Superior yields complement its excellent fruit quality. Continuous set provides an extended harvest window. Available from US Agriseeds and Rupp Seeds.
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Mercer
Well suited for production in the Northeast where Phytophthora capsici is a problem. Plants are strong with good cover and produce high-quality large- to extra-large smooth fruit. Available from Siegers Seed Co.
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Outsider
Outsider is a blocky bell with high resistance to bacterial spot races 1-10 and tomato spotted wilt virus. This variety matures early and is best suited for production in the Eastern U.S.
Outsider features quality jumbo and extra-large fruit, thick walls and glossy skin, and fewer harvests are required to reach full yield potential. Available from Syngenta. -
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Playmaker
This bell pepper has high resistance to tobamovirus and intermediate resistance to Phytophthora root rot and bacterial spot races 0-10. Playmaker matures in 75 days and is best suited for production in the Northeast. Available from Seminis and Stokes Seeds.
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Raven
This open-field, place-pack bell pepper features a high amount of blocky, high-quality, extra-large to jumbo green fruit, with resistance to BLS races 1-10. Available from HM Clause.
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Redline
A sweet, blocky pepper, Redline has resistance to tobamovirus races 0-3. This variety is for heated greenhouse production. It boasts a tall crop with good balance and an open-plant type. Redline also is easy to steer and achieve high yield with 210-gram average fruit weight. Availble from Rijk Zwaan.
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Ringleader
Ringleader is a dark-green jalapeño with resistance to bacterial leaf spot races 1-5. It is best suited for production in California, Midwest, and the East Coast. It boasts uniform fruit and mild heat with Scoville Rating of 1,000 to 2,000 Scoville Heat Units. Available from Abbott & Cobb.
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Samurai S10
This green-to-red pepper has high resistance to tobacco mosaic virus and intermediate resistance to bacterial spot races 0-10. Maturing in 70 days, Samurai S10 is best suited for production in the Southeastern U.S. This variety produces has a high-yield potential of glossy fruit with very good firmness and pack out. Available from Sakata Seed America.
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SV3255PB
SV3255PB has resistance to bacterial leaf spot races 0-10. It matures in 75 days and is best suited for production in the East. A high-quality green-to-red pepper, this variety is smooth and firm. Available from Seminis and Rupp Seeds.
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Sweetie TZ Mix
Sweetie TZ Mix is a well-matched sweet snack pepper blend of orange, red and yellow Sweetie TZ. Red and yellow colors are a significant improvement in uniformity of size and shape and match the orange nicely. Early yield potential is also improved, while providing sweet, tender, nearly seedless fruit. Single colors also are available. Available from Seedway.
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Tacana
Tacana is a large, attractive, medium-green hybrid jalapeño. Naturally bred with many superior attributes such as tolerance to BLS 1-3, TMV, and PVY, resistance to cracking, as well as a smooth texture, makes this variety quite an excellent selection. Available from Abbott & Cobb.
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Tracer
This heavy-yielding, open-field bell pepper produces a concentrated set of blocky, extra-large to jumbo green fruit, with resistance to BLS races 1-10. Available from HM Clause.
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Autry
Baron
Cornito Giallo
Currier
Galleon
Green Festa
Giant Ristra
Green Flash
Mammoth
Mercer
Outsider
Playmaker
Raven
Redline
Ringleader
Samurai S10
SV3255PB
Sweetie TZ Mix
Tacana
Tracer
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Rosemary Gordon is editor of American Vegetable Grower, a Meister Media Worldwide publication. See all author stories here.