Waialua to World Beater


Waialua Stubby pointed thick fleshed chile from Hawaii. Similar to the jalapeno.

Wax Very shiny chiles. Some examples of 'Wax' type peppers include Hungarian Wax, Caloro, Torrido, Santa Fe Grande and Gold Spike. Sizes vary, as do heat levels and colours.

Weaver's Mennonnite Stuffing Pepper

Weaver's Miniature Tomato Pepper An old Pennsylvania Dutch tomato pepper, reminiscent of a tomato in shape, used for stuffing and pickling, about one to two inches, deep red colour, tasty. Rare.

Wedito Hot yellow wax type peppers. 2 inches long with extreme heat. (Capsicum annuum).



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Wenks Yellow Hots Medium to hot thick fleshed waxy yellow pepper that ripens to a bright orange and then to red. (Capsicum annuum). From New Mexico.


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West Indian Red Scotch Bonnet (Capsicum chinense). Pod starts off greenish-white and matures through orange to fire-engine red. About 2.5 inches wide and about 1.5 inches tall. Great tasting pepper on a horizontal, bushy plant. From West Indies.


Westland Improved Hybrids (Capsicum annuum).

White Cloud Sweet pepper. (Capsicum annuum).

White Fire Replacement developed for Santa Fe Grande pepper. 9cm creamy coloured conical pod. 8,000 SHU.

White Fire Hybrid Miniature white bell pepper. Very early. 65 days.


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White Habanero Very rare Habanero. Small pods that resemble other Habanero varieties.



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White Hungarian Sweet Paprika 


White King A hybrid sweet pepper maturing in 72 days.

White Litenin' The pods resemble those of Snow White but are twice as large. They are 2 inches long and are white for an extended period in the garden. The compact plant is 2 foot tall with dark green leaves that are 4 inches long.

White Wax An Italian pepper. 75 days.

Whopper Sweet bell pepper.

Whopper Improved



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Wild Brazil Very hot. From Brazil. 0.4 inch long.



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Wild Malaysian Cayenne


Wild Piquin (Capsicum annuum).

Wild Tabasco (Capsicum frutescens). Found in Costa Rica. 0.75 inches long by 0.25 inches wide. Matures from yellow to red.

Wild Dynamo pepper Pea-sized hot pepper originating from Bolivia. Up to 400 pods per plant. Also known locally as Ulipica.

Wirri-Wirri Very hot. Grows to 1.3 cm. Small berry-like red pepper. (Capsicum frutescens). From Guiana.

Wizard X3R 73 days. Tolerant to TMV.

Wonder Bell Green bell pepper.

Wonderbelle Green bell pepper.

World Beater Huge bell peppers up to 6 inches across by 4 1/2 inches deep. Green turning to red when mature. 73 days. It is recommended that the green peppers are picked regularly allowing only the last few peppers to turn red.