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Capsicum annuum. Very Hot. 90 days. In 2003 we had our first experience working on a farm in Willow Creek, California. That year Andrew saved his first seeds, too: an heirloom tomato, and a Thai pepper. Now, 17 years later, the legacy of that first saved seed lives on in the Adaptive Early Thai pepper….
Capsicum baccatum. Medium Hot. 90 days. Thin-walled hot pepper great for drying and grinding into powder, and also good eaten fresh or made into hot sauce. Aji Colorado produces 2-3” long bright red fruit that are hotter than a Jalapeño but not quite as hot as a Cayenne and the heat dissipates quickly. Sweet fruity…
Capsicum baccatum. Very Hot. 90 days. One of the few varieties of peppers that is said to be more flavorful when under-ripe than when fully mature. 3-4” long fruit are a unique light-yellow-green when under-ripe and have a flavor somewhat reminiscent of a very spicy grapefruit. Since fruit is harvested immature, the plant will continue…
Capsicum baccatum. Hot. 65 days green, 80 days red. A very rare, northern adapted C. baccatum species of hot pepper. 3″ long, waxy-yellow fruit ripen to a classic orange-red. Aji Marchant is usually harvested under-ripe when still green/yellow and used for pickling. The immature peppers are especially flavorful with a unique earthy-citrus bite that is…
Capsicum annuum. Hot. 95 days. Chilhuacle Negro is a dark chocolate brown hot pepper with rich spicy flesh that is a key ingredient in the classic mole negro from Oaxaca, Mexico. When ripe, the medium small-sized, tapered bell shaped fruit are deep purple inside. With very thin walls, they dry rather easily. Fruit are similar…
Capsicum annuum. Medium Hot. 65 days. Famous New Mexico chile from the farming town of Chimayo in northern New Mexico, at 5,900′ elevation. Medium hot, 3-5” long fruit are probably the earliest Southwestern chile to ripen to red. Thin skinned and easy to dry. In our opinion, Chimayo is in the running for best tasting…
Capsicum annuum. Mild/Medium Hot. 75 days. Yellow-lime colored peppers ripen to orange then dark red. The mildest of all of our hot peppers, but still pretty hot. 50% – 80% larger than typical Hungarian Hot Wax peppers. Extremely productive, even in cool, outdoor conditions and keeps very well once picked. When green, the flavor is…
Milder than the variety Korean, but still has a bit of heat, enough to give a recipe a light kick. Shiny, light-green peppers ripen to a bright red. After the fruit begin to dry a bit, they turn a much deeper, darker red.
Tired of making kimchi too spicy by accidentally putting in one too many Thai peppers? Korean hot pepper is here to save the day and make the best authentic kimchi. Peppers of this type are traditionally used to make a spicy Korean gochugaru.
Capsicum annuum. Medium Hot. 65 days green, 80 days red. This Korean type pepper is intermediate in size, shape, and heat level when compared to the smaller, hotter Korean, and the larger, milder Hong Gochu Large. After ripening to a classic red color, fruit dry down to a deep, dark, mysteriously translucent red. Possibly one…
Capsicum chinense. Hottest. 90-100 days. Limón Lightning is the same species as habanero peppers and is the hottest pepper we offer. Bright, bold yellow peppers ripen early enough for outdoor cultivation at our location in Oregon. Short plants produce high yields of slender peppers that average 2 ½” long by ¾” wide. Limón Lightning brings…
Capsicum annuum. Hot. 70 days. Strong plants produce large cayenne-shaped red hot peppers. A classic heritage type Transylvanian hot pepper that is early to produce fruit and is quick to ripen. Looks like a cayenne but it tastes altogether something different. It is hard to describe, but it has a very rich Transylvanian flavor. The…
Capsicum annuum. Hot. 70 days green, 90 red. Plump, productive, early, and spicy Jalapeño. Fun, slightly rounded shaped, 3 – 3 1/2″ long fruit are perfect for stuffing and roasting. Plants produce a concentrated set of thick-walled fruit and most fruit turn red before frost. We love the green fruit for salsa, escabeche, and especially…
Capsicum annuum. Medium Hot. 70 days green, 90 red. A large fruited Thai hot pepper that resembles a fat, thick-walled cayenne with smooth shiny skin. Nice large 6″ long fruit enable fast harvest. This type of pepper is often used when still green and underripe, when medium hot peppers are desired in recipes such as…
Capsicum annuum. Hot. 75 days green, 100 red. A small fruited Serrano type pepper that produces flavorful, hot, dark green, 2-2 1/2” fruit even in cool summers. Serrano Huasteca peppers are a bit slower to turn red and ripen than some of our other early hot pepper varieties, but the extra flavor is worth the…
Capsicum annuum. 75 days green, 90 days red. Sonora Anaheim pepper is a large, slender, mild chile bred for processing into salsa, canned chile, and taco sauce. If you want to bring in big, heavy yields of mild chiles, this is the variety for you. Straight, smooth, tapered fruit are about 1.5″ – 2” wide…
Capsicum baccatum. Hot. 60 days yellow, 80 days peach. Don’t let the name fool you – Sugar Rush Peach packs a hot pepper punch! Yellow fruit grow to about 3″ long and ripen to a lovely peachy orange color. Definitely a hot pepper but does have some sweetness with almost tropical fruit undertones. Sugar Rush…
Capsicum annuum. Hot. 70 days. This is the perfect pepper for making spicy paprika, as the name suggests. Somewhat slender, 4” long red fruit are three to four times fatter than a cayenne with blunt tips. Good flavor when fresh but excels when dried. Fruit dries very easily even in our short season, cool climate….
Capsicum annuum. Very Hot. 75 days. Classic Hungarian hot pepper with a rich flavor. Heat is high but not too extreme. Round, red cherry shaped fruit are about 1” wide and deep red when ripe. Relatively thick walls for a hot pepper make this a great variety for hot sauce, stuffing, or drying for spicy…
Capsicum annuum. Hot. 70 days. A Transylvanian hot paprika pepper from Târgu Mureș, Romania. We found this variety to be unbelievably productive and early to ripen. However the best part is its flavor which is medium hot and very rich. Serrano shape and size but with thin walls, making it good for drying. Makes delicious…
Capsicum annuum. Medium Hot. 90 days. Just one look and hot pepper fans will know Vallero peppers are delicious. Chocolate-brown color is indicative of a rich flavor that has a hint of sweetness and earthy undertones. Fruit grow to 1.5″ wide and 6″ long, and are good for roasting when green. Shape and size resemble…
Capsicum annuum. Green to Yellow-Orange. 75 days. Bright yellow-orange mini bell peppers grow to about 2″ across. The high yielding plants pump out sweet and tasty, fun-sized fruit. The size makes them very versatile – perfect for snacking or adding to salads, pickling whole, or stuffed as an appetizer. Plants have a small stature that make…
Capsicum annuum. Yellow to Red. 75 days. Richly flavored Hungarian sweet pepper that is great both fresh and cooked. Attractive, large, conical fruit with a curled tip start out pale yellow and ripen to bright orange then red. These colors make Bácskai Fehér sweet pepper a great addition to a market display, as they offer…
Capsicum annuum. Green to Orange. 80 days. Vivid orange bell pepper, produces loads of blocky, thick-walled fruit early and throughout the season. Almost candy sweet when fully ripe and the under-ripe fruit are also sweeter than most. Bell peppers can be a challenge to grow outdoors here, but Etiuda is a champ with a high…
Capsicum annuum. Green to Red. 50 days green, 85 red. Mild flavored sweet peppers originally from the Basque region of Spain. The 6″ long, ripe red fruit start to crinkle a little on the plant when mature. We first started growing Gernika when we were searching for an excellent drying pepper for sweet paprika, and…
Capsicum annuum. Lime Green to Red. 70 days. Wonderful, early sweet red pepper that is our effort at dehybridizing “a popular hybrid.” Elongated, tapered fruit are similar to Hungarian sweet peppers. Starts out a lime green color, ripens to red with good flavor at any stage. Now in its sixth season of selection, it is…
Capsicum annuum. 60 days green, 90 days red. Ise is similar in flavor and texture to the common Shishito pepper, but sweeter and larger fruited. Fruit are 3 ½” long by 1” wide and still small enough to prep in all of the classic Shishito ways, but the larger size makes for a quicker harvest….
Capsicum annuum. Green to Red. 80 days. Lesya is a totally unique sweet pepper from Ukraine that caught our eye due to its cool, conical, almost heart-like shape. Fruit have 3”-4” wide rounded shoulders that taper to a point at the blossom end. The heart shape is a bit variable but is really apparent when…
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