Peppers & Eggplant
Most northern gardeners these days rely on plastic mulch, hoop houses ,
row tunnels or greenhouses to get a reliable crop of peppers or
eggplant. They're a finicky family to grow in the field, but it
can be done! Start your seedlings early in the late winter,
potting up as the seedlings grow. Set out into the field after
hardening off in the Spring, but make sure you avoid any potential late
frost. I've found that companion planting with onions really
increases pepper yeild.
Green peppers are just red (or other coloured) peppers that haven't
fully ripened. I learned all about ripe Jalapeno peppers this
year, as viable seed must be harvested from a fully ripe fruit - a red
Jalapeno. Well - I can handle a green Jalapeno no problem, but I
quickly realized the red ones require gloves when harvesting seed! And
once I accidentally touched the corner of my eye after brushing
my fingers over the drying tray of seeds....ouch! Sometimes we
just have to learn the hard way...
Peppers
Eggplant
Peppers Approx. 150-200 seeds/g.
NEW! JIMMY NARDELLO (Sweet)
Certified Organic
 80 days red.
This sweet Italian frying pepper has been placed on Slow Food
USA’s ark of taste! Jimmy Nardello, an Italian immigrant to
Connecticut brought these seeds from his homeland to North America in
1887. Plants grow to 24” tall, fruits elongated to
5-8”. Good disease resistance and performance in Northern
gardens. Excellent for fresh eating, frying and
drying.
Product code: 2006-CO
Price: A = $2.75 (0.3g) |
NEW! HEALTHY (Sweet)
SORRY...Sold out by 12-Mar-2010!
70 days red.
Rely on the Russians to make sweet peppers possible for zone
3B! Healthy was at the head of the pack in our ’09 trials
from the start: first to flower, first to fruit, first to ripen.
In fact, we were eating Healthy while many other “early”
peppers were still in shock from the cold, wet summer. Fruits
4” long, 2 1/2” at the top tapering to a point.
Starts yellow, ripens to red. Sweet flavour and good for
freezing. Developed in Moscow.
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NEW! QUADRATO ASTI GIALLO (Sweet)
 70 days green. Originating
in Italy, Quadrato is a beautiful example of how satisfyingly juicy and
thick sweet peppers should be. Robust plants produce big
(5”), blocky fruits with thick walls that start green and sweeten
to yellow. One of the few varieties in our ‘09 trials that
we actually got to eat! Excellent for both home and
market.
Product code: 2008
Price: A = $2.75 (0.3g) |
BACK! BOLDOG HUNGARIAN PAPRIKA (Sweet/spicy) Cert. Organic
 75 days red.
This is a sweet paprika originating in Hungary, and has only the
slightest trace of heat. Fruit set is heavy and the 6-8” long;
1-2” diameter fruit can be dried and ground into paprika or eaten
fresh. Hardy 18” plants tolerated dry conditions quite well and
kept producing until we picked everything in mid-September.
Product code: 2009-CO
Price: A = $2.75 (0.3g) |
CORNO DI TORO (Sweet)
Certified Organic
 70 days green, 78 days red.
Also known as "Bull's Horn", this heirloom Italian pepper grows
to about 8" long with a flavour that is a blend of sweet and spicy.
This strain known as "Gaillo" ripens from red to yellow.
Traditionally used for frying.
Product code: 2005-CO
Price: A = $2.75 (0.3g) B = $7.00 (1g) |
KING OF THE NORTH (Sweet)
SORRY...Sold out by 19-Apr-2010!
57 days green, 64 days red from transplant.
Finally a sweet pepper that ripened in the field! We used
no plastic mulch, row cover, etc. with the King, and had an abundance
of thick-walled, juicy peppers come late August. Highly
recommended as a standard for your northern kitchen garden.
Pre-dates 1880.
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JALAPENO (Hot)
Certified Organic
 78 days from transplant..
That familiar little green pepper with just enough heat to suit
most tastes. Of course, if you let them go red...watch out! Now certified organic.
Product code: 2001-CO
Price: A = $2.75 (0.3g) |
Eggplant Approx. 200 seeds/gram.
BLACK BEAUTY
 82 days from transplant.
Fruits are deep purple/black, and large at 7". A common reliable variety for short season gardens.
Product code: 2003
Price: A = $2.75 (0.5g) B = $4.00 (2g) |
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