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| Variety | Days* | Shape/size | Color | Pungency/heat** | Comments | |
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| P | Anaheim Chili | 75-80 | Chile, tapered 6-8" x 1.5" | Dark green to red | 900-3,500 | Meatier, milder chile. Plants have good cover, and bear throughout season. |
| P | Big Jim | 75 | Long, tapered 6.7" x 1.8" at shoulder | Green to red | Medium hot | Also called NuMex Big Jim. 24 to 40 4 oz. pods on 16–24"plants. Flowers when hot and dry. Crop ripens at once. |
| OG | Cayenne Color Blend | Golden Cayenne. 62–70 days. Pencil thin. 6" long. Ripen from yellow to crimson. 1,000–1,500 Scovilles. Purple Cayenne. 67–72 days. Very hot. Curled, twisted, pointed fruit with thin walls measure 4–6" long x .5–.75" thick. Turns from green to purple to red. Develop early. Use from 1". Sweet Cayenne. 75 days. Thin walls. Can grow to 1' long! Ripens from light green to yellow to orange to crimson red. Excellent fryer. Red Cayenne Thin. 70–75 days. Very hot. Slender, long, wrinkled peppers, 5–6 x .75", thin walls, two cells. Ripens from dark green to bright red. Easy to can, dry, pickle. Vigorous 22–30" spreading plants. |
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| P | Cayenne Long Slim | 70-75 | Conical, 5x0.5" | Dark green turns deep red | 3,500-5,000 | Very hot. Spreading plant. Productive. |
| P | Habañero | 90-100 | Lantern, 1x2" | Green to yellow-orange | Up to 215,000! | Hottest pepper known to man. Similar to variant called Scotch Bonnet. |
| P | Hot Sampler Mix | Mixture of Anaheim, Hungarian Yellow Wax, Jalapeno M, and Long Slim Cayenne | ||||
| P | Hungarian Yellow Wax | 65-70 | Conical, 5.5x1.6" | Yellow to orange-red | 2,000-4,000 | Upright productive plant. Early and continuous set. Popular fresh and pickled. |
| Jalapeño M | 60-65 | Blunt, tapered 2.5x1.5" | Dark green turns red | 4,000-6,000 | Early concentrated set. Uniform, hot fruit. | |
| P | Jalapeño TAM Mild | 67 | 3-3.5" sausage shaped | Dark green to red | Mild heat | The perfect gringo pepper, 1/4 to 1/2 as hot as regular Jalapeño and more prolific. 31" plant. Eat raw, roasted, pickled, canned, frozen. |
| P | Sierra Fuego Hybrid | 58-85 | Cylindrical blocky 3 x 1.5" | Dark green to red | 4,000-6,000 | Extremely heavy yield potential. Top quality, early fruit. |
| * From transplant ** Pungency/heat is measured in Scovilles or Scoville units. This is an esoteric, highly technical method of measuring heat in hot peppers. The higher thenumber of Scovilles, the hotter the pepper. |
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| Variety | Days* | Shape/size | Color | Comments | |
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| P | California Wonder 300 | 75-80 | 4 lobed 4.5x4" | Dark green turns red | Widely adapted. Not just any bell pepper, the 300 is the best of class. Developed by eccentric plant breeder, actor, and artist Carrol Briggs, in his Asgrow years. Resistant to Tobacco Mosaic Virus |
| P | Chocolate Beauty | 75-80 | 4 lobed large bell | Green to chocolate brown | Very sweet when ripe brown. |
| P | Cubanelle | 62-70 | 3 lobed 3.5x2" | Yellow green turns red | Tapers to blunt end; mild, sweet. |
| P | Four Colorful Bells Mix | Mixture of Cal Wonder 300, Chocolate Beauty, Orange Sun, and Purple Beauty | |||
| Golden Calwonder | 72-75 | Blocky 4x3.5" | Medium green turns yellow | Blocky, golden at full maturity. | |
| P | Orange Sun | 75-100 | 4 lobed 3.5x4" | Green to orange | Very sweet when bright orange |
| P | Purple Beauty | 70-75 | 4 lobed 3.5x4.5" | Green to purple | Most tender and sweetest when purple. Excellent foliage protection. |
| OG | Rainbow Blend | A colorful blend of what are fast becoming heirloom peppers: Chinese Giant (green to red), Golden Cal Wonder, Orange Sun, Purple Beauty, Keystone Resistant Giant (green to red), Diamond (white). | |||
| P | Sweet Banana | 62-70 | Tapered to point 6x1.5" | Pale green turns red | Colors is yellow and orange between green and red. Thick walls. Very sweet. Prolific plant. |
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