• Small Red Chili Pepper

    Small Red Chili Pepper

    SMALL RED PEPPER ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Small Red Chili Peppers grow to 5″, are conical in shape, and taper to a point. They are hot, containing about 30,000 Scoville heat units. A large harvest of peppers will ripen in about 80 days. Origin: Peppers originated in South and Central America. Usage: These peppers are perfect for salsas, sauces, relishes, garnishes, and making hot...
  • Pasilla Bajio Pepper

    Pasilla Bajio Pepper

    ABOUT THE PLANT Description: The Pasilla Bajio Pepper is 6" long and 2" wide, turning from green to brown when mature. It is mildly hot and fantastic when dried and used in making smoky-flavored mole sauce. It has a smoky, earthy, and fruity flavor, and its heat can run from 1000-4000 SHUs. Origin: Peppers originated in South and Central America. The Pasilla Bajio arose...
  • Santa Fe Grande Pepper

    Santa Fe Grande Pepper

        Description: Santa Fe Grande peppers are 2-5" inches long, conical shaped with a rounded end. They start out pale yellow, then turn a bright orange or brilliant red. They are mild and slightly sweet with only 500-700 SHU. Origin: Peppers originated in South and Central America. The Santa Fe Grande is a landrace pepper in northern New Mexico. Usage: Santa Fe Grande...
  • Fresno Chili Pepper

    Fresno Chili Pepper

    ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Fresno Chilies are 2-3" long, slightly curved, and taper to a point. They have shiny skin and mature from green to a fiery red. (They look a lot like Jalapeno pepper, but the flavor is fruitier and smokier). Their heat ranges from 2,500 to 10,000 Scoville Heat Units.Origin: Peppers originated in South and Central America. Fresno peppers were developed in...
  • Fire Cracker Pepper

    Fire Cracker Pepper

    FIRECRACKER PEPPER ABOUT THE PLANT Description: The ornamental Firecracker has upright, 1-inch, glossy, fiery hot pods that mature from cream to red, orange, yellow, purple, and everything in between, giving the plant a potpourri of color. The hot pods range from 30,000 to 40,000 SHU. This 2-foot decorative plant is excellent in containers. Origin: Peppers originated in South and Central America. Usage: Besides being...
  • Caloro Pepper

    Caloro Pepper

    ABOUT THE PLANT Description: The Caloro pepper has thick-walled, conical-shaped pods 2" long by 1” wide. The pods ripen from green to yellow, then red. They are sweet and mildly hot with 1000 to 5000 Scoville Heat Units.  Origin: Peppers originate in South and Central America. The variety Caloro is thought to have been developed in the USA. Usage: Used fresh in salsas and...
  • Hungarian Hot Wax Pepper

    Hungarian Hot Wax Pepper

    ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Hungarian Hot Wax peppers are smooth, creamy yellow, 5 inches long, with a conical, tapered shape. They have thick flesh, thin skins, and a sweet, medium heat of 1,000 to 15,000 Scoville Heat Units. They are usually used at the yellow stage but will mature to a red-orange color on compact 2-foot plants. They are similar in appearance to banana...
  • Big Jim Hot Pepper

    Big Jim Hot Pepper

    They are typically picked green and used to produce roasted green chile in New Mexican cuisine. Origin: Developed at New Mexico State University in 1975. Usage: They are perfect for making Chile Rellenos. Also used in salsa and salads, roasting, pickling or anywhere that peppers are used. The red ones are dried and made into beautiful ristras. Interesting facts: The Guinness Book of World...
  • Hot Red Cherry Pepper

    Hot Red Cherry Pepper

    RED CHERRY HOT PEPPER ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Red Cherry Hot peppers are one to two inches across, round, and flattened. When ripe, they're bright red and thick. They have a nice robust flavor with 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville heat units. Origin: Red cherry peppers, both sweet and hot, are native to the regions of Mexico, South America, and Central America and have been...
  • Serrano Hot Pepper

    Serrano Hot Pepper

    SERRANO PEPPER ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Serrano peppers grow between 1 - 4 inches long and about 1/2 inch wide. Their flavor is sweet and tangy. They carry a punch of between10,000-25,000 SHU and are usually used at the green stage. You can find them in their various color stages of yellow, orange, and red, but more commonly, green. Origin: Peppers originated in South...
  • Cayenne Pepper

    Cayenne Pepper

    ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Cayenne peppers are 2 to 5 inches long, thin, red peppers, often with a curved tip and somewhat rippled skin. They have a sweet and slightly smokey aroma. Heat is 30,000 to 50,000 SHU. Cayenne chile is usually sold in stores in its powder form known as cayenne pepper. Also, most of the chile flakes sold are from Cayenne peppers....
  • Habanero Pepper

    Habanero Pepper

    ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Habanero pepper is a fiery chile with a sweet, fruity, somewhat floral flavor. The pods are about 1 ½-2” long and 1 ½ " wide, boxy looking, usually orange or red. It is prized for its level of heat, 200,000 – 350,000 SHU. Origin: Peppers originate in South and Central America. The Habanero, which translates to mean "from Havana," are...
  • Jalapeno Pepper

    Jalapeno Pepper

    ABOUT THE PLANT Description: Jalapeno peppers are firm, thick-walled, 2-3 inches long, with a curved shape and green, shiny, smooth skin. The flavor is vegetal with medium heat. Scoville Heat Units 2,000 to 10,000. They are usually harvested when green but ripen to red. This chile is named after the Mexican city of Jalapa, but in Mexico, they call the Jalapeno a Cuaresmenos. Because...
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