Peppers

Culture: Start indoors 8 weeks before setting out in warm soil. You can't rush peppers by trying to get them out too early. They simply won't co-operate. Peppers enjoy a nice well-composted soil. I add a large shovelful to each planting hole. Keep consistently watered. 25 seeds.

Hot (of varying degrees)

• Beaver Dam
  A Hungarian heirloom brought to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin in 1912 by the Hussli family. Fruits are mildly hot when seeded. 80 days from transplant.



• Bulgarian Carrot
  A good degree of heat in this bright orange, very pretty, tapered fruit. Lots of fruit on small 18" plants and good for salsa and roasting. 75 days.



• Fish
  One very cool pepper all the way around but hot! Nineteenth century African American heirloom first offered by William Woys Weaver (W-3) in the 1995 Seed Savers Exchange yearbook. Beautiful plant, variegated leaves, 3" long fruit is striped and colourful. Medium hot. 80 days. 50 seeds.



• Hinkelhartz
  This was my favourite hot pepper in 2011 for so many reasons. It was an unpredictable growing year, but this very hot pepper produced early and produced lots. It was grown by the Pennsylvania Dutch and the name translated means'chicken heart." Traditionally used for pickling and infusing vinegar. Huge production of smallish 1-2" long fruits. 80 days from transplant.



• Tressa's Florence
  My friend Tressa brought the seeds for this fiery hot pepper back from Florence, Italy for me, hence the name. Bushes can grow to 3' tall and mine tolerated some pretty cool weather and still produced very well. Short, bright red 2-3" tapered fruit is borne upright on plants. Nice flavour. 80 days.

Sweet

• Mini Bells – Chocolate, Red, Yellow
  These cute little bell peppers are fun to grow. The plants, like the peppers, are short and would do well in a pot. Sweet little 2" peppers are good for eating fresh, stuffing, pickling or canning and always receive another look when sold together at the farmer's market. 90 days from transplant. 50 seeds per pack.
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• Purple Beauty
  Stunning colour, large 4-lobed, thick-walled fruit on a short plant. Sweet and tender crisp, and it holds well in the purple stage before turning a stunning red-purple. Early-70-75 days from transplant. 50 seeds.



• Sheepnose Pimento
  Super sweet and thick-walled, these are so good just to eat right from the garden as you would an apple. Very thick-walled and meaty and good for canning. An Ohio heirloom. Keeps well. 70-80 days.



• Sweet Chocolate
  A little chocolate in the garden! Nice, sweet and early, it does well in our southern Ontario gardens. Bred by Dr. Meader at the University of New Hampshire in 1965. Ripens from green to brown to brick red. Delicious-60-85 days.



• Tequila Sunrise
  A highly ornamental plant with brilliant orange 5" long carrot shaped fruit. A show stopper in the flower garden, too, but be practical. Eat the peppers! 60-78 days. 50 seeds.



• Jimmy Nardello
  My favourite pepper for frying, this Italian heirloom is fantastic. Long slim and thin-walled red pepper is super sweet to just eat right off the plant, too. Good production. A great pepper! 75 days.



• King of the North
  This has been the best bell-type green to red pepper in my garden for years. Large size and built for the north, tolerating less than ideal weather and pumping out lots of fine-tasting fruit. 80 days.



• Marconi Red
  This is a pretty incredible Italian pepper. Very long. Mine have grown up to 9", it is thin-walled and very sweet. Tapered fruit. Excellent for fresh eating, frying or freezing. 80 days.