A delicious Italian frying pepper, Carmen ripens to a luscious carmine red when it is at the pinnacle of sweetness. Its uses go beyond frying, it makes an excellent roasting pepper (which freeze beautifully), as well as for grilling and salads. Fruits average 6″ long.
Sun. Allow 1 square foot per plant. An early producing variety of this popular hot pepper. 4,000 to 6,500 Scoville units.
We trialed this pepper in 2017 and it became a favorite in our kitchen. Flaming Flare’s very fruity flavor and its not-too-hot heat resulted in our adding it to just about everything that we wanted a fruity pepper in, including (by accident at first) salads. Due to its high seed cost we grow this variety in limited quantities so it will likely sell out quickly.
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Full sun. The bright orange fruit of this thick walled pepper are juicy, fruity and sweet. Gourmet produces very blocky medium-large bells. This variety is highly resistance to tobacco mosaic virus.
Sun. Allow 1 square foot per plant. The small, wrinkled fruits of this plant have a distinctive flavor and pack heat! When ripe, the fruit is salmon orange and is rated at 250,000 scoville units. Habanero pepper is a key ingredient in Jamaican “jerk” sauces. Use fresh or dried.
Sun. This pepper packs heat! Helios is bred for New England weather. Enjoy the fruity flavor of habaneros from your own garden,
Sun. Allow 1 square foot per plant. Milder than a jalapeno, Hungarian Hot Wax is a smooth, waxy, tapered fruit that ripens from yellow to orange to red (the riper it is, the hotter it is). Great for sauteing. Produces lots of fruit even in cool weather. 3,000 Scoville units.
Sun. Allow 1 square foot per plant. Lady Bell is a thick walled hybrid variety that ripens green to red. It is a reliable producer in the Northeast. Sweet and crisp, good for fresh eating and stuffing, green or red, and roasting red. This variety offers hybrid vigor and reliability making it a first choice for quality and yield.
Sun. Allow 1 square foot per plant. Sweet, juicy, and thick-fleshed, Lipstick’s 4″ long, conical peppers are good in salads and salsas. Its thick flesh makes them suitable for roasting as well. Dependably productive even in areas with cooler summers.
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8 to 10 inch, tapered golden yellow, sweet and juicy, thick walled fruits borne on vigorous plants. This variety is a reliable performer in the northeast.