Bianca Pepper
Also known as Bianca F1 · pepper 'Bianca' · Capsicum annuum 'Bianca'
Bianca Pepper is a Capsicum annuum f1 hybrid from Enkhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands. Capsi’s sourced range is 0 SHU (Official breeder). Flavor is sweet, mild, crisp. Used for Eaten raw in salads and crudités, stuffed and baked, roasted, sautéed, frozen. Heat is a range, not a single marketing number.
An Enza Zaden F1 hybrid sweet bell grown for ivory-white blocky fruit that ripens slowly through apricot to scarlet red. Thick-walled, TMV-resistant, and suited to unheated greenhouses and open field.
Growing
~70 days to maturity
Fruit size
8–10 cm
Flavor & Use
Sweet and mild with a crisp, juicy bite. Ivory-stage fruit tastes like a green bell; fully ripe red fruit is sweeter.
Culinary
About
Bianca is a Capsicum annuum F1 hybrid sweet bell bred by Enza Zaden in Enkhuizen, the Netherlands, for unheated greenhouse and open-field production. Compact plants (60–90 cm) carry dense foliage that protects 3- to 4-lobed blocky fruit from sunscald and are highly resistant to tobacco mosaic virus (Tm:0). Fruit averages about 8 cm across and 190–200 g, with thick glossy walls. At commercial harvest the skin is ivory to pale lemon with a mild green-bell flavor; left to ripen it passes through apricot and finishes scarlet red and sweeter. First pick is typically 65–70 days from transplant, about 85 days to full red.
Backstory
Bianca F1 is a specialty white blocky capsicum from Enza Zaden of Enkhuizen, the Netherlands, bred for unheated greenhouse and open-field growers who want ivory fruit that holds its pale color on the plant. The name is Italian for white. Catalogs emphasize early set, slow color change, and high resistance to tobacco mosaic virus (HR: Tm:0).
Appearance
Growing
Heritage
ExploreBianca Pepper is an F1 hybrid. Named parents aren't linked in Capsi yet.
Enza Zaden
Parents
Sources
FAQ
- How hot is Bianca Pepper?
- Capsi’s sourced range is 0 SHU (Official breeder). Capsi uses a sourced range and a trust tier, not a single marketing number. How we verify heat: https://web.thecapsi.app/learn/heat-and-capsaicin/how-we-measure-heat
- What does Bianca Pepper taste like?
- Sweet and mild with a crisp, juicy bite. Ivory-stage fruit tastes like a green bell; fully ripe red fruit is sweeter.
- How do I grow Bianca Pepper?
- Bianca Pepper: about 70 days to maturity, subtropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 9-11.
- What can I substitute for Bianca Pepper?
- Albino Sweet Pepper, California Wonder Pepper, Bell Pepper