Pepper Hot Lemon – Burpee Seeds

Capsicum baccatum

• Full sun
• Days to harvest:70-80
• Indeterminate
• Heirloom
• Full sun
• Germination in 10-21 days

HEIRLOOM. From Ecuador, as hot as any Cayenne, but with a truly unique flavor.

This heirloom pepper from the markets of Ecuador ripens to a pure lemon yellow in about 80 days, but it is delightfully flavorful when green. The skin is tender and the aroma is spicy, with a hint of pine woods. As hot as any cayenne but with a truly unique flavor. Best used fresh, but it’s sensational in sauces too. The fruits are narrow, 3-4″ long and distinctively wrinkled.

235mg

• Like cucumbers and summer squash, peppers are usually harvested at an immature stage. The traditional bell pepper, for example, is harvested green, even though most varieties will mature red, orange, or yellow. Peppers may be harvested at any stage, but their flavor doesnt fully develop until maturity. Fully ripe peppers in multi-colors are delightful in the garden as well as in salads.
• Cut the fruit from the plant with a sharp knife or pruners leaving a small part of the stem attached.
• Sweet bell, pimento and cherry peppers are delicious eaten green but are sweeter and higher in vitamins if allowed to turn bright red before harvest. Some varieties are yellow at maturity or may mature from green through yellow and red.
• Hot peppers may be harvested at any stage. Anaheim is usually picked green and cayenne types red.
• Bell peppers may be chopped and quick frozen for use in many recipes; sweet cherry and banana peppers and hot cherry peppers are perfect for pickling.
• A popular and trouble-free way to store hot peppers is to dry them. String mature red peppers by piercing the stem with a needle and heavy thread. Hang the string in a warm, dry, airy place (not in the sun!) to dry. They can make a colorful kitchen accent. Pull a pepper from the string when you need one. Hot peppers remain hot even after they are dried. Remember that in recipes a little hot pepper can go a long way.
• Please note that hot peppers can burn sensitive skin on contact and fumes from grinding or cooking them can irritate the lungs and eyes. When working with hot peppers use rubber gloves and wash your hands before touching your face or eyes.