Peppers

Ornamental Pepper Fiesta. NOT grown for food. Compact bushy plant producing numerous multicolored ornamental chili peppers. 30 cm tall. Very beautiful container plant or in borders. Sow Feb. - June. 1 gram pack; approx. 150 seeds.  To see our...

Known to some as 'Satan's Kiss'....beware. We used to carry this, and now they are back. This is a tasty, medium-hot, round, cherry chili. It loses about 60% of its heat when cooked making it great stuffed with mozzarella and anchovies and then grilled...

Hybrid. An early, hot chilli pepper from Sardegna. Vigorous medium-sized plant which produces meaty, cone shaped fruits. Smooth dark green skin, turning red when fully mature. Ideal for spaghetti alla puttanesca and other famous Italian dishes...

Chilli Pepper. Late variety with very hot lantern shaped fruit with conical tip. Fruit dimensions vary from 3-5 cm in length and 3-4 cm in width. During maturity the colour will change from green to dark red. Sow Feb-June. 0.25 gram pack = approximately...

Peperoncino Peppino F1. One of the few hybrid peppers we carry. Early. Produces slightly flat round fruit about 2 inches across. Dark green turning dark red when ripe. Very thick flesh. Medium spicy taste: 6,900 Scoville units. Good for fresh eating,...

Stromboli Pepper. Named for the famous island volcano. A hot chili pepper variety producing bunches of small, upward pointing green fruit that eventually turn orange. Good container plant. 1.4 grams, approx. 40-60 seeds.

Peperone Dolce Bergamo. Sigarette di Bergamo, the “Cigarette of Bergamo". A long thin sweet pepper, ideal for grilling. Approx. 300 seeds.

Pepper Carmagnola Rosso. Large Red sweet bell type with slight taper at the end. Slightly smaller and earlier than the Red Asti. Thin skin, thick walls and very sweet. Good producer. Early. Big plant; space 16 inches. You can stuff them, cook them in...

Corno di Toro Giallo - "Yellow Horn of the Bull." 6—8 inches long, 2 inches wide. Very sweet pepper with thin skin and thick walls. Ideal to stuff, fry or grill. Bears heavily. 60 days green, 75-85 days to color. 1.5 gram packet, approximately 225...

Pepper Corno di Toro. Horn of the Bull. Red. 8" long, 2-3 inches wide. Very sweet pepper with thin skin and thick walls. Brilliant red when ripe. Ideal to stuff, fry or grill. Bears heavily. 65 days green, 75-85 days red. Approximately 225 seeds. To see...

Pepper Dulce Italiano. Largish bulls horn pepper. Smaller than Corno Rosso. Widely used in Italy. Sweet and productive. Pick either when green or when red ripe. Thin skin. 2 gram packet, approximately 300 seeds. To see our growing guide for...

Pepper Giallo d'Asti - Yellow from Asti. Classic large square yellow pepper from Piemonte. Big fruit, excellent production, sweet taste. Roast on the grill, remove skin & slice. Nice color combination when cooked together with Red Asti. 60-65 days...

Large, square, yellow pepper from alpine Northern Italy. Piemonte has the reputation of having the best peppers in Italy. This pepper is big, round, has very thick walls & thin skin with great flavor. Has a bit of a pointed end. Very productive...

Pepper Goccia d'Oro. An excellent frying pepper. Six inches long with a thin skin. Very pretty yellow, mostly red/yellow when full ripe. Prolific, relatively early. Start transplants 8 weeks before set out date (7-10 days after frost free date) and set...

Pepper Lombardo. Long, green, slim, very sweet frying pepper; red, yellow or orange when ripe. Large plant, space about 18 inches apart. Peppers are 5-6 inches long, 3/4-1 inch wide. Very thin skin. Can also pickle or dry them. 70 or so days. 1.5 gram...

Pepper- Marconi Giallo. A much-prized Italian heirloom. Fruit are slender and 6-7" long with 3 lobes. They become yellow as they ripen and should be harvested at that stage. They seem to continue ripening on to red. Let us know your experience. Extremely...

Pepper - Marconi Rosso. 9-12 inch long, 3" wide block sweet pepper. Three lobes. Deep red when ripe. 80 or so days to maturity from transplants. Big plant. Very productive. 3 gram packet, approximately 400 seeds. Not Franchi seed. To see our growing...

This is an interesting pepper and very popular. It produces a large quantity of small (1 1/2 or 2 inches by 2 or 3 inches) green peppers which are mostly sweet and mild when young, although a small percentage of them are hot. As they get mature, more...