Bull Nose
Heirloom pepper
- Breeding
- Heirloom
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 65-80 days 2 sources, none independent · basis unstated
- Fruit
- red
- Weight
- -
- Bred by
- -
Grey captions say what stands behind that particular figure. Breeding, growth habit and fruit characters carry no caption because they rest on the record's sources as a whole rather than citing their own; closing that gap is ordinary outstanding work, not a finished job.
Commonly confused with
These are different varieties. A name shared between them does not make them the same seed.
- different variety
Bullnose Large Bell
Strains sold as Bull Nose vary; this is the large sweet bell form recorded in the historic American seed trade.
Origin & history
A sweet bell heirloom grown at Monticello by Thomas Jefferson, who recorded it in his garden book. The flesh is sweet but the ribs can carry a faint heat, a reminder that the sharp line between sweet and hot peppers is a modern breeding achievement.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 65-80 days | Consensus range across the cited sources, which include both independent references and commercial catalogs. |
| Scoville heat | 0-500 SHU | Sweet flesh; the ribs occasionally register faint heat |
Against the rest of the pepper database
Where this variety sits among every pepper we hold a comparable figure for. Position is not merit: earlier is not better than later, and hotter is not better than milder. Only cultivar-level figures are compared, never trial results, and maturity is only ranked against figures counted the same way.
earlier than 83% of the 252 peppers we hold a figure for. None of these figures state whether they are counted from sowing or from transplant, so they are ranked against each other on the assumption that suppliers use one convention, which is not something any of them says.
milder than 74% of the 249 peppers we hold a figure for.
Traits
Disease resistance
No documented disease resistance, typical of heirlooms and older open-pollinated varieties. See pepper diseases for the cultural playbook that fills the gap.
Related varieties
- heirloom
Bullnose Large Bell
68-80 days
- open-pollinated
California Wonder
70-75 days
- heirloom
Chinese Giant
75-85 days
- open-pollinated
Emerald Giant
72-80 days
- open-pollinated
Golden Bell
70-80 days
- open-pollinated
Golden California Wonder
72-78 days
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Sources & References
Evidence: 2 sources, 1 community collection and 1 seed catalog. No independent reference documents this yet.
- Seed Savers Exchange catalog & variety histories · Seed Savers Exchange, Community Collection
- Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog · Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co., Seed Catalog