The Stocky Red Italian Rooster Pepper is a classic heirloom Capsicum annuum variety prized for its excellent roasting quality and sweet flavor. The plant produces abundant, elongated fruits about 6–7 inches long with smooth, straight sides and thick walls. Peppers ripen from green to a deep, glossy red and grow on sturdy, leafy plants that typically reach 2–3 feet tall, offering good sun protection for the fruit.

This is a completely sweet pepper with no heat, making it ideal for a wide range of culinary uses. Its thick, juicy flesh delivers a rich, mildly fruity sweetness and a crisp texture when fresh. When roasted, the skin peels easily, and the flavor becomes even sweeter and more complex. It is especially well suited for roasting, grilling, frying, stuffing, or slicing fresh into salads. 

Bell Mini Mix – Red, Yellow, and Orange - These small colorful snack size peppers are sweet, crunchy, and full of flavor. It is fun to watch them grow and turn from green to their intended color of red, yellow, or orange. These seeds are not color-coated so this will add to the suspense! They are delicious raw and can be cooked in so many ways; fried, baked, or barbequed are just a few. Each plant will produce peppers in one of the three colors. The sturdy 24“plants produce all summer and grow well in containers.

Growing Tip 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 and full size.

Capsicum annuum (75 days)

Heat Level: Sweet   Scoville: 0

Heirloom/Open-pollinated/Non-GMO 

Packet contains 10 seeds. 

Tangerine Tiger peppers are a cross between Aji Tangerine and Sugar Rush Stripey peppers: 

Tangerine Tiger peppers are striped and can vary in shape, from longer to stouter. They can have speckles and some purple blushing. 

Tangerine Tiger peppers have a fruity flavor and are not very hot, with a Scoville heat unit (SHU) of around 3,000. 

Tangerine Tiger plants are prolific and grow tall, so they may need staking or caging. 

Dulce Italiano peppers are sweet and aromatic, with a soft texture when ripe and a sharper taste when eaten green 

These peppers can be eaten fresh, used in salads or salsa, or pickled 

Dulce Italiano plants can grow up to 4 ft tall and require support to carry the heavy fruit 

The best time to harvest is when the peppers are fully red, as this is when they develop their sweetest and most aromatic flavor 

Dulce Italiano peppers have a Scoville scale rating of 0–500, which means they are not hot.

The peppers are long and pointed, with a slightly wavy shape, and can grow up to 18 centimeters long. 

Color:

They start green and turn a vibrant red when ripe. 

Flavor:

The peppers are known for their sweetness, especially when fully red, and have a thin skin. 

Uses:

They are versatile and can be used in various dishes, including salads, salsa, pickling, grilling, and frying. 

Growing:

The plants are vigorous and high-yielding, suitable for both outdoor and greenhouse cultivation. 

Ripeness:

While the peppers are also tasty when green, they develop their peak sweetness and aroma when they turn red. 

Size and Shape:

They can be partially compressed and twisted, and the flesh has thick walls. 

Other:

They are often used in Italian cuisine and are sometimes called Peperone Dulce Italiano

A big red bell pepper is a medium to large, rounded, or blocky fruit with a thick green stem and smooth, glossy, bright red skin. Here are some more details about red bell peppers: 

Size: They are typically 5–8 centimeters in diameter and 5–12 centimeters in length. 

Shape: They have 3–4 lobes and a thick green stem. 

Flesh: The flesh is thick, juicy, crisp, and succulent, with a pale red color. 

Seeds: There is a central, hollow cavity with very small, flat, and bitter cream-colored seeds. 

Taste: Red bell peppers are sweet with a fruity flavor. 

Colors to red when ripe. 3 lobed fruit. 6" wide.

Capriglio peppers are a late variety: they're harvested from August through late October. They can be stuffed with rice and baked, or pan fried with oil and oregano. Thanks to their meaty texture, they're also perfect in preserves.

Appearance: Medium-small sized, slightly heart-shaped with three noticeable ribs, red when ripe.

Flavor: Sweet and mild

Texture: Thick, juicy flesh

Usage: Great for stuffing and baking, also used fresh in salads

Origin: Capriglio d'Asti, Piedmont region of Italy Packet contains 10 seeds. 

Pimentos are sweet, succulent, aromatic, and one of our favorites! Fresh from the garden they can be used as the filling inside green olives, in the making of pimiento cheese and stuffed to be served as an appetizer. An easy way to serve them is cut off the top of the pepper and remove the seeds. Stuff with a bit of fresh mozzarella and brush with olive oil. Grill until the peppers begin to soften and the cheese starts to melt. 

Expect heavy yields of large thick walled 4-1/2" long by 3" wide sweet peppers that will turn from green to red when mature. These easy to grow plants will reach 24” high. Capsicum annuum (85 days) Heirloom - open-pollinated

Heat Level: None - Sweet Pepper

Italian Sweet Orange Frying peppers are a highly productive heirloom variety known for their long, conical shape and a flavor that intensifies in sweetness as they ripen from green to bright orange. These thin-walled peppers are versatile in the kitchen, offering a crisp texture when raw that transforms into a creamy, smoky treat when fried or roasted. 

Key Characteristics

Fruit Profile: Produces fat, conical fruits typically 20–25 cm (8–10 inches) long.

Flavor: Sugary sweet with no heat (Scoville rating under 100) and a complex, delicate roasted flavor.

Pepperoncini peppers are a type of chili pepper that are mildly spicy and tangy. They are typically yellow-green in color, with thin skin and a crisp texture. 

Size: Pepperoncini peppers are usually 2–3 inches long 

Color: They are yellow-green in color, but can turn red as they ripen 

Taste: They are mildly spicy and tangy, with a sweet flavor 

Texture: They have a crisp texture and slightly wrinkled skin 

Pepperoncini peppers are often pickled and used in salads, sandwiches, and antipasto platters 

They can also be eaten raw or served with dips or breads 

Pepperoncini peppers are commonly used as a garnish for Bloody Mary cocktails