Gherkins are tiny cucumbers used for pickles, and these are the best; seedless, bitter-free, and uniform in shape. Use as small as 1½” long, or up to 4″ for making excellent sweet pickles, French cornichons (“little horns”), or for fresh use. Plants are vining at up to 72″; grow against a trellis or fence for support.
Weight: 500mg
Originating in India, the ‘Bhut Jolokia’s’ powerful heat is rated over 1,000,000 Scoville heat units. That’s up to 10 times hotter than a habanero or Scotch bonnet, and 400 times hotter than a jalapeño. Use it to spice up salsa, hot sauce, chili, or Indian cuisine if you are brave of heart and palate!
Seed Count: 8 Seeds
Play a game of Spanish roulette with your taste buds. A favorite appetizer in Spain, these early maturing and thin-skinned peppers have a mellow flavor but every so often you’ll bite into one that is fiery hot! Appetizer-size peppers of 1″-1 1/2″, range from 500 to 2,500 Scoville heat units, but may be hotter at 2″-3″ and as they ripen to red.
Seed Count: 20 Seeds
The ‘Scotch Bonnet’ is powerfully hot, similar to the habanero but with a fruity or smoky flavor. Also known as ‘Jamaica Red’ and sometimes called the Scotty Bon or Bonny pepper, it is named for its resemblance to a Scottish cap. If you like your peppers fiery hot, you will enjoy its citrus, apricot-like flavor that is sweetest when the fruit turns red. Try it in jerk dishes, mango salsa, blended with dark chocolate, or with fruit. 100,000-325,000 Scoville heat units (extremely hot).
Seed Count: 30 Seeds
With its distinctive, semi-glossy, deep purple to black leaves, and scores of shiny round black fruit, it is easy to see why ‘Black Pearl’ won the AAS award. As the plant matures, the black peppers turn red, adding new color and interest. Peppers are edible, but extremely hot (over 30,000 Scoville heat units). Exceptionally heat and drought tolerant.
Seed Count: 10 Seeds
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