Albino Bullnose

Albino Bullnose is an heirloom United States sweet pepper sold as a distinct Capsicum annuum variety and already in public circulation by November 2004, when growers were describing it as an antique cream-coloured bell. By 2011 and 2012 it was being listed by Baker Creek as a named sweet pepper and had become established enough to be treated as a recognised heirloom entry by Cornell’s vegetable variety database.

The plant is compact and dwarf in habit, usually reaching about 60.0 cm tall, and is described as early and productive, with fruit appearing from early summer until frost. Current seller descriptions say plants can produce a dozen or more peppers, and Cornell lists it at about 75 days to maturity.

The fruit is blocky, thick-walled, and bell-shaped, usually about 7.5 to 10.0 cm long. Its defining trait is the pale mature colouring: the pods are described as cream or bone-white before finishing in a reddish-orange tone when fully ripe. That unusual pale stage is the core of the variety’s identity and is why it stands out among sweet bell peppers.

Albino Bullnose is consistently described as mild, sweet, crisp, and suitable for both ornamental and kitchen growing. Baker Creek noted that it was popular enough to be used in its restaurant, and later retail descriptions continued to present it as a sweet, versatile block pepper valued for appearance as much as for flavour.