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PEPPERS
Bell (green) - Big Bertha
We grew these last year and they were pretty and huge! These are mostly 4-lobed, green fruits that mature up to a full 7" long by 3 1/2" across. These will turn deep green to red. Plants will continue to produce all season. Resists Tobacco Mosaic Virus. Plants grow 25" to 30" tall. 70 days.
Bell (yellow) - Super Heavyweight
Seed company boasts that this "jumbo bell is such a handful, you may need two hands to pick one up!" Doesn't that sound cool? Lots of people wanted a yellow one, so lets try the BIG one! Fruits can weigh up to 9 oz. Thick walled and blocky, promising to be sweet and maintain a crunchy texture. Ripens from green to gold. If you just want a huge GREEN one, just pick it early. Low in calories and high in Vitamin C. This would also make a great BIG stuffer. 77 days.
Bell (orange/red) - Valencia
These peppers mature to a vibrant pumpkin-orange. Very colorful addition to any dish. Blocky fruits average 4 1/2" across. 72 days.
Bell (black) - Mavras
Awesome looking glossy black sweet bell pepper. Blocky fruits are thick-walled and begin to develop a shiny black-to-deep purple color while still immature. This is an arly bell pepper that will be a dramatic addition to any dish! Resistant to Tobacco Mosaic Virus. 75 days.
Inferno Hot Banana
Early high yielder produces big, 8" by 1 1/2 inch fruits with outstanding flavor - they have outstanding flavor, however, it is very hot compared to most hot banannas. Matures yellow to red. 60 days.
Hungarian Yellow Wax Hot - (Banana type)
I ordered this one to try to get a banana that was a bit tamer than the Inferno...the kind most of us are used to. 6" long and 1 1/2" wide. Good pickling pepper. Matures from light yellow to bright red. Plants will grow 16" to 24" tall, strong, and upright to produce many all season long. 67 days.
Chili - Hot Goliath Griller Hybrid
These are a chili type that mature green to red and even have a nice purple color in between. Pungent enough to make a great roaster, but mild enough to eat fresh if you like a pepper with a little bite. Smooth fruits measure 5" to 7" long and about 1 1/2" wide. Good yield. Widely adapted with good disease resistance. 70 days.
Chili - Hot Sandia
Pods average 6 1/2" in length and a little over 1 1/2" wide. It is one of the hotter long green New Mexico type peppers with a heat level ranging between 5,000 and 7,000 scovilles. (That is as hot as our very, very hot jalapeno!) Very popular market chile in New Mexico. 75 days.
Chili - Nu-Mex Big Jim
This one is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest of this chili type. The pods can be up to 12" long and weigh as much as 4 ounces. Medium hot pungency makes them great for chile rellenos and roasting. Great drought and heat tolerance. 80 days.
Jalapeno Fooled You Hybrid
65 days. The scorching heat of most jalapenos makes the distinctive flavor hard to enjoy. Now Fooled You emerges as the perfect pepper for mild sauces, salsa, and stir-fries....not pungent, not hot, but still enormously flavorful. Plants grow 27" tall, bearing loads of large, thick-walled fruits measuring about 3/4" wide at the shoulder, maturing from green to red. Yield is enormous!
Jalapeno Goliath Hybrid
65-68 days. At a record-breaking 6000 to 8000 scovilles (30 hotter than the average jalapeno), we suggest you fireproof your kitchen before slicing, stuffing, or grilling these giant 4" beauties. Thick-walled fruits, about 11/2 inch across, mature from a dark, glossy green to scarlet red. With this much heat, you'd expect other qualities to be compromised, but the flavor and texture are excellent. Good disease resistance.
Wenk's Yellow Hot (banana flavor, jalapeno hottness)
This heirloom pepper looks like a yellow jalapeno, 2 to 4 inches long, but tastes more like an extremely hot banana pepper. It is just as hot as a typical jalapeno, although not quite as hot as our Jalapeno Goliath. It is certainly hotter than a banana pepper should be. Fruit is a pearlescent yellow color that matures to orange, then red. Seed company calls them "medium hot". Thick waxy walled fruit used pickled, cooked or pureed into the pepper vinegar often found on sauerkraut and other PA Dutch dishes. Widely appreciated for its heritage and distinct flavor. 105 days.
Long Thick red Cayenne
72 days. These long, slightly wrinkled, very hot peppers are especially good for pickles, canning and drying. Brilliant, fiery red peppers. Excellent for chili and homemade salsa. Two-celled fruits start out dark green, and then ripen to a bright red color.
Fish Hot pepper
An heirloom considered by many to be the best variety to use when cooking fish and shellfish. Plants grow 18" to 24" with decorative green and purple foliage splashed with white. High yields of very hot, pointed fruits, about 1 1/2" long. The colors range from white fruit with green stripes to orange with brown stripes. You will also get some brilliant reds and some deep purples too. 90 days
Habanera, Chocolate
I had some requests for habanera, so I thought we'd grow a unique color. Seed company promises very high yields of crunchy, 2 1/2" fruits with velvety brown inside and out. Of course, this one is extremely hot, but is supposed to be flavorful as well. I believe these are large compared to a typical habanera pepper. Seed company states I will get the right "kick" in stir-fry, salsas, and sauces. 85 days
Pizza Pepper
Pendulous, cone-shaped, 3" to 4" peppers are mildly hot with just enough spark to spice up all kinds of dishes. (These look like a small jalapeno that is about the size of your thumb.) Meaty walls are up to 1/2 thick. Fruit is hottest when green and grows milder as they mature to red. Plants grow 14" to 18" tall and bear loads of fruits. 80 days.
Bolivian Purple Rainbow
One inch long cone-shaped peppers are very hot. Plants show varying colors of peppers all at the same time. Fruit starts purple, turning yellow, orange, then finally red. Most people growing this plant, grow it for its ornamental qualities. It is unique in that it has 2-3' tall dark purple foliage.
EGGPLANTS
Black Beauty
Ready in 80 days from setting of plants. Fruits are round to globe shaped, large when mature. Plants 2-2 1/2 feet tall. Tasty when picked young, about 5" long, and of glossy color. Best in rich, loose soils. Warm temps are needed to grow this crop.
Kumari Sri Lanka
Very early eggplant. Purple fruits with green veins are about the size of a baseball. Extremely prolific plants growing 4 1/2 feet tall. Sweet white flesh with very little bitterness.
Arumugam's Tamil Nadu Indian
Medium, nice purple slightly tear dropped shaped fruit. Very prolific bushy plants with purple flowers. Sweet white flesh with very little bitterness. All the seeds are at the bottom of the fruit, making for fine eating and cooking.
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