Are red bell peppers simply ripe green bell peppers or are they a different varity like the orange and yellow peppers?
Are all red peppers green before they are ripe? Most. Do all green peppers turn red when ripe? No. It depends on the variety of the pepper. However, the “bell” peppers you usually see at the market are green when not mature and red when ripe. http://postharvest.ucdavis.edu/produce/producefacts/veg/full_bellpepmaturity.shtml The yellow and orange peppers usually are “bell peppers” but another variety of pepper: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/veggies/peppers1.html http://www.tomatogrowers.com/sweet4.
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