Sweet Peppers

Plants are well established in 2½" square pots that are 3½" deep to provide our customers with larger, healthier plants.

NOTE: Number of days from transplanting until harvest is only for comparison purposes between varieties. Actual number of days may vary with location, climate, weather, and other conditions.

BELL and ROUND

Bull Nose   $3.00 New Sorry, not available
65-70 days. An early type of bell pepper; indeed one of the earliest known--grown throughout America prior to 1800! Rather short, very square fruits are true bells. Reputedly similar to the type grown at Monticello by Thomas Jefferson. Ripen green to red, and posessing an aromatic pungency that isn't really heat, but rather a unique fullness of flavor. A very intiguing variety, and well worth trying in the modern heirloom garden.

California Wonder   $3.00
70-75 days. An excellent green bell pepper. Nice size and very good yield. A popular old-time variety that holds its own against modern types as well as heirlooms of more rarified pedigree.

Charleston Belle  $3.00
70 days. The first nematode-resistant bell pepper. Large, beautiful fruit are smooth and of good quality. A great pepper for the south and any area where nematodes are a major problem. Attractive, compact plants produce fairly early. Developed by the USDA at Charleston, South Carolina.

Chinese Giant  $3.00 New
75 days. Gorgeous green fruits ripening to red, reaching to 6 inches long by 4- to 5 inches across. Very thick walled and sweet. Yet plants are compact and bushy--very striking in the garden! A Burpee introduction circa 1900.

Emerald Giant    $3.00 Sorry, Not available
78 days. Large, blocky bells have thick, sweet flesh. Dark green fruit turn red when ripe. Vigorous plants give heavy yields. A good variety for the south. Developed in 1963.

Golden Cal Wonder   $3.00
75 days. Productive like regular Cal Wonder, but this one ripens to a bright golden-yellow. Elegant in salads or other dishes alongside green, red, and purple peppers. Reliable cropper in the North.

Jupiter   $3.00 
70 days.  Produces exceptionally large, thick-walled bells that turn from green to red at maturity. Robust, disease resistant plants.

King of the North   $3.00
57-68 days—Bull-nose type, elongated bells reaching  6 inches long by 4 inches wide, tapering slightly and with medium-thick walls. Tolerates cold weather better than most varieties. Prolific, sprawling plants. Especially valuable in short-season areas, but of great usefulness wherever very early sweet peppers are desired.

Mini-Red Bell    $3.00
60 days—Perfect little miniature bells, fruits being only about 1.5 inches tall and wide. Thick-walled fruits ripen to a deep red. Productive plants to 2 feet tall. Ideal stuffed, making very unusual hors d'ouvres.

Orange Sun   $3.00   May ship dates only
80 days. Beautiful bell peppers are a glowing cheerful orange in color. The thick flesh is intensely sweet and fruity. Makes a nice, large bell that is a joy to behold, whether in the garden or on the table!

Paradicsom Alaku Sarga   $3.00
A spectacular little pepper from Hungary.  Round fruits to 3 inches in diameter, flattened and deeply ribbed. This pepper has sweet, incredibly thick walls that stay crisp. The compact, productive plants are loaded with bright yellow-orange fruits. We always grow this superior variety as it is one of our very favorites, year in and year out.

Purple Beauty   $3.00
75 days. Purple peppers are always a favorite, as they are so colorful. This variety produces loads of beautiful bells on compact, bushy plants. Crisp texture and mild, sweet flavor makes this one popular with everyone. Purple ripening to red.

Quadrato d' Asti Giallo   $3.00
80 days. The giant yellow Quadrato bell pepper. The huge fruit are a favorite. Beautiful and blocky, with very thick walls; the flavor is outstanding--sweet and rich! This Italian variety gives very heavy yields. This superb pepper is a real winner!

Quadrato d' Asti Rosso   $3.00 
80 days. Very thick brilliant red flesh. The fruit are huge. Delicious rich-sweet taste. Excellent for frying, salads, or stuffing. One of the largest red bells. Beautiful and blocky. A really choice variety. Produces large yields. Very often seen in the markets of Italy. Superb!

Red Cheese   $3.00  May ship dates only
75-80 days. Our very favorite sweet pepper at Abundant Acres. Not quite a bell-type, these are more round. They look like a medium size tomato 3-4 inches across. Thich-walled, sweet, rich-tasting, they're good any way you use a sweet pepper. But we relish them as stuffed peppers. Productive for us right up to frost.

NON-BELL

Aconcagua    $3.00  Sorry, not available
 70-75 days. Long fruits to 10 inches, starting yellow-green and ripening to red. Plants to 30 inches. Very full-flavored sweet pepper. Exceptionally good for frying or roasting. Productive in our 2006 trial garden.

Alma Paprika   $3.00
70-80 days. Thick-walled, round fruits produced abundantly all season. Excellent for drying and grinding into paprika powder. The plants make a brave show in the garden, with the cream-colored fruits ripening through orange and finally to red. Compact plants in our 2009 garden.

Antohi Romanian   $3.00  New
55-75 days. Thick-walled fruits reach 4 inches long by 2 inches wide and taper gracefully to a point. They start out ivory or pale yellow, ripening in time to a very sweet-tasting red. Plants are moderately productive, but the flavor is exceptionally good--frying in hot olive oil is recommended to bring out all its complexity. Jan Antohi was an acrobat who defected to the U.S. When he visited his native Romania in 1991, he brought this treasure with him.

Çorbaci    $3.00  New
60-89 days. Also called Sari Tatli Sivri in Turkey, where it has been grown since at least 1900. Very long sweet pepper, shaped like a Turkish scimitar, 7" long and 1/2" wide, sometimes taking on a corkscrew shape, which is quite unique and exceptionally attractive. Exceptionally prolific as well, averaging over 90 fruits per plant in one University of California trial, and beating 28 other varieties! Sufficiently thick-walled to serve as a frying pepper, yet thin-walled enough to dry well. Makes positively outrageous chili ristras!

Giant Szegedi   $3.00
75-85 days—Heirloom from the town of Szeged, in Hungary, where they really know their peppers! Pendant, thick-fleshed, bullet-shaped paprika-type fruits occasionally exceed 4 inches in length. Starts out white, progresses through orange to an eventual red. Fruits are produced in some profusion, having averaged over 2 pounds per plant in a University of Wisconsin trial. Plants reach 16-20 inches in height. This variety shows some tolerance to verticillium wilt and does quite well in cooler summer areas.

Golden Treasure   $3.00
80-100 days. A fine Italian heirloom. Rich yellow-gold, tapered, two-lobed fruit to 9 inches, having fairly thick flesh and very thin skin. Excellent for roasting, frying or fresh eating.

Jimmy Nardello Sweet   $3.00
80-90 days. Introduced by Seed Savers Exchange. Original seed provided by the late Jimmy Nardello, Naugatuk, Connecticut, whose family brought the seeds from the village of Ruoti, Italy, in 1887. Compact, 24-inch plants produce loads of 10-12 inch long, slender, crinkly fruits that are fine for frying.  A very popular variety.

Marconi, Golden   $3.00
80-90 days. A late Italian pepper with beautiful, big, yellow, 7", tapering fruit; very sweet, superb for frying or fresh use. This wonderful heirloom is delicious and mild. 

Marconi, Red    $3.00 May ship dates only
70-85 days. Another Italian variety. Fruits to 12-inches long, 3-inches across, sweet, thin-skinned, great for frying. We've often enjoyed these roasted and peeled, and served as a side dish with barbeque or a roast. Exceptional production in our 2009 garden, fraught as it was with cool temperatures and excessive rainfall. Now a staple variety here and one we will never willingly be without.

Melrose    $3.00 Sorry, not available
This is a superb heirloom frying pepper, brought from Italy long ago. The 4" fruit turn brilliant red, with flavor that is rich and very sweet. Great fried or fresh, a true Italian variety that seems to have been widely grown in the Chicago area. 

Pepperoncini, Golden Greek   $3.00  New
65 days. Moderately thin-walled fruits are harvested at about 3 inches in length and used mainly for pickling. At this stage they are an appealing green-gold in hue, wrinkled somewhat, and tapering to a blunt end reminiscent of a tiny bell pepper. This is the variety usually seen in commercial pickled pepperoncini. Produced lavishly on very short, sprawling plants.

Red Belgian    $3.00
80 days. 3-4" fruits are wedge-shaped. Fruit starts out ivory to pale yellow and ripens to a deep red, but is mainly hidden beneath the dense foliage. An especially fine-flavored sweet pepper. Very compact plants.

Tequila Sunrise   $3.00
70 days—Gorgeous yellow-orange fruits look like glossy miniature carrots. Frequently reaching 6 inches in length the peppers carry a distinctive transverse fold near the stem end. Thick-walled fruits are a delight, sliced into rings in salads. A serious multi-tasker, grown in containers on the patio or deck where its beauty can be appreciated!

Thai Long Sweet    $3.00 Sold out for 2010
Light-green fruit are about 5-6" long, with a tapered and pointed frying-pepper shape. Great for grilling or frying, this pepper is very popular in Thailand. We are happy to offer this rare and delicious variety. Outstanding vigor and productivity in our 2007 garden. Robust plants.