
Sweet Peppers (capsicum annum).
We grow around 20 different varieties of sweet peppers. Color is our
thing! The first ones to make it to market are a variety of green-stage
colors: white, purple, lavender and, of course, green.
Colored Bell Peppers
Bell peppers have been our love from the start. We grow a full
spectrum of colors, over 15 varieties of bells. Our typical
season starts in May with lavender, white, & green bells. Our first
red, yellow, orange, chocolate, and peach color bells start showing up
by early July. Our peak harvest months are August and September,
sometimes we don't actually finish up harvest until the second week of
January the following year!
Roasting Pimientos
We grow traditional pimentos and Hungarian cheese pimentos.
These are varieties exceptional for their thick wall, sweet flavor and
ease of peeling when roasted. Traditional pimentos are the
peppers processed commercially to stuff olives and make pimento
cheese. We love them grilled and marinated. See our recipes
for a simple roasting method.
Piquillos
Prized as the sweetest, brightest, most tender, and easiest peeling
roasting pepper. Until now it has only been available in cans or jars
from Spain, it is a favorite of client chefs!
Basque Fryers
aka doux long des Landes, piment d’ Anglet , or chiparras. This is a
sweet tender pepper, often twisted in wild shapes and looking like a
hot paprika type. Commonly used green or red in sauces, piperade,
salads, or fried/sautéed. This pepper is rapidly finding a place
as a unique addition to many culinary delights. See articles.
Sweet Cherry
We have found several types of sweet cherry peppers we like and
frequently have available. A large ping pong ball size dark green to
red, and a small marble sized sweet Hungarian white to red type are our
current favorites. We love them for shish kebab, pickling, or fun
hors d' ouvers.
Cubanelles
We grow several varieties of these sweet long tender peppers. Most are
cream to lime green maturing to red. They are the sweetest of the green
peppers and are thinner walled than bell types. They are excellent for
frying and stuffing.
Italian long roasters
The largest of the cubanell family dark green to red. Always very sweet.
Sweet banana (Hungarian)
(Bácskai Fehér) long pepper starting as cream and
ripening to red fryer/pickler.
