Banana Pepper
Heirloom variety: Banana
- Taste
- Mild, sweet, and tangy with a waxy crunch; ripens from pale yellow to red, sweetening as it goes.
- In season (Fayette, zone 6b)
- July – October
- Good source of
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin B6
- Vitamin A
- Fiber
Long, tapered, and pale yellow, the banana pepper is nearly all sweetness with only the faintest warmth. It is the friendly pepper — sliced raw onto sandwiches and salads, or pickled into rings. Left on the plant it ripens red and turns sweeter still.