Hungarian Paprika Pepper (Sweet), 1500's Heirloom, Organic

A 1500's heirloom and perhaps the most popualr pepper used for paprika and drying.

This seedstock originally came from Hungary, where the paprika pepper has been developed to its finest quality. This strain has excellent color and sweet, spicy flavor. 3 ft. plants produce an abundance of 1½ x 4½ in. peppers. Fruit shows some susceptibility to sunscald and blossom-end rot, but is otherwise an excellent variety. The fruits keep well. The sweet, very dry flesh is ideal for drying. Grind dried fruits for a superb paprika seasoning. 70 days.

Characteristics 

• Fruits ripen from white to orange to red
• Fruits grow to 5 inches
• Excellent paprika pepper
• 70 days from transplant for white, up to 90 days for red
• .3 grams of seed - ~65 Seeds per packet

Instructions - Sow seeds indoors ¼” deep. Peppers germinate best in warm soil, so gentle bottom heat may be helpful until seedlings emerge. Wait to transplant outdoors until the soil is warm.

• Sow indoors 8 weeks before the last frost
• Plant Rows 12-24” Apart
• Germinates in 14 days
• Full Sun 

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