Peppers

All seeds are sustainably grown & chemical free. 25 seeds in each packet.

Hot Peppers

Criolla Sella – 80 days. (Capsicum baccatum) Beautifullly golden orange, this Bolivian heirloom produces     3” long peppers with thin skin on fine leaved graceful sturdy plants. This superb hot pepper is a bit less spicy than cayenne with a touch a citrus-like sweetness & is tasty fresh and dries very easily. Prolific early producer. Native to Bolivia and now adapted to cooler temperate climates.  30,000 Scovilles. 25 seeds per packet.

Note: will not cross with the ‘annum’ varieties, so easy to save seed. 

Fish – 80 days red. Rare historical heirloom Afro-Caribbean variegated fruit & leaf pepper that made its way north with the slave trade, surviving largely today in Philly/Baltimore area. The 2″ curving pendant fruits look like little fish, but historically used in fish dishes. Fruits turn from white with green stripes to orange with brown stripes to red, packing considerable heat and full-bodied fruity flavour. Beautiful garden specimen & a must in the kitchen. Listed on Slow Food’s Ark of Taste. 5000- 30.000 SHU’s, so between a jalapeno & serrano.

Hinkelhatz – 78 days. Hinkelhatz means “chicken heart” aptly describing this 1″ red hot pepper. A rare heirloom grown by the Pennsylvania Dutch for over 150 years & now on Slow Food Ark of Taste. Short 2′ bushes are prolific producers & great for containers. Traditionally used for pickling & hot pepper vinegar. A great little pepper for any dish needing a hot kick. 30,000 Scovilles  

Ho Chi Minh  – 68 days. (Capsicum annum) This prolific hot yellow cayenne from Vietnam sets a lot of fruit & dries down easily.   The 4–5″ long peppers, on 3′ plants, grow like large fingers turning from green to bright yellow to orange-yellow in late summer or fall. 30,000 Scovilles.

Hot Portugal  – 70 days. Long glistening red peppers with thin flesh are sweet & medium spicy. Ripens quickly in short growing areas. Best when allowed to ripen on the plant. Try fresh, sautéed, in soups, stews & more.  50,000 Scovilles.  

Matchbox Pepper  – 75 days. Small spicy chiles on low-growing plants. Slightly sugary- hot when ripe. Very pretty.  Very adaptable as good in hot dry, or cold damp weather, also likes sandy soil or clay soil. Doesn’t dry as easily as a cayenne, but dries best in a dehydrator. 40,000 Scovilles.

Sweet Peppers

Bangles Blend Minis – 60 days green, 80 days colour. Red, yellow & chocolate 1.5” mini-sized sweet peppers. Each plant produces one colour & are 18-24” tall.

California Wonder – 65 days. Delicious large bell peppers. Abundant green peppers, but it takes a long time to change from green to red. Well worth growing.

Gatherer’s Gold – 70 days. Beautiful long tapered smooth-skinned golden Italian frying pepper. Sweet & tasty cooked or raw, with few seeds. Prolific producer continuing late in the fall when other varieties are done.

Klari Baby Cheese – 65 days. This ancient heirloom from Hungary is early & very productive. Rare & endangered pimento type with thick sweet juicy flesh. Small flattened sweet peppers averaging 2 – 3” resembles a small wheel. Starts pale yellow, through orange to bright red. Delicious snack straight from the garden! Highly ornamental & excellent in pots with a stake.

Lipstick –55 days. Early & productive, a great choice for short season areas. Red 4” long juicy sweet peppers. Chunky triangular peppers 2×3 ½ “ on 4’ plant. Good flavour especially in cooler areas. 

Petit Marseillais – 70 days. 24” tall. Sweet 4-5” golden yellow wrinkled pepper from the south of France. All summer producer from mid-season to frost. Good income for farmers markets. Ideal for stuffing.

Sweet Sunset Italian Pepper – 58 days green, 78 coloured. Long tapering peppers with thick meaty sweet flesh, ripen to red, orange & yellow.  Vigorous 2′ plants keep producing for a long season & well adapted to cool season gardens. Great for snacking, salads, sautées or roasting.