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SWEET CHOCOLATE

Chocolate Beauty Peppers are medium large, lobed bell peppers that turn from green to a chocolate brown if left to mature. As the turn colour, the sweetness really increases, and they are visually stunning when mixed with yellow bell peppers in a salad.

PURPLE BEAUTY

The best purple pepper available, blocky fruits hiding in the leaves. The colour goes from green to purple to deep red.

LABRADOR

Early yellow bell has thick juicy walls and fruity sweet taste. Medium- large, very blocky fruits

PEPPERONCINI

An Italian HEIRLOOM, of slender 12cm (5") and sweet green peppers that turn red and become even sweeter. The rich taste is like a sun-dried tomato with just a tiny hint of warmth. Pepperoncini is wonderful for eating fresh, chopped in salads, served with dips or breads, or pickled.

HUNGARIAN YELLOW HOT WAX

Spicy HOT! This bright yellow medium hot pepper averages 14cm X 4cm (5.5"x 1.5"). Fruit are smooth, waxy and taper to a point.

ISLANDER

Light lavender skin, pale yellow flesh. 3-lobed, medium-size, thick-fleshed peppers with a mild, lightly sweet taste. Fruits ripen through a showy stage of violet, yellow and orange streaks, eventually turning a rich, very dark red.

LABRADOR

Early yellow bell has thick juicy walls and fruity sweet taste. Medium- large, very blocky fruits

HABANERO

SPICY HOT! This pepper is the hottest we offer. The little lime-green peppers ripen to red.

PEPPERONCINI

An Italian HEIRLOOM, of slender 12cm (5") and sweet green peppers that turn red and become even sweeter. The rich taste is like a sun-dried tomato with just a tiny hint of warmth. Pepperoncini is wonderful for eating fresh, chopped in salads, served with dips or breads, or pickled.

THAI DRAGON

Spicy HOT! Unlike some other hot varieties that tend to droop, Thai Dragons are loaded with clusters of slender hot. At the end of the summer you will have a taste in your mouth for more you will want to dry these ones and cook with them all winter long.

JALAPENO

SPICY HOT! 2-2 1/2" x 1", sausage-shaped, blunt fruits; dark green changing to red.

BIANCA

Add another color to your pepper basket. These ivory colored peppers are medium-large, 4-lobed, and blocky. The fruits have a mild taste and ripen to scarlet red.

MARCONI ROSSO BANANA PEPPERS

Very sweet. You can stuff them, cook them in pepperonata or roast them, remove the skins and serve as a wonderful apertizer. flavorful red paprika powder. Tapered, pointed fruits avg. 6-8" x 1 1/2". Our paprika has mild, sweet flesh, with some heat in the ribs.

MARCONI ROSSO

9-12 inch long, 3" wide block sweet pepper. Three lobes. Deep red when ripe.

CHERRY BOMB

SPICY HOT! Early, productive, gorgeous, hot red cherry. Rounded to top- shaped fruit avg. 2-2 1/2" diam. For fresh market or pickling/processing

CARIBBEAN RED

SPICY HOT! Ripens lime green to red. Glossy and iridescent fruits avg 2" x 1- 1/2". A red ripe version of regular Habanero with similar fiery heat and productivity

YELLOW C SMALL

Excellent fresh or pickled. Small, flattened round fruits avg. 1 1/2" diam. x 1 1/8" long. They turn from green to yellow to golden orange and may be harvested at any color. Sweet and hot flesh.

PADRON

Unique peppers are famous in Spain. Named after the town where they originated. About 1 out of 20 fruits will be hot, and the rest mild. All the fruits become hot if allowed to grow 2-3" long. Padrons are served sautéed in olive oil with a little sea salt, and eaten as tapas (appetizer) in Spain.

PABLANO-ANCHO

Heart-shaped peppers are 7-10cm (3-4") long with a mildly pungent and slightly sweet taste. In its fresh form (called "poblano") it is a very dark, glossy green and is used roasted and stuffed for rellenos (remove skin after roasting). When reddish-brown and dried (called ancho) it is used to make chile powder and "mole" sauce.

TOPEPO ROSSO

Pepper, Topepo Rosso. Round red pepper, @ 2" high, 2 " wide. Sweet. Eat fresh, roast, or pickle - this is the type pepper you see pickled in large jars in Italian delis. Pickle some red ones, some still green for a nice color combination. You can also add some hot peppers if you want some fire in

SHAMROCK

This apple is the first apple harvested at the orchard usually in early August. A tangy early season favorite with an excellent acid/sweet ratio.

JOE'S LONG CAYENNE

SPICY HOT! Unbelievably long, slender Cayenne pepper. It turns bright red for homemade hot sauce and dries well for ristras and delicious, dried hot pepper flakes. The 8-10" long, thin-fleshed fruits taper to a skinny point. The original seeds for Joe’s Long came from Calabria, Italy.

QUADRATO D'ASTI ROSSO

Asti is famous for its peppers and this is another classic from Asti. Very large productive pepper. You can stuff them, cook them in pepperonata or roast them, remove the skins and serve as a wonderful apertizer. Try this with this one and our Yellow peppers.

GIALLO D'ASTI

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

CARMAGNOLA ROSSO

Large Red sweet bell type with slight taper at the end. Thin skin, thick walls and very sweet. You can stuff them, cook them in pepperonata or roast them, remove the skins and serve as a wonderful apertizer.

PAPRIKA SUPREME

Sweet and spicy. For fresh use, but especially for drying and grinding into flavorful red paprika powder. Tapered, pointed fruits avg. 6-8" x 1 1/2". Our paprika has mild, sweet flesh, with some heat in the ribs.

BANANA PEPPERS

Sweet long thin yellow peppers. Great for pickiling eating fresh for salads nad stir fries.

Summer 2012