[KarenO]

The earliest ripe pepper in my pnw garden two years in a row now was an Ethiopian heirloom called Mareko Fana. Delicious rich mildly hot flavour and dried to a beautiful reddish brown powder. Highly recommend
I never have had any luck with larger bells. Small but deliciously sweet and thick walled cheese peppers are probably my earliest sweet peppers.
my Mareko Fana seeds from growartisan.com
KarenO