Peppers

I’ve really expended my list of Heirloom peppers (I guess I can be a WEE bit obsessive!) There’s something for everyone; from the hottest hotties to the gentlest sweeties! All the peppers do FABULOUS in containers, and most of them do double duty as both useful and beautiful. Go ahead, ya know ya wanna try a bunch…!

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Plant Name	Habit/Size	Container	Price
Pepper ‘Ancho Gigantica’	24”ht	4 ½” pot	$3.95
(85-90 days)This southwestern heirloom is used for stuffing when fresh and green (called Poblano) or sauces when red and dried (called Ancho). Perfect for Chile rellanos and mole; somewhat sweet but with a bite (about 500-1000 Scovilles!).
Pepper ‘Banana Hungarian Wax’	18-24”ht	4 ½” pot	$3.95
(75 days) This heirloom from Hungary produces lots of 6” long light yellow peppers that are on the spicy side (not hot). Perfect for pickling or fresh eating and pretty too!
Pepper ‘Black Hungarian’	30”ht	4 ½” pot	$3.95
(75-80 days) This gorgeous heirloom produces lots of shiny black fruits that look like Jalapenos; foliage is also ornamental with purple veining. Spicy but not hot with a yummy flavor! Perfect for containers, and ya know I’m gonna have one in a pot for you to envy!
Pepper ‘Bulgarian Carrot’ (AKA Shipkas)	18”ht	4 ½” pot	$3.95
(70 days) This oddity was smuggled out through the Iron Curtain (yes I love these Heirloom adventure stories!) and bears clusters of 3 ½” fluorescent orange hot and fruity peppers in copious amounts. I’ve seen the Scoville rating anywhere from 5,000 to 30,000, so your guess is as good as mine; all I know is that they are AWESOME in chutneys, salsas, or roasted (and absolutely adorable too!)
Pepper ‘Bull Nose’	24-30”ht	4 ½” pot	$3.95
(80 days) This Heirloom from India was grown by Thomas Jefferson and produces lots of big bell shaped fruits that are sweet with a little kick and are great stuffed, pickled or fresh!
Pepper ‘Buran’	24”ht	4 ½” pot	$3.95
(80 days) This Polish Heirloom is extremely productive and very sweet, whether picked green or red! Makes adorable 4” x 3” peppers that are great stuffed or fresh.
Pepper ‘Ciliegia Picante’ (AKA ‘Satan’s Kiss’)	30”ht	4 ½” pot	$3.95
(80 days) This Italian heirloom is a big producer of golf ball sized cherry chili peppers that are medium to hot, but lose half their heat when cooked. Perfect for pickling, in salads, or when traditionally cooked stuffed with anchovies and mozzarella and then grilled!
Pepper 'Early Jalapeno'	Compact	4½" pot	$3.95
(60-65 days) This one produces 3 ½" x 1 ½" sausage shaped fruits in abundance. 10-15 days earlier than regular Jalapenos. It starts deep green and matures to red; we had TONS of them even in 2009 with all the cool and wet weather! Very hot at 25000-30000 Scoville units!
Pepper ‘Early Sunsation’	24-30”	4 ½” pot	$3.95
(69 days) A Hybrid Bell pepper that produces big, BRIGHT yellow peppers; a joy to behold and to eat! Great early producer and very disease resistant.
Pepper ‘Elephant’s Trunk’	18-24” ht	4 ½” pot	$3.95
(80 days) An East Indian heirloom that produces SCADS (up to 50 peppers per plant!) of 8-10” long wrinkly Cayenne-type peppers (red when mature) that are medium hot (maybe 5000-10000 Scovilles?) Perfect in pots!
Pepper ‘Fish’	24” ht	4 ½” pot	$3.95
(80 days) This beauty is an African American heirloom (prior to the 1870’s) that makes an OUTSTANDING ornamental due to its gorgeous foliage and fruit! The foliage is variegated green and white, and the 2-3” slightly curved fruit ranges in color from cream with green stripes to orange with brown stripes to glowing red. Perfect for containers and is traditionally used in Chesapeake Bay to flavor fish dishes or in chutneys served with crab cakes (double yum!) Medium to pretty hot!
Pepper ‘Fooled You’ Jalapeno	27” ht	4½” pot	$3.95
(65 days) A customer brought me one of these plants and they are AWESOME! VERY flavorful but without the heat of regular Jalapenos; perfect for sauces, salsa and stir fry!
Pepper ‘Garden Salsa Hybrid’	24” ht	4 ½” pot	$3.95
(73 days) This chile pepper grows 8” long and usually picked green for use in salsas (they mature red). Medium hot; gets hotter in drier weather.
Pepper ‘Georgia Flame’	24” ht	4 ½” pot	$3.95
(90 days) An heirloom from the Republic of Georgia that produces tons of 6-8” long crunchy peppers that are perfect for salsa — hot but not overwhelming.
Pepper ‘Giant Marconi’	30”ht	4½” pot	$3.95
(63 days) A 2001 All American Selection winner, this produces one of the biggest Italian-type sweet peppers anywhere! Peppers start green and mature to red, are 8” long and sweetest when red; OUTSTANDING grilled or roasted! VERY high yield!
Pepper ‘Goat Horn’	30-36” ht	4 ½” pot	$3.95
(75 days) This Asian heirloom is a very hot Cayenne type pepper (flavor similar to Thai peppers). Great for Asian cooking, pickling, and in containers (and everyone should have some Goats in their life, right?!)
Pepper ‘King of the North’	28”ht	4½” pot	$3.95
(65-70 days) We grew this Sweet bell pepper in 2009 and it was AWESOME! It bears huge (6” x 4”) blocky green peppers maturing to red. Excellent for short season areas like ours; VERY prolific producers!
Pepper ‘Lemon Drop’ (AKA ‘Peru Yellow’)	24” ht	4 ½” pot	$3.95
(85 days) This Peruvian heirloom is an extremely prolific producer of bright yellow, 2½” long cute crinkly fruits that pack quite a wallop — 15000 to 30000 Scovilles! They have an almost citrusy flavor, and are perfect in containers too!
Pepper ‘McMahon’s Red Bird’ (AKA Chiletepin or Bird’s Eye Pepper)	30”ht	4 ½” pot	$3.95
(90 days) This heirloom was a gift to Thomas Jefferson in 1812 and is the official pepper of Texas (how’s that for trivia!) It produces 3/8” round green to red fruit that will knock your socks off at 80000 to 100000 Scoville’s (?hotter than a Habanero?!) WHEW…I think I’ll just grow it for the cute factor!
Pepper ‘Mini Bell Chocolate’	18” ht	4 ½” pot	$3.95
(85 days) This teeny heirloom produces adorable 2” chocolaty brown bell peppers that are outstanding pickled, stuffed or fresh — great for containers too!
Pepper ‘Pasilla Bajio’ (AKA Chile Negro)	30”ht	4 ½” pot	$3.95
(78 days) This “little raisin” is classified as a hot pepper but isn’t really; more spicy with an almost herbal flavor (about 1000-1500 Scovilles). It produces lots of 8-10” long thin peppers that mature to a dark brown and are perfect for molé sauces!
Pepper ‘Tennessee Cheese’	Compact	4½” pot	$3.95
(75-80 days) This ancient heirloom from Spain (seeds recovered by a couple in Tennessee!) produces 4” round or apple-shaped fruits with flattened bottoms and thick delicious skin.  Perfect for stuffing or use it fresh like a bell, pickle it or dry it for paprika!
Pepper ‘Santaka’	24” ht	4 ½” pot	$3.95
(65 days) An extremely prolific Japanese heirloom that produces gobs of 1 ½ to 2” bright red peppers that grow upright (kinda like spiky hair!). VERY hot at 40000-50000 Scovilles; great as an ornamental in a pot too!
Pepper ‘Sheepnose Pimento’	24” ht	4 ½” pot	$3.95
(75-80 days) This heirloom from Spain produces lots and lots of 3” x 4” bright red sweet,  juicy, and meaty fruits  that are perfect for canning, freezing, or eating fresh (will keep for weeks in the refrigerator!)
Pepper ‘Wrinkled Old Man’ (AKA Japanese Shishitou)	24” ht	4 ½” pot	$3.95
(80 days) This Japanese favorite produces 3” shiny light green peppers (and tons of them!) that are normally crisp and mild flavored, although once in a while one will have quite a spicy kick! Perfect for tempura, shish-kebabs, or fried. A great (and easy) suggestion is to fry them in olive oil until they are slightly charred, season them with sea salt and then eat all but the stem! I’m drooling now!

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