Vegetables
Heredity: Open Pollinated
History: Said to have been grown by Thomas Jefferson

Data specific to Peppers (Edit)
General Type: Bell
Fruit Length: 3 - 4"
Fruit Width at Shoulders: 3 - 3.5"
Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: Green to Red
Days to First Harvest and Maturity: 58-65 green, 75-80 red.
Wall Thickness: Thick
Heat: Sweet<100SHU

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 24 - 30"
Fruit: Showy
Uses: Vegetable
Suitable as Annual

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Common names
  • Bell Pepper
Also sold as:
  • Bullnose

Photo Gallery
Location: Yorkville, Illinois zone 5b
Date: April 18, 2020
Young Bullnose pepper plant
Location: Yorkville, Illinois zone 5b
Date: April 18, 2020
Bullnose Pepper seedling

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
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Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissio
  • Uploaded by Joy

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