King of the North

King of the North is a United States sweet bell pepper selected for reliable fruit set in cooler climates and shorter growing seasons. It has long been promoted as a dependable northern garden variety.

Plants are typically 45.5–61 cm tall. Fruit are blocky, thick-walled bells borne pendant on the plant, ripening from green to red. Average pod size is about 10–12.5 cm long and 9–10.5 cm wide. Walls are described as firm and suitable for stuffing.

Days to maturity are commonly listed at 60–70 days after transplanting, placing it in the early season category for bell peppers. Many catalogues highlight uniform fruit shape and consistent yield under cooler summer conditions.

Multiple seed sellers state it was introduced in 1934, often linking it to Harris Seeds in New York. Some listings instead mention the 1940s. The 1934 date appears most frequently in catalogue references, though widely repeated in secondary sources rather than shown from a primary scanned catalogue page. Later Seed Savers Exchange listings reflect ongoing distribution rather than original release date.

It is consistently described as a sweet bell pepper with no measurable heat.