New Jersey · Garden vegetables
Typically early July to late September, with peak mid-July through mid-September.
Hatched chalk = early and late shoulders; solid = peak.
A top bell pepper state; southern-county fields pick from midsummer to frost.
From early July — first pickings, lighter supply, best prices come later.
mid-July through mid-September — full stalls, full flavor. This is the stretch to plan around.
Through late September — quantity for preserving, and the stalls start dealing.
about 13 weeks end to end, shoulders included.
Offered at many u-pick vegetable farms; snip with pruners rather than pulling so branches do not break. The picking window tracks the band above: early trips get clean fields, peak (mid-July through mid-September) is the sure bet, late season is for quantity.
Farm-to-farm variation is real — up to two weeks either side of the typical window. Plan the trip, then call the farm before you drive.
Pepper peak moves across the map. After this window, it lands next in:
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In New Jersey, the pepper season typically runs early July to late September, with peak availability mid-July through mid-September. Exact weeks shift a little with each year's weather.
Aim for peak: mid-July through mid-September. An early trip around early July gets first choice of clean fields; a late one is for stock-the-freezer quantity. Any single farm can run up to two weeks either side of the chart — call before you drive.
about 13 weeks end to end — early July to late September. The early and late shoulders are real but lighter; the solid stretch of chalk on the band is the sure bet.