Heirloom Seedlings

Started from seeds by the Midtown Teen Club.

Fish Pepper
$4.00

An heirloom hot pepper variety developed and preserved by African American communities in the Baltimore/Philadelphia area. The plant has variegated foliage and its peppers ripen from white with green streaks to a dark red color. The fish pepper has a wide range of spiciness, with Scoville scores from 5,000 to 30,000 units. The pepper was thought to be extinct for the better part of the 20th century until the rediscovery of fifty year-old seeds in an African American family's freezer.

Hot Peppers

Big Jim Hatch Pepper
$4.00

One of the largest hot peppers in the world. These peppers can be used when they are green, or you can let them ripen to bright red. Famously grown in the Hatch area of New Mexico.

Cayenne Pepper
$4.00

Classic spicy pepper used to make salsa, hot sauce, and chili.

Pepperpot Pepper
$4.00

Pepperpot pepper is a hot pepper named for its use in Pepper Pot stew, a dish with origins in West Africa and the Caribbean, which became renowned in Philadelphia, due to Black women vendors who served the stew as street food in the 1800’s. The Pepperpot pepper variety was stewarded by Black Philadelphia catering families who used it in their own dishes.

Jalapeño
$4.00

Classic Mexican hot pepper.

Sweet Peppers

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