Bullnose Pepper Plant
Pepper plants are somewhat drought tolerant especially hot peppers but lack of water can affect fruiting so they should be kept moist for best production.
Bullnose pepper plant. California wonder has been around since 1928 because it s just a good solid producer that s always reliable. The original bull nose pepper was popular in early america and was grown by thomas jefferson. They are in a family called bullnose or bell peppers. 70 days to maturity.
Sweet peppers are particularly vulnerable to water stress when fruiting so keep the soil evenly moist. In 1812 thomas jefferson recorded bull nose peppers in his garden calendar at monticello. 55 80 days from transplant. It is a sweet blocky pepper with thicker walls then a regular bell pepper.
The bullnose pepper is an early american pepper variety that was grown by thomas jefferson in the mid to late 1800s and is gaining popularity again. The albino bullnose pepper originates from the usa. Keep the soil moist at 75. However they have an excellent flavor.
The bullnose pepper capsicum annuum turns red as it ripens and is renowned for the blocky shape crisp texture and excellent taste. Jefferson and more likely date back to the bull nose of mid to late 1800s. Do not confuse this pepper with the white lakes pepper or feherozon peppers. Crisp fruits ripen from green to red with an excellent flavor.
They go from bone in color to orange to red when fully mature. Likely introduced to north america in the 1700s. How to sow and plant. Delicious good sized fruit is great in salads or for.
It is still grown at monticello today. Planting and harvesting tips. This pepper is a dwarf type plant and wont get much taller then 2 feet. This variety is one of the first medium large bell type peppers although this strain may be larger than the strain that was grown by mr.
There was a long period where no flowers appeared but i had some wild tomato plants next to the pepper plants that may have out competed these for sun and nutrients. Where my jalapenos are possibly too successful the 3 row of these bullnose peppers only yielded about 5 peppers so far from 3 plants 3 dozen from the same of jalapeno plants. Sow seeds inch deep in seed starting formula. This is one of the first medium large bell type peppers although this strain may be larger than the strain grown by mr.
Drip irrigation works well with peppers. Its fruits are somewhat smaller than modern bell peppers and they are susceptible to sunscald. Only home gardeners who enjoy long growing seasons in the deep south should attempt to sow pepper seeds directly in the vegetable garden. Most of us must start our own pepper plants indoors about 8 10 weeks before transplanting after the last frost.