Neapolitan Sweet Pepper

[mdvpc]

Photo attached-first ripe fruit-the orange one in the photo I picked before it was ripe-going to have these for dinner tonight!

[Medbury Gardens]

Looking really good ,great time of year when the first peppers start ripening.
Ive just started of seed for a purple New Zealand heirloom variety that i get payed to grow for seed.

[mdvpc]

Med:

Whats the name of the pepper? Give us some info about it, pls.

[Medbury Gardens]

The problem with a number of heirlooms variates that were brought to NZ by the early settlers is they were grown by either a one family or only a small community and that over time the original names have changed.When many of these were donated to our group for preservation,they simply came with names like for example,"Bob's Bean"or "Margaret Dale silver beet"so there for i don't know if the name of this purple pepper is that of the original,we call it "Purple Bell".
Ive never grown it before and know very little about it, i will post updates on its progress through the coming season.

Roll on spring

[mdvpc]

Med:

Pls do give us updates with photos also!

[dustdevil]

mdvpc, how'd the peppers taste?

[mdvpc]

Excellent! Sweet, just an excellent sweet pepper. And lots more on the plant getting ripe.