Orange Bells?
 

I'm hoping for feedback/opinion here. What variety of Orange Bell Pepper is
the biggest, blockiest, and best tasting in your estimation.
Many thanks in advance.

Regards,
Bill

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 14:39:10 -0800, "Bill Litchfield"
wrote:

I'm hoping for feedback/opinion here. What variety of Orange Bell Pepper is
the biggest, blockiest, and best tasting in your estimation.

A Yellow Corno De Toro.


Penelope, who's never had an orange bell pepper that had much
flavor.

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"Maybe you'd like to ask the Wizard for a heart."
"ElissaAnn"

Bill Litchfield said:

I'm hoping for feedback/opinion here. What variety of Orange Bell Pepper is
the biggest, blockiest, and best tasting in your estimation.
Many thanks in advance.

I like 'Ariane' for a dead-ripe orange pepper. 'Blushing Beauty' goes through an
orange phase before going more a hot scarlet-red when dead ripe. 'Roumanian
Rainbow' also has an orange phase before going scarlet. (These are all available
from Tomato Growers Supply Co.)

I had terrible results this year with peppers due to pepper maggots. (Neem
DOES NOT control them.)

--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

Bill Litchfield said:

I'm hoping for feedback/opinion here. What variety of Orange Bell Pepper is
the biggest, blockiest, and best tasting in your estimation.
Many thanks in advance.

I like 'Ariane' for a dead-ripe orange pepper. 'Blushing Beauty' goes through an
orange phase before going more a hot scarlet-red when dead ripe. 'Roumanian
Rainbow' also has an orange phase before going scarlet. (These are all available
from Tomato Growers Supply Co.)

I had terrible results this year with peppers due to pepper maggots. (Neem
DOES NOT control them.)

--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

Try Valencia.
Steve
"Bill Litchfield" wrote in message
...
I'm hoping for feedback/opinion here. What variety of Orange Bell Pepper
is the biggest, blockiest, and best tasting in your estimation.
Many thanks in advance.

Regards,
Bill

Try Valencia.
Steve
"Bill Litchfield" wrote in message
...
I'm hoping for feedback/opinion here. What variety of Orange Bell Pepper
is the biggest, blockiest, and best tasting in your estimation.
Many thanks in advance.

Regards,
Bill

"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message
...
Bill Litchfield said:

I'm hoping for feedback/opinion here. What variety of Orange Bell Pepper
is
the biggest, blockiest, and best tasting in your estimation.
Many thanks in advance.

I like 'Ariane' for a dead-ripe orange pepper. 'Blushing Beauty' goes
through an
orange phase before going more a hot scarlet-red when dead ripe.
'Roumanian
Rainbow' also has an orange phase before going scarlet. (These are all
available
from Tomato Growers Supply Co.)

I had terrible results this year with peppers due to pepper maggots.
(Neem
DOES NOT control them.)

Thanks for your input, Pat! Every year, I have a problem (to greater or
lesser degree), with blossom-end rot on my peppers. Do you have the same
problem?

Regards,
Bill

--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message
...
Bill Litchfield said:

I'm hoping for feedback/opinion here. What variety of Orange Bell Pepper
is
the biggest, blockiest, and best tasting in your estimation.
Many thanks in advance.

I like 'Ariane' for a dead-ripe orange pepper. 'Blushing Beauty' goes
through an
orange phase before going more a hot scarlet-red when dead ripe.
'Roumanian
Rainbow' also has an orange phase before going scarlet. (These are all
available
from Tomato Growers Supply Co.)

I had terrible results this year with peppers due to pepper maggots.
(Neem
DOES NOT control them.)

Thanks for your input, Pat! Every year, I have a problem (to greater or
lesser degree), with blossom-end rot on my peppers. Do you have the same
problem?

Regards,
Bill

--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

I'm hoping for feedback/opinion here. What variety of Orange Bell Pepper is
the biggest, blockiest, and best tasting in your estimation.
Many thanks in advance.

Regards,
Bill
There are quite a number of orange when ripe bells. Valencia is probably the
best known, it runs about 4 1/2 X 4 1/2 inches. Since I use bells mostly at the
green stage, I am no expert on ripe bells.

You might look at Daves Garden in the peppers section of the plants database.
http://davesgarden.com/
or the Capsicum Variety Database
http://www.g6csy.net/chile/index.html

I'm hoping for feedback/opinion here. What variety of Orange Bell Pepper is
the biggest, blockiest, and best tasting in your estimation.
Many thanks in advance.

Regards,
Bill
There are quite a number of orange when ripe bells. Valencia is probably the
best known, it runs about 4 1/2 X 4 1/2 inches. Since I use bells mostly at the
green stage, I am no expert on ripe bells.

You might look at Daves Garden in the peppers section of the plants database.
http://davesgarden.com/
or the Capsicum Variety Database
http://www.g6csy.net/chile/index.html

Bill Litchfield said:

Thanks for your input, Pat! Every year, I have a problem (to greater or
lesser degree), with blossom-end rot on my peppers. Do you have the same
problem?

Never. Sunscald sometimes (on the south side of the bed). The peppers
get a shot of Tomato-tone in the planting hole and a mulch of shredded leaves,
or leaves mixed with coffee-grounds.

My big, big problem is those pepper maggots. And it turns out the large
sugar maple tree in the back yard is exactly the sort of place that pepper
maggot flies like to use as a breeding ground. *sigh*

--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

Bill Litchfield said:

Thanks for your input, Pat! Every year, I have a problem (to greater or
lesser degree), with blossom-end rot on my peppers. Do you have the same
problem?

Never. Sunscald sometimes (on the south side of the bed). The peppers
get a shot of Tomato-tone in the planting hole and a mulch of shredded leaves,
or leaves mixed with coffee-grounds.

My big, big problem is those pepper maggots. And it turns out the large
sugar maple tree in the back yard is exactly the sort of place that pepper
maggot flies like to use as a breeding ground. *sigh*

--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)