PEPPER, ASHE COUNTY PIMENTO

Item Details From Southern Exposure Seed Exchange:
52 days. (green > red) [Revived by NC seed saver Rob Danford.] One of the few peppers that reliably produces well in the short Smoky Mountain growing season (150 days or less). An incredibly sweet, bright red, thick-fleshed pimento pepper, 4 x 1 in. Great raw, as well as for cooking, roasting, and canning. Small (24-30 in.) plants may be closely spaced (18 in. apart).

Packet: 0.3 g unless stated (about 36-60 seeds, depending on variety) sows 21-60 of transplants.