This Heirloom Sweet Frying Pepper is an Italian Classic!
Big, plump, twisted 8-inch red peppers are jammed with spicy-sweet tang!
Genus: Capsicum
Species: annuum
Variety: Corno di Toro
Item Form: (P) Pkt of 25 seeds
Days to Maturity: 75
Fruit Color: Green
Habit: Upright
Seeds Per Pack: 25
Additional Characteristics: Edible, Heirloom
Harvest Season: Early Fall, Early Summer, Late Summer, Mid Summer
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Moisture Requirements: Moist, well-drained
Resistance: Disease Resistant, Pest Resistant, Heat Tolerant, Humidity Tolerant
Soil Tolerance: Normal, loamy
Uses: Outdoor, Beds, Cuisine
75 days from transplanting.
This delicious heirloom Italian sweet frying pepper is named “bull’s horn” for its distinctive twisted shape! The huge 8-inch fruits mature from glossy green to dark red, with a flavor that combines sweetness with a rich tangy bite. Try it this season and we predic that you will make it part of your permanent pepper patch!
Brought to this country generations ago by Italian immigrants, Corno di Toro is a mainstay of authentic Neapolitan sauces as well as a stand-alone frying pepper that needs only spices and a hearty appetite to complete its presentation. The distinctively curled shape and slow maturity tells you that this heirloom is something special, and one bite confirms it all!
The flavor and texture of this pepper are richly satisfying. There is a crispness to the bite and a richness to the taste that improves with cooking but is strong and delectable even when Corno di Toro is eaten fresh, right off the plant. This is a pepper lover’s pepper, complex and satisfying. Fry it, stuff it, bake it, or preserve it — Corno di Toro is delicious any way it is eaten!
Start seeds indoors 7 to 10 weeks before the last anticipated frost date. Do not transplant the seedlings into the garden until they have at least 2 sets of true leaves and the soil is warm in spring. Fertilize when the blooms appear, and water well. Fruit may be eaten green, but is most nutritious when it is bright red. Pkt is 25 seeds.
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