Fleshy pepper with a pulp thickness of at least 6 mm is particularly juicy and rich in taste. Fresh, sweet, crunchy fruits are one of the main ingredients of vegetable salads, but this is not the only area of their application. Many of the 10 proven thick-walled peppers are equally suitable for canning, stuffing, and freezing. They are baked, stewed or used to make vegetable caviar.
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Red varieties
The mid-early variety Anastasia has dark cherry fruits that ripen within 130 days. From 1 stem you can collect up to 18 pieces. It is characterized by a well-defined aroma and a wide range of applications. It is eaten raw, stuffed, rolled up for the winter. Grown in the open field.
The earlier Red Star of the East matures in about 3.5 months. The thickness of the walls of ripe fruits reaches 1 cm, they retain their qualities for a long time. The plant is high-yielding, it feels good both in the open field and in the greenhouse.
The mid-season Red Giant has impressive fruit sizes: 0.5 kg in weight, 20 cm in length and up to 1 cm in wall thickness. Up to 10 such giants grow on 1 bush. The plant is powerful, unpretentious, adapts to various types of soil and weather conditions, but can also be grown in greenhouses. When ripe, it has the highest taste characteristics; it is used for salads, vegetable stews and preservation.
The high-yielding early Red Baron F1 belongs to hybrid varieties, therefore, seeds collected with their own hands are not suitable for further propagation. Even dark green fruits have a strong shine, and they begin to be harvested already at the stage of technical ripeness. This crop has a long fruiting period, is resistant to a number of viral diseases and apical rot, but it should only be grown in greenhouses.
The mid-season variety Fat is slightly inferior in size to its counterparts, but thanks to its dense skin and pulp up to 1 cm thick, it perfectly tolerates transportation and is well preserved. The fruits can be harvested for the winter, as well as consumed fresh or stewed. Individual peppers weigh from 65 to 200 g, so the smallest of them are suitable for whole-fruit canning.
The early Queen F1 hybrid has especially thick walls from 1 to 1.2 cm. The color of the ripe fruit is very elegant, bright scarlet. It is characterized by high productivity, excellent taste and marketability. Its unpretentiousness and resistance to the main types of diseases are especially noted. It can be grown in open or temporarily sheltered ground, as well as in greenhouses. Ripens in 3.5 months.
Yellow and orange peppers
The California miracle has both yellow and bright red fruits. Refers to medium early varieties, suitable for open and closed ground. Shows high resistance to many diseases and adverse weather conditions. The taste is sweet, full-bodied, without bitterness, therefore it is consumed mainly fresh, and only the excess is closed for the winter. With proper care, it yields 10 kg per 1 m².
Orange miracle F1 refers to early maturing hybrids. It has thick walls up to 8 mm, but very delicate pulp, pronounced taste and aroma, especially sweet fruits. The yield is average, but under favorable conditions it can reach 14 kg per 1 m². High endurance and ability to resist viral diseases. Pepper is good in any form: fresh, stuffed, stewed, canned.
The huge yellow-orange fruits of the Sun of Italy are prism-shaped, walls up to 8 mm thick and very juicy sweet pulp. In the open field, their weight reaches 500 g, and in greenhouses - 600 g. It is considered a salad variety, but even after heat treatment it retains its rich color and aroma.
The golden miracle occupies an intermediate position between mid-early and mid-season varieties. The fruits are glossy, warm yellow in color, have an exquisite taste and aroma. A distinctive feature of the variety is resistance to fungal diseases and adverse weather conditions. Even in cold summers and when grown outdoors, it will not leave gardeners without a crop.
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