Beyond Bell Peppers: 15 Peppers to Check Out
Want to grow peppers beyond bell peppers? Then take a look at these 15 varieties, which range from jalapenos to Hungarian to poblanos.
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Cornito Giallo from Johnny's Selected Seeds
Type: Mini Corno di Toro/Bull's Horn
Color: Yellow
Days to maturity: 55 days green, 75 day red ripe
Region(s): Widely Adaptable
Other: Bred by Janika Eckert, Cornito Giallo has early, attractive fruits on a strong plant, delicious flavor. -
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Cornito Rosso from Johnny's Selected Seeds
Type: Mini Corno di Toro/Bull's Horn
Color: Red
Days to maturity: 60 days green, 80 day red ripe
Region(s): Widely Adaptable
Other: Cornito Rosso, bred by Janika Eckert, has Early, attractive fruits on a strong plant, delicious flavor. -
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Crackle from Stokes Seeds
Breeder: Sakata
Type: Finger, hot
Color: Dark green
Days to maturity: 60 to 70
Region(s): Northeast; Mid-Atlantic; Midwest
Other: Sturdy plants with peppers rating 1,500 to 3,000 on the Scoville scale -
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GVS 42029 F1 from Golden Valley Seed
Type: Hot pepper, Thai type, upright cluster
Color: Green to red
Disease package: Potato virus Y; Tobacco etch virus; Tobamo po virus
Days to maturity: Very early
Region(s): All over US
Other: Good for commercial production; home garden; potted plants; hobby gardens -
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Hitman from Enza Zaden
Type: Ancho/poblano
Color: Green
Disease package: High resistance to Tobamovirus pathotype (0)
Region(s): Eastern U.S.
Other: Hitman is a new open field poblano pepper that has an attractive dark green, glossy color. The well-covered plant provides protection for the fruit from the sun and produces high yields of uniformly large, dark-green fruit. Its medium early maturity and high percentage of large 2 lobe peppers make this an excellent choice for growers throughout the eastern U.S. -
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Lola from Sakata Seed America
Type: Sweet banana pepper
Color: Light yellow to bright red
Disease package: High resistance to bacterial spot (Xcv):0-3, 7-8, 11. Intermediate resistance to Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV)
Days to maturity: 65 to 70 from transplant
Region(s): Ideal for areas where bacterial leaf spot and/or TSWV are a concern
Other: Widely adapted, great disease package. Vigorous plants with good cover. -
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Masivo from Rispens Seeds
Breeder: U.S. Agriseeds
Type: Poblano/ancho
Color: green to red
Disease resistance: High resistance to tobacco mosaic tobamovirus (TMV)
Region(s): Midwest, Northeast
Other: High quality, extra large fruit; 1,500-4,000 SHU -
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Mexican Sunrise F1 from Seeds by Design
Type: Hungarian papper
Color: green, yellow, orange to red
Days to maturity: 60 to 65 from transplant
Other: These earlier maturing conical pendant shaped peppers produce a thick walled fruit that can be eaten at any stage. The fruits are semi-hot, attractive peppers which can be used for ornamental purposes as well as for processing, pickling and fresh preparations. It grows 6 to 7 inches long, and it won the All America Seletions award for Southeast and Mountain/Southwest. -
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Mexican Sunset F1 from Seeds by Design
Type: Hot wax pepper
Color: Green, yellow, orange to red
Days to maturity: 80 to 85 from seed; 60 to 65 from transplant
Other: Mexican Sunset Pepper F1 is a compact, high-heat Hungarian hot wax pepper. It won the All America Selections award for the Southeast. Fruit sets early, then prolifically throughout the summer. These conical pointed peppers produce a thick walled fruit that can be eaten at any stage. -
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Red Crest from Takii & Co.
Type: Conical sweet pepper
Color: Red
Disease package: High Resistance to TMV, tomato mosaic tobamovirus (ToMV) and pepper mild mottle tobamovirus (PMMoV)
Days to maturity: As early as 105 days from transplant
Region(s): Widely adaptable in all pepper growing regions
Other: Medium to thick wall, sweet taste. Early fruit set that matures from green to crimson -
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Ringleader from Abbott & Cobb, Inc.
Distributor: Burpee Seeds
Type: Jalapeno
Color: Dark green
Disease package: Bacterial leaf spot (BLS): 1-5
Days to maturity: Main season
Region(s): California, Midwest, and East Coast
Other: Excellent set, easy de-stem, uniform fruit and very mild heat (Scoville rating: 1,000 - 2,000 SHU) -
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SV8066HJ X3R from Rupp Seeds
Breeder: Seminis
Type: Jalapeno
Color: Dark green to red
Disease package: BLS: 0-3; 7-8
Days to maturity: 74
Region(s): Eastern U.S.
Other: Jalapeno flavor with no heat. Great to blend with hot jalapenos to customize heat level. -
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Takara from Sakata Seed America
Type: Shishito pepper
Color: Bright green to bright red
Days to maturity: 60 from transplant
Region(s): Florida (July-January); East Coast, and Northeast for summer. Good for West Coast and Mexico, too
Other: May exhibit some fruit that are spicy or pungent under varying climate conditions such as stress like hot and dry conditions. This phenomenon is a distringuishing feature of shishito peppers. -
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Trident from Rupp Seeds
Breeder: Sakata Seed America
Type: Acho
Color: Dark green to red
Disease package: TMV
Days to maturity: 80 to 85
Region(s): Eastern U.S.
Other: Extra-large, glossy fruit, suited for multiple harvests. Good dry weight ratio. -
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Yellow Crest from Takii & Co.
Type: Conical sweet pepper
Color: Yellow
Disease package: High Resistance to TMV, ToMV, and PMMoV
Days to maturity: As early as 105 days from transplant
Region(s): Widely adaptable to all pepper growing regions
Other: Medium to thick wall, sweet taste. Early fruit set that matures from green to yellow
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Cornito Giallo from Johnny's Selected Seeds
Cornito Rosso from Johnny's Selected Seeds
Crackle from Stokes Seeds
GVS 42029 F1 from Golden Valley Seed
Hitman from Enza Zaden
Lola from Sakata Seed America
Masivo from Rispens Seeds
Mexican Sunrise F1 from Seeds by Design
Mexican Sunset F1 from Seeds by Design
Red Crest from Takii & Co.
Ringleader from Abbott & Cobb, Inc.
SV8066HJ X3R from Rupp Seeds
Takara from Sakata Seed America
Trident from Rupp Seeds
Yellow Crest from Takii & Co.
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Carol Miller is Editor of American Vegetable Grower. See all author stories here.