Aji White peppers, often variations of Aji Fantasy or Aji White Lightning, are mild-to-medium heat chilies with a sweet, fruity, and sometimes citrusy flavor. They are known for their distinctive creamy white or ivory color and unique, bell-like or lantern shape. These peppers are popular for their culinary versatility in dishes like salads, sauces, and salsas, and for their ornamental appeal.  

Flavor: Sweet, fruity, and tangy, often with bright citrus notes. 

Heat: Mild to moderate, ranging from approximately 1,000 to 30,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), depending on the specific variety. The heat is often considered mild enough for those who don't prefer extreme spiciness. 

Appearance

Color: Creamy white or ivory when ripe, sometimes with a slight yellow tint.

Shape: Distinctive, pendulous shape often described as bell-like or lantern-like.

Size: Typically small to medium-sized, around 1–2 inches long. 

Growing and usage

Growth: Plants are generally vigorous, productive, and suitable for containers. 

Culinary Uses: They are versatile and can be eaten raw in salads, used in salsas and hot sauces, pickled, or fried. 

Ornamental Value: Their beautiful color and unique shape make them a popular choice for ornamental gardens as well as for eating. 

Trinidad Perfume peppers are a sweet, flavorful, and aromatic pepper that are similar to habanero peppers but with little to no heat: 

Trinidad Perfume peppers are glossy yellow and lantern-shaped, and can grow up to 2 inches long. They mature from green to a golden-orange color. 

Trinidad Perfume peppers have a smoky, citrus flavor with notes of apricot and melon. They are a good source of vitamin C and beta carotene. 

Trinidad Perfume peppers can be eaten raw in salads, cooked in sauces, stuffed, or roasted. They can also be used to make salsa or pepper powder.

Sweet Long from Antibes is an elegant heirloom-style pepper known for its slender, elongated shape and bright lemon-yellow color at maturity. The smooth, glossy fruits typically grow 10–15 cm long, tapering to a gentle point. Crisp and juicy with thin walls, it offers a mild, sweet flavor with no heat.

Ideal for fresh eating, salads, sautéing, grilling, or light roasting, creating paprika.

Excellent for market gardens and home growers, it is productive and performs well in warm, sunny conditions.

Matures in approximately 60 days.

Grow in full sun in fertile, well-drained soil. Start seeds indoors 8–12 weeks before the last frost. Sow 6 mm deep. Transplant outdoors once temperatures remain above 10°C. Space plants 40 cm apart. Germination occurs in 7–10 days at 28–30°C.

The Gogosari pepper is a variety of the Capsicum annuum plant. It is also known as a Romanian heirloom pepper. 

Here are some characteristics of the Gogosari pepper:

The peppers are large, round, and flattened, with a burgundy red color and convex surface. 

The peppers have a sweet taste and a compact, juicy pulp that is thicker and crispier than other varieties. 

Gogosari peppers can be eaten fresh in salads, cooked in a pan, stuffed, canned, pickled, or marinated in sweet and sour sauce. 

The Gogosari pepper is originally from Romania, where it was widely grown commercially in the 1920s. It is also found in Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, and Moldova. 

Candy Cane Orange Pepper is a striking ornamental-sweet pepper featuring vibrant orange fruits with subtle creamy striping during early development. The compact plants produce small to medium, smooth, blocky peppers that ripen to a bright, glossy orange. Crisp and mildly sweet, it offers excellent flavor without heat, making it as tasty as it is decorative.

Cooking Use:

Perfect for fresh snacking, salads, and veggie trays. Its sweet crunch shines in stir-fries, light sautéing, stuffing, and roasting. The bright orange color also adds beautiful contrast to grilled dishes and fresh summer recipes.

Origin: Developed in the USA as a modern hybrid for ornamental and edible use.

Appearance: Features variegated foliage (white/green stripes) and fruit that starts green-and-white striped, ripening to solid red.

Flavor/Heat: It is a sweet pepper with 0 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), often used in salads or for snacking.

Development: It is often confused with the,19th-century,,hot,,"Fish pepper" due to similar coloring, but the Candy Cane line is a distinct, mild, modern,cultivar,.

Variety: While most Candy Cane peppers ripen to red, some variations are associated with different,hybrid,breeding programs.

The 'Petit Marseillais' is a sweet, heirloom pepper from Provence, France, known for its productivity, early ripening, and distinctive, crinkled orange fruit. It has thin, aromatic flesh and a sweet flavor that some describe as having a citrusy note with a mild warmth that doesn't become spicy. The plants are compact, grow well in containers, and are excellent for fresh eating, stuffing, drying, freezing, or making paprika.  

Capsicum annuum (73 days) 

Heat Level: 3500 SHU

~ Packet contains 10 seeds. 

In early spring, start seeds indoors 8 weeks prior to warm nightly temperatures. Place the seeds in sterile media and cover 1/4” deep. Provide 85°F bottom heat, bright light and keep moist at all times. Seeds will germinate in 7 - 21 days. Transplant seedlings into pots and grow until there are 6 true leaves on the plant. Plant them directly into rich soil, 30” apart or into large 5 gallon containers. Harvest peppers when they are yellow. 

The Cascadura Poblano Sweet Pepper is a unique, mild variety combining the deeply lobed, pumpkin-like shape of Cascadura types with the broader, slightly elongated form of a poblano. Fruits are thick-walled, glossy, and ripen from green to rich red. The texture is firm and juicy, making it excellent for stuffing, roasting, grilling, or fresh slicing.

Flavor is rich and slightly earthy like a poblano, balanced with a gentle sweetness and no bitterness. It holds up well to cooking and develops a deeper, almost smoky sweetness when roasted.

Scoville Heat Units (SHU): 0 – 500 SHU (very mild to no heat)

This makes it ideal for those who enjoy poblano-style flavor without the spice.

Yes, the Cascadura pepper is a type of Poblano/Ancho pepper, often described as a high-quality, Brazilian variant of the classic Mexican pepper. It is specialized for its sweet flavor, thick walls, and high productivity. 

Type: Capsicum annuum (Ancho/Poblano type).

Origin: Brazil.

Flavor/Heat: Mild to no heat (0 Scoville Heat Units), with a sweet, robust flavor.

Appearance: 3–5 inch, plump, and deeply lobed, heart-shaped fruit (resembling a pepper-like pumpkin).

Usage: They are often used green for roasting, stuffing, and grilling, but they turn a rich, glossy red when mature. 

While standard Poblano peppers can sometimes have a mild-to-moderate heat, the Cascadura is specifically noted for having almost zero heat while retaining the traditional "Ancho" flavor profile.

Color: Starts green, turns deep purple, then red when fully mature.

Shape: Typically blocky, bell-shaped with 3-4 lobes, about 3-4 inches long.

Flesh: Thick, crisp, and juicy. 

Taste: Mildly sweet, fresh, and sometimes described as slightly fruity.

Heat: 0 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), meaning it has no heat. 

Uses

Excellent for fresh salads, crudités, and garnishes due to its color and crunch.

Great for roasting, stir-frying, or adding to other cooked dishes.

Adds a beautiful pop of color to any meal.