Most productive bell pepper

[mbrown]

Could some of y'all with experience tell me what you consider to the most productive bell pepper, banana pepper and mild chili pepper (for chili rellenos).

Mike

[Alan]

as far as a productive bell Big Bertha Hybrid has always got the job done for me, however I feel their flavor is sub-par to California Wonder which is a decent producer too, when It comes down to it, if I only had room for 3 tomatoes and one pepper plant, I'd forgo a tomato and plant two california wonders.

-Alan

[mbrown]

Guess I will try California Wonder. Thanks.

Mike

[Alan]

No problem, if you need some seed just send me an SASE and I'll get it out to you, I meant to offer this with the other SASE but forgot Bad me.

[downinmyback]

One of the few hybrid in my garden is Big Bertha Bell pepper. I also plan on going Sweet banaana pepper and jalapeno pepper. I am not a chilehead as i like it medium hot lol.

[Alan]

peppers are my thing, the hotter the better, although I want them in something and not by themselves! Kim's sister made me an oniony, potato with hot peppers one time on the grill, it was amazing. She is quite the chef!

[bunkie]

i like Cal Wonder, but really like Yankee Bell. also like one called Apple by Johnny's. it's a nice fresh green pepper shaped a little conical and has a 'hint' of apple taste! peace, bunkie.

[Alan]

Wow, i'll have to try that apple, wish I would have heard of it before.

[ohiorganic]

my favorite for years was the hybrid Fat N Sassy but I won't grow that or big bertha now that Monsatan bought out Seminis seeds.

This year I am trailing Cal Wonder, an Italian yellow bell (since my favorite yellow bell Labradore is no longer availble from any of the sources that used to sell it) whose name I forget. I believe I am trialing two other types but i got my order in early Jan and forget what they are.

[Alan]

There is also a yellow Cal wonder bell as well, if you like cal wonder then you should definetly check out the yellow one. I know they are sold at tomato growers supply (a terrific company in my opinion), if I can get my hand on some seed in the next week or so, i'll be glad to grow it for seed for everyone.
-alan

[ohiorganic]

Another bell I really like is valencia which produces heavy sets of huge orange (not yellow) peppers that have a great flavor. This is one that may have to be isolated this year and seeds saved and than grown out so I can get a stable OP version of this.

if I like the red Cal Wonder I will definately try the yellow, especially since we are well set up to grow these for seed-we have good isolation techniques with unheated hoophouses and row covers so we can get pure seed. And I do like saving pepper seed.

[brook]

I've all but given up on bells, as they don't do well here. On the other hand, some of the other sweet peppers do exceptional. I grow Sweet Apple (an Hungarian heirloom) every year, for instance.

For your chili rellenos you want to grow Poblano. It's a large, mild chili, and is the traditional choice for that dish. Some of the New Mexico varieties would work well, too.

You didn't say whether you were looking for hot or sweet banana peppers. If you don't want the heat, I would go with something like Corni de Toro, which is an Italian frying pepper that resembles the bananas but tastes much better.

[downinmyback]

Has anybody ever grown a Gypsy Bell Pepper as i traded for some seeds of them and plan on growing them next year.