Cal Wonder Pepper seed Capsicum annuum

LATIN NAME: CAPSICUM ANNUUM

COMMON NAME: California Wonder Pepper

The California Wonder pepper chimes the sturdy, bushy plants with the broad, dark-green leaves and the small, white, star-shaped flowers that open through the summer, the blocky, thick-walled, bell-shaped fruits following and maturing from the green to the glossy red, ripening through the late summer. The fruits hang heavily and keep the crisp, sweet flesh. It grows well in the warm weather, and it likes the sun, and the rich, moist, well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

In the nightshade family, the bell peppers have a long, sweet record in the studies of the warm-season vegetables, and the blocky California forms appear in the research on the fruit sugars and the vitamin C. The food scientists value the crisp, sweet flesh, while the nutritionists note the vitamin content. The seed biology fills out the picture, and the growers of the classic bell peppers keep the forms in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the warm kitchen garden, the California Wonder pepper chimes the branches with the glossy red bells. The blocky, thick-walled fruits serve the salads, the stuffed dishes and the grilling for the ages, they keep well after the picking, and the plant crops through the warm season. It grows well in the rich, moist, well-drained, sunny ground. Crisp, sweet and reliably heavy.

To grow the California Wonder Pepper from seed,

Sow the seeds into the fine, damp surface of the warm pot, then press them in gently, keep the pot in the warm, bright spot and mist lightly

Keep the pot warm and gently misted, and pot the seedlings on when they are small. The red bells come within the season.

. The seedlings spring up within a week or two, and they grow on steadily. Settle the young plants in the sunny, rich, moist ground, and the red bells will chime the branches over the late summer.

Early maturing, old fashioned variety of bright red pepper with thick walls of juicy, sweet and tender fruits. Can be harvested at green stage for use in salads, stir fries, as a crudite or stuffed! 75 days.