Calwonder Golden

Calwonder Golden is a sweet bell pepper in the California Wonder family, grown for fruit that ripen from green to golden yellow. Some listings state that fully ripe fruit can deepen toward orange, suggesting strain differences between seed sources.

Fruit are blocky bell type, typically 10–12.5 cm long and 7.5–10 cm wide, borne pendant on the plant. Walls are thick and flesh is described as sweet.

Plants are commonly listed at about 45.5–61 cm tall. Maturity is midseason, usually around 70–80 days after transplanting, often shown as about 72–75 days.

It is regularly described in catalogues as a yellow or golden selection of California Wonder and is recommended for fresh eating and stuffing due to its shape and wall thickness.

Many sellers repeat introduction dates from the 1920s or 1928, but those dates are tied to California Wonder itself and are not clearly documented for Calwonder Golden specifically. The clearest named record located is its listing as “Golden California Wonder” in the Seed Savers Exchange 1994 Yearbook, which provides a verifiable reference point for this golden strain by name.