Light lavender skin, pale yellow flesh.
3-lobed, medium-size, thick-fleshed bell peppers with a mild, slightly sweet taste. Fruits ripen through a showy stage of violet, yellow and orange streaks, eventually turning a rich, very dark red. Strong, medium-tall plants yield well. High resistance to tobacco mosaic virus.
DAYS TO MATURITY
About Quick Fact Days To Maturity 56 lavender; 81 red ripe
LIFE CYCLE About Quick Fact Life Cycle Annual
DISEASE RESISTANCE CODES About Quick Fact Disease Resistance Codes TMV
HYBRID STATUS About Quick Fact Hybrid Status Hybrid (F1)
CULTURE: Peppers thrive in well-drained, fertile soils with a pH of 6.5. Abundant phosphorus and calcium is needed for the best results.
johnnyseeds
Islander Pepper: A New Variety That Goes From Lavender To Orange to Deep Red
This is the Islander pepper. One of the new varieties I am growing this year. I just got done transplanting them into 3.5 inch pots. Germination was great, 28 husky, lovely little plants out of 32 that I seeded.
These peppers go from purple to yellow to orange to deep red. On the same plant. The picture up above shows them in various stages of ripening. They are a sweet bell type and ripen relatively early. Of course, that all depends on how happy your pepper plants is.
Question:I wonder if they have a different flavor at different stages of color. That would be inspiring to the chef!
Reply:My guess is yes. Most peppers start out green and then change colors. They are definitely sweeter than when they were green. Red would be the sweetest in it's evolution. I don't think they change their taste, just the sweetness.
thetomatoladyblog
From the Ground Up: The Story of a Dazzling Purple Pepper By now, it’s no secret that we harbor deep affection for offbeat and unique produce. (Petite, fairy tale eggplants? Check. Dazzling striped, rose-hued lemons? Check.) And what’s more, we love sending you beautiful vegetables that are good for the farms growing them. So we’re excited to introduce you to the islander pepper, a stunningly-purple (and sometimes yellow, orange and red!) pepper making its crunchy, delicious debut on dinner plates across the country this summer.
Similar in taste to a green bell pepper, the islander pepper is a perfect choice in dishes where its versatility can help build complexity and depth of flavor—and where its unique color can really stand out. Not only is the islander beautifully violet straight off the plant, but also it continues to ripen into red as well. That means when it arrives to you, it can be fully purple or streaked with yellow or orange—nature's very own tie-dye effect.
Growing islander peppers also provides another fantastic benefit for farms. Picking the pepper earlier in its life cycle, when it’s still purple, cues the plant to grow another pepper, which allows each plant to produce many more times the fruit per season than a red or orange bell pepper plant. (A handy fact that’s allowing us to grow almost 500 thousand islander peppers this summer!)
When our Farm Partnerships and Innovation team began talking to Sunny Harvest, a cooperative of Amish family farmers located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, about growing islander peppers, it was with this key bit of information in mind. “The islander pepper is great for both the farmer and our customers,” says Katie Frouman, our East Coast Farm Team Manager, who works closely with Sunny Harvest. “Since farmers can pick them earlier in the pepper’s life cycle, it’s allows us to send a really unique, new pepper that’s better for the plant’s productivity.”
For Sunny Harvest and John Glick, an Amish farmer and Sunny Harvest’s coordinator, the islander pepper was also an opportunity to grow something new, but with encouraging familiarity. “The farmers that are growing the islander peppers have been growing green bell peppers for the last 3 or 4 years,” says Glick.
blueapron
Purple sparkle
Capsicum annuum This variety offers purple fruits streaked with light yellow, in the shape of a spinning top. They have the advantage of giving off a strong chili scent during cutting while they are completely free from heat and spiciness.
kokopelli-semences.fr
3-lobed, medium-size, thick-fleshed bell peppers with a mild, slightly sweet taste. Fruits ripen through a showy stage of violet, yellow and orange streaks, eventually turning a rich, very dark red. Strong, medium-tall plants yield well. High resistance to tobacco mosaic virus.
DAYS TO MATURITY
About Quick Fact Days To Maturity 56 lavender; 81 red ripe
LIFE CYCLE About Quick Fact Life Cycle Annual
DISEASE RESISTANCE CODES About Quick Fact Disease Resistance Codes TMV
HYBRID STATUS About Quick Fact Hybrid Status Hybrid (F1)
CULTURE: Peppers thrive in well-drained, fertile soils with a pH of 6.5. Abundant phosphorus and calcium is needed for the best results.
johnnyseeds
Islander Pepper: A New Variety That Goes From Lavender To Orange to Deep Red
This is the Islander pepper. One of the new varieties I am growing this year. I just got done transplanting them into 3.5 inch pots. Germination was great, 28 husky, lovely little plants out of 32 that I seeded.
These peppers go from purple to yellow to orange to deep red. On the same plant. The picture up above shows them in various stages of ripening. They are a sweet bell type and ripen relatively early. Of course, that all depends on how happy your pepper plants is.
Question:I wonder if they have a different flavor at different stages of color. That would be inspiring to the chef!
Reply:My guess is yes. Most peppers start out green and then change colors. They are definitely sweeter than when they were green. Red would be the sweetest in it's evolution. I don't think they change their taste, just the sweetness.
thetomatoladyblog
From the Ground Up: The Story of a Dazzling Purple Pepper By now, it’s no secret that we harbor deep affection for offbeat and unique produce. (Petite, fairy tale eggplants? Check. Dazzling striped, rose-hued lemons? Check.) And what’s more, we love sending you beautiful vegetables that are good for the farms growing them. So we’re excited to introduce you to the islander pepper, a stunningly-purple (and sometimes yellow, orange and red!) pepper making its crunchy, delicious debut on dinner plates across the country this summer.
Similar in taste to a green bell pepper, the islander pepper is a perfect choice in dishes where its versatility can help build complexity and depth of flavor—and where its unique color can really stand out. Not only is the islander beautifully violet straight off the plant, but also it continues to ripen into red as well. That means when it arrives to you, it can be fully purple or streaked with yellow or orange—nature's very own tie-dye effect.
Growing islander peppers also provides another fantastic benefit for farms. Picking the pepper earlier in its life cycle, when it’s still purple, cues the plant to grow another pepper, which allows each plant to produce many more times the fruit per season than a red or orange bell pepper plant. (A handy fact that’s allowing us to grow almost 500 thousand islander peppers this summer!)
When our Farm Partnerships and Innovation team began talking to Sunny Harvest, a cooperative of Amish family farmers located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, about growing islander peppers, it was with this key bit of information in mind. “The islander pepper is great for both the farmer and our customers,” says Katie Frouman, our East Coast Farm Team Manager, who works closely with Sunny Harvest. “Since farmers can pick them earlier in the pepper’s life cycle, it’s allows us to send a really unique, new pepper that’s better for the plant’s productivity.”
For Sunny Harvest and John Glick, an Amish farmer and Sunny Harvest’s coordinator, the islander pepper was also an opportunity to grow something new, but with encouraging familiarity. “The farmers that are growing the islander peppers have been growing green bell peppers for the last 3 or 4 years,” says Glick.
blueapron
Purple sparkle
Capsicum annuum This variety offers purple fruits streaked with light yellow, in the shape of a spinning top. They have the advantage of giving off a strong chili scent during cutting while they are completely free from heat and spiciness.
kokopelli-semences.fr
