Sweet pepper Belladonna F1 — an early hybrid developed by the Dutch breeding company Seminis, suitable for cultivation both in open ground and under cover. The plant is medium-sized, compact, and leafy, showing low requirements for growing conditions and care, as well as high plasticity and stress resistance. This variety is suitable for the first and second crop rotations, quickly adapts to climatic changes, and continues to actively form fruiting, ensuring a uniform harvest with a yield of 4.2–4.5 kg per square meter.
The fruits of Belladonna have a cube-like shape with four chambers, weighing 160–200 grams and with wall thickness of 6–9 mm. In technical maturity, they are light olive or bone-colored, and in biological maturity, they turn bright yellow. The fruit skin is glossy and moderately firm, the flesh is fleshy, juicy, and tasty with a small seed chamber. Thanks to its excellent transportability and high storability, the pepper retains its market appearance during long-term storage, making it popular on fresh markets and suitable for home cooking, canning, processing, and freezing.
The variety shows resistance to typical diseases of solanaceous crops, including tobacco mosaic virus, significantly reducing cultivation risks. The fruiting period is 69–72 days from transplanting seedlings, allowing harvest as early as July–August. Belladonna F1 combines high yield, excellent taste, and attractive appearance, making it an excellent choice for gardeners and farmers seeking a stable and high-quality sweet pepper harvest.
