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Ancho
Open pollinated seed heart-shaped peppers are
3-4" long with a mildly pungent and slightly sweet taste. In its
fresh form (poblano) it is a very dark, glossy green and used
roasted and stuffed for rellenos. When reddish-brown and dried used
to make chile powder and "mole" sauce. Plants produce lots of high
quality, dark-green peppers that ripen to red. 1,000-2,000 Scoville
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Black Hungarian Pepper
Rare, sustainably grown. A beautiful
Hungarian heirloom that is highly ornamental, with its purple-veined
foliage, purple flowers and 3-4” fruits that start out black and
ripen to red. Plants grow to 36”. Mild hot great flavor.
500-1,000 Scoville Heat Units
70-80 days
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Bulgarian Carrot Hot Pepper
Rare, sustainably grown. They Look Like
Carrots -- But What a Kick! This plant produces a heavy crop
of long fruit (3-4”) that turn a vivid yellow-orange when ripe. With
an irresistible crunchy bite, Bulgarian Carrot is one of the best
varieties you can find for roasting or chopping into salsa and
chutney. Early to mature and very high-yielding. Grows to 18” tall.
2,000-5,000 Scoville Heat Units
70–80 days |
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Caribbean Red Pepper
VERY hot pepper! Early maturing habanero
type. Produces 100’s of small 1 ½” light green peppers that turn red
when mature. Healthy compact plants.
120,000-400,000 Scoville Heat Units
100 days
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Cherry Bomb Hot Pepper
Green and red hot cherry 2 ½” x 1 ½” fruit are
globe or heart shaped.
4,000 Scoville Heat Units
68 days
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Cayenne Pepper
Long, thin, very dark red fruits. These are
generally ground to powder and used on food or for medicinal
preparations to increase circulation, stoke the digestive fire and
warm up cold extremities. Plants are very prolific.
30,000-50,000 Scoville Heat Units
65-70 days
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Cayenne Large Red Thick
Open pollinated seed. Strong upright
plants produce large-shouldered, wrinkled fruit ranging from 5-7"
long and 1 ¼” – 1 ½” in diameter with medium-thick flesh. Fruit
color is dark green turning to scarlet when ripe. Not as hot as
regular cayenne.
6,000-8,500 Scoville Heat Units
70-80 days
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Chili Grande Hot Pepper
Open pollinated seed
Large tapered chili 3” long fruit, smooth and hot. Suitable for
canning and freezing.
5,000 Scoville Heat Units
60 days
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Georgia Flame Hot Pepper
A piquant pepper from the Republic of Georgia,
up to 8” long, with thick, crunchy flesh. Two-foot high plants
produce copious amounts of fruit throughout the season. An excellent
salsa pepper – mild and spicy with heavy yields.
1,500 Scoville Heat Units 90 days
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Holy Mole Pepper
Holy Mole has a distinctive and slightly spicy
flavour - but not hot - and is widely used in Mexican cuisine for
Mole Sauce, pizza and enchilada casseroles. The fruits are 7-9“ long
x 1 ½” wide and are dark glossy green. Plants are tall and staking
is recommended.
700 Scoville Heat Units
85 days
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Hungarian Hot Banana
Extra early 8” spicy fairly hot banana-shaped
fruits. Fruit ripen light green, then yellow then red.
6,000 Scoville Heat Units
58 days
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Jalapeno
Open pollinated seed Pungent and hot, the
thick-walled and juicy dark green peppers are 3" long. Lots of
fruit on plants 24-36" tall. If there are still green peppers on the
plant at the end of the season, pull up the whole plant and hang in
a dry spot for it to finish ripening to red. Use for fresh eating,
pickling, sauces & drying.
2,500-8,000 Scoville Heat Units 70 days
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Kung Pao Pepper
Direct from Asia, this hybrid pepper
revolutionized Chinese stir-fry dishes due to its fantastic flavor
and pungent aroma. Vigorous plants produce loads of 4½”, slender red
fruits.
10,000 Scoville Heat Units
85 days
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Red Habanero - SPICY HOT!
Open pollinated seed. This pepper is
the hottest! The little lime-green peppers ripen to red. Big plants
need lots of heat to mature but are well worth the time.
350,000-575,000 Scoville Heat Units
90-100 days
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Rocoto Red Pepper
A very unique pepper! Velvet-leaved
plants with large purple blossoms and black seeded fruits. One-inch
round green peppers ripen to a vivid red. Best grown in containers
on a porch or other shaded area. Peruvian in origin.
225,000-350,000 Scoville Heat Units
95-130 days
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Serrano Chili Pepper
Small, 3-4” long finger-shaped hot peppers
picked green or red. The Serrano Pepper is a classic hot pepper, and
one of the most commonly used for cooking. Medium-hot taste and not
too overpowering.
8,000-22,000 Scoville Heat Units
85 days
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Thai Dragon
Open pollinated seed. Unlike some other
hot varieties that tend to droop, Thai Dragons are loaded with
clusters of slender hot peppers that point up above the leaves on
short 16” sturdy plants. At the end of the summer, if some are still
on the plant, pull it up and hang indoors as a decoration or a
source for the cook.
50,000-100,000 Scoville Heat Units 85 days
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Vietnamese Multicolor Pepper
Organic seed. A stunning ornamental
pepper from Vietnam. The fairly tall plants produce lots of upright,
cone-shaped, 1 - 1 ½” inch hot fruit that turn from purple, to
lavender to honey to orange to red. The leaves, stems and
flowers are purple and very attractive.
30,000-50,000 Scoville Heat Units
70-80 days
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