Vegetables
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Country of Origin: Belgium

Data specific to Peppers (Edit)
Pepper Shape: Tapered
Fruit Length: 3 - 4"
Fruit Width at Shoulders: 2"
Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: Yellow to Red
Days to First Harvest and Maturity: 50 Yellow-green, 70 red ripe.
Wall Thickness: Thin
Heat: Sweet<100SHU

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 18-24"
Plant Spread: 12-15"
Fruit: Showy
Fruiting Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Vegetable
Suitable as Annual
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

Image
Common names
  • Sweet Pepper
Also sold as:
  • Red Belgium

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Location: North Branch, MN
Date: 2017-07-06

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-08-30
Mature and immature fruit present in this image.
Location: North Branch, MN
Date: 2017-07-13
Location: Minnesota
Date: 2017-07-12
Comments:
  • Posted by chelle (N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b, and Florida - Zone 9b - Zone 9b) on Jan 16, 2014 5:11 AM concerning plant:
    Great pepper for northern gardens! Seed started plants fruit early, and fruits mature progressively as the season advances. Plants continue to produce candy sweet fruit right up to a killing frost. Plants take up very little garden space and produce well in semi-crowded conditions. These very healthy plants require very little supplemental water; even in dry-summer areas. Red Belgian pepper rates a "10" in my garden.

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