Capsicum annuum HEIRLOOM. Shhh! Don’t let the other peppers know, but after growing this heirloom you may never choose another sweet pepper variety for your garden again. This pepper can be traced back to Southern Italy and grew in the home garden of a family in the village of Ruoti. Giuseppe and Angella Nardiello grew this extremely sweet, highly productive pepper in the 19th century, before immigrating to the US with their pepper seeds in tow. They eventually settled in Connecticut where their seeds performed beautifully in the Northern climate. The Jimmy Nardello pepper is best known as a frying pepper as its flavor becomes creamy and gently sweet when fried. That being said, this show-stopping pepper also shines when raw, grilled, baked, or any other cooking medium you can dream up. These are elongated peppers that ripen to red and get curled and twisted in unique ways on the plant. They grow up to eight or nine inches in length while staying one to two inches in diameter. Included in the Slow Food USA Ark of Taste. Minimum of 50 seeds per packet.
