1. Long-horned peppers have short to tall plant types, strong branching, and small or medium leaves. The fruit is elongated, slightly curved like a sheep's horn, and linear in shape. Generally, it has a spicy taste. Among them, those with thin meat and strong spicy taste are mainly used for drying and salting. The ones with moderate spiciness are mainly eaten fresh. The fruits are generally drooping, and some varieties may be upward-facing. The yield is high and cultivation is the most common. my country's famous dried peppers sold domestically and abroad all belong to this variant, such as Dayangjiao and Xianjiao in Yongcheng County, Henan. Shaanxi horn pepper, Yaoxian line pepper, Sichuan Erjin Bar, Shanxi Daixianzhang pepper, Fujian Ninghua horn pepper, Yunnan Qiubei pepper, etc. Suitable for fresh consumption include Hunan horn pepper, Fu Dijian pepper and Hangzhou chicken claw pepper.

2． Sweet bell peppers are also called bell peppers, bell peppers or bell peppers. It has a sweet or slightly spicy taste and is mainly suitable for fresh eating. Plants are medium or short, with weak branching. The leaves are larger, oval or elliptical. The fruit is large, round, oblate, short round, and hammer-shaped. The fruit surface often has 3-4 longitudinal grooves. The flesh is thick and the fruit can weigh more than 200 grams. The number of fruits is small. The heat tolerance and disease resistance are not as good as spicy varieties. Cultivation in cool areas yields higher yields than in hot areas. Famous varieties across the country include Shanghai Qiemen sweet pepper, Jilin Sandaojin and Sifangtou sweet pepper. ?

3. Cluster pepper has a medium or tall plant shape, not strong branching, longer leaves, and fruits in clusters. 3-5 to 7-8 per cluster. The fruit stems are upturned or drooping. The fruit is dark red in color, has thin flesh, is spicy, has high oil content, is late-ripening, heat-resistant, and has low yield. It is mainly used for dry seasoning, such as Sichuan seven-star pepper, Shaanxi pepper, and Hunan pepper. ?

4. Cherry peppers have medium or short plant shape, strong branching, small leaves, oval or elliptical shape, and apex acuminate. The fruits are upward or oblique, round or hammer-shaped, and as small as cherries, hence the name. The fruit colors are red-purple and yellow. The pulp is thin, with many seeds and strong spicy taste, and is more abundant in Yunnan and Guizhou. ?

5. Round-hammered peppers have a medium or short plant shape, medium-sized, oval leaves, round hammer-shaped or short cylindrical fruits, upward or drooping fruit stems, thick pulp, medium spiciness, and are mainly eaten fresh as green fruits, such as Nanjing early peppers. , Chengdu Eraxitou, Kunming horn pepper, etc.