Ho Chi Minh Hot Pepper

It's getting more and more popular to spice up dishes with hot peppers. Aside from setting our taste buds on fire, it's also thrilling to discover their different colors and shapes in the garden. This mix contains Shishito, Piri Piri, Aleppo, Penis, Jalapeno, 5 Colours and Peach Sugar Rush peppers. Package: 25 seeds

The Peach Sugar Rush pepper was selectively bred by Chris Fowler, who finally stabilized the variety in 2012, 8 years after he first started the process. He had noted that the rosy color was associated with higher sugar levels and a strong citrus taste. He did succeed very well, as this pepper tastes very sweet with hints of apricot, peach and lemon before the spiciness comes in. Ranging from 50 000 to 100 000 on the Scoville scale, it ranks under Habanero peppers. Very productive and delicious (for hot pepper lovers!), it quickly became one of our favorites at the farm. Do not be surprised, the peach color does take a while before showing up. It will come towards the end of the season, or you might even need to make it ripen after harvesting it. Nothing stops you from eating it before though! Isolated in a greenhouse under a fine mesh net.   Package: Around 20 seeds

The Jimmy Nardello peppers come from the Basilicata region in the south of Italy. This region has had a rich and diverse pepper culture for generations. The Jimmy Nardello first came to life in Giuseppe and Angella Nardello's garden in the 19th century. They emigrated to Connecticut in 1887, along with all of they children, and brought with them the seeds of this long and thin-skinned red pepper.
According to the story, their 4th child, Jimmy Nardello, became a passionated gardener. He kept on cultivating the family seeds which his parents had preserved all their lives. Shortly before his death, in 1983, he donated his seeds to Seed Savers Exchange and they quickly became famous amongst the farming community.
The Jimmy Nardello pepper is considered on of the best peppers to be fried because its flesh becomes tender and sweet. It is also delicious eaten fresh but can be dried as well. Upon maturity, it presents a deep red color, an elongated form and tends to twirls as it grows.

Package: approx. 30 seeds

This pepper variety originally comes from Japan. It gives a bountiful harvest of small wrinkled fruits, about 10 cm in length. Very productive, it will yield at least 25 peppers per plant. The red peppers (when ripe) are equally delicious if eaten earlier, when they are still green. They are mild and sweet but can be bit spicy, especially if dried. Compact plant, ideal for small gardens. Package: 30 seeds.

The Poblano pepper comes from the Puebla region of Mexico. Its taste is fairly sweet, it has a large size and requires about 80 days to reach its maturity. Once dried, this pepper turns brown and takes the name Ancho. The Poblano pepper has a moderate spicy taste that ranges from 1000 to 1500 on the Scoville scale.   Package: 20 seeds

Both ornemental and delicious, this hot pepper variety comes from Brazil. It grows abundant small peppers (2 to 3 cm long) which have a very unique water drop shape. Crunchy, fruity and only slightly spicy, its exceptional taste must be discovered raw, as the pepper loses all its flavor when cooked. It will be best used in a fruit salad or in this Brazilian traditional recipe: http://flavorsofbrazil.blogspot.com/2011/11/recipe-preserved-biquinho-peppers.html   Package: around 20 seeds *Winner of the "Vegetable to Discover" category of the 2019 Edition of the Les Exceptionnelles contest*