Pepper Varieties for 2008

Sweet Peppers (24 varieties)

Blue Jay F1 –lavender purple bell shaped fruit ripen through orange to red – striking!

Chervena Chusaica – prolific carrot shaped, long, green fruit ripen red, very sweet

Chocolate Beauty F1 – blocky dark green bell ripens chocolate brown, sweet

Chocolate Bell F1 – large blocky green peppers ripen deep brown, a favorite, rare, very sweet

Corno di Toro – large, long deep green peppers ripen red, very productive

Cubanelle – also prolific, pale, lime green frying peppers ripen orange

Early Sunsation F1 – blocky green bell ripens a rich yellow, productive, sweet

Golden Marconi – similar to Corno di Toro, but ripens from green to bright yellow

Gypsy F1 – appears to be a hybrid version of the Cubanelle type – yellow, ripens to orange red, prolific

Islander F1 – similar to Blue Jay – amazing color changes as it ripens from lavender to red!

Italia – classic long Italian frying pepper, dark green ripening to red, very sweet

Jimmy Nardello – insane yields! Tall plant yields dozens of long, slender, twisty green fruit that ripen red

Jupiter – large blocky green bell ripens red, very popular variety from the 1950s

Lipstick – compact plant, loads of elongated dark green fruit ripen deep red, very sweet

Marconi Red – similar to Corno di Toro – similarly flavorful, productive – green to red

Orange Bell – blocky green fruit ripens deep orange, incredible flavor, my favorite bell

Purple Beauty – blocky dark green fruit ripen to nearly black purple, then deep red, very prolific

Red Belgium – very early and compact, pale yellow long bells ripen red orange (very few available)

Sarga Czeresdyne – very unusual; small top shaped green fruit ripen to deep orange, spicy, sweet, peppery

Super Shepherd – a great long frying type pepper, ripens deep green to deep red

Super Stuff – new this year, pale yellow long bell type ripens red orange, great flavor

Sweet Hungarian – the classic long pale yellow sweet banana pepper, ripens orange to pale red

Tawny Port F1 – long bell shaped green fruit ripen to rich brick red/brown, very prolific

Yellow Belle II – also new this year, green bell ripens yellow, tasty

Hot Peppers (26 varieties)

Ancho – (aka Poblano) – heart shaped deep green fruit ripen brown to deep red, mildly hot

Billy Goat – deep green, top shaped, Habanero relative, incredible heat, ripen red (just a few)

Bird – tiny, pea shaped lime green fruit, blush purple in the sun, ripen gold, Habanero heat!

Bolivian Rainbow – small flame shaped peppers, purplish foliage, peppers go yellow, purple, orange, to red

Bulgarian Carrot – new this year, medium long green fruit ripen rich orange, rich but spicy flavor

Centennial Rainbow – green leaf, white flowers, bullet fruit pale yellow to lavender to orange to red, very hot!

Festival – purple/green foliage, purple flowers, multicolored bullet shaped fruit

Fish – foliage green and white; Jalapeno shaped peppers green/white striped, ripen red

Five Color - tall plant, purplish foliage, very hot, purple to ivory to yellow to orange to red!

Gemstone – small compact plant, purple foliage, five colored fruit, lovely

Golden Cayenne – longer than the red Cayenne – deep green ripens to bright yellow

Gumdrop – green leaf, white flowers, round yellow fruit ripen lavender through red, very hot!

Jalapeno M – just a good productive strain of the classic

Kung Pao – big bushy plant provides loads of slender green chiles that ripen red

Leslie’s Anaheim – very nice version of the long chile pepper, mild, green ripening red, prolific

Little Nubian – great plant – purple foliage and flowers, mini black bells ripen red, very hot

Malu Miris – from a friend from Sri Lanka – long pale green, ripen orange, delicious

Peter – wrinkled, somewhat obscene shaped green fruit ripen red, extra hot (very few available)

Pretty Purple – plant is all purple – foliage, flowers, fruit black purple ripening deep red. Great ornamental.

Purple Robe – similar color to Pretty Purple, but plant is taller, peppers smaller cones.

Scotch Bonnet – wrinkled green top shaped fruit ripen golden yellow orange. Fiery hot

Skinny – very small plants with tiny upright green peppers ripen red, plant is loaded – great for containers

Spectral – deeper foliaged version of Five Color – lovely plant.

Trifetti – small, spreading variegated foliage plant with small dark purple peppers, ripen red, very ornamental

Variegata – darkest purple foliage of all, especially in full sun, small black cones ripen red.

Vietnamese Multicolor – dark foliage, multicolored fruit, lovely plant, very hot