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Fruit hot pepper considered the best seasoning for many dishes. Moreover, this choice is not limited to one national cuisine. Hot peppers are eaten by many peoples. A wide variety of varieties allows you to grow a crop whose fruits can have a pulp that ranges from a slightly pungent taste to a very hot one. We will now try to consider the varieties of hot peppers that are most popular among domestic vegetable growers. Of course, it will not be possible to cover them all, since there are more than 3 thousand varieties, but we will still try to describe the best varieties.
Rating of the best 10 varieties
It’s wiser to start reviewing the best varieties of hot peppers by getting to know the ten most popular crops. According to gardeners, the seeds of these varieties have excellent germination and produce the best harvest.
Double Abundance
A very productive variety, when grown indoors on a bush, bears up to 40 fruits in five tiers. The pod is quite long, can stretch up to 21 cm.The maximum weight of one peppercorn reaches 80 g. The plant is resistant to diseases and tolerates heat and drought well.
Burning bouquet
A productive variety of hot pepper bears fruit well in open and closed beds. Possessing a strong crown structure, the bush grows up to 0.5 m in height. The pods grow to about 12 cm in length. The weight of one fruit is 25 g. The pulp is aromatic with a very pungent aftertaste.
Chinese fire
Once the seeds have sprouted, the pods will begin to mature in 100 days. The plant grows to about 0.6 m in height and is not susceptible to many diseases. The pepper grows 25 cm long, weighing approximately 70 g. The pods are even, cone-shaped, with a slightly curved tip at the bottom. The harvested crop tolerates transportation well.
Trinidad Small Cherry
This hot pepper can be eaten after 80 days, but it still takes half a month to reach full maturity. The plant is very tall with spreading branches and grows from 0.5 to 0.9 m in height. The shape of the round fruit with a diameter of 25 mm is similar to a large cherry. Peppercorns densely cover the entire bush. The flesh may be red or orange. The characteristics of this variety have one peculiarity. When ripe, peppers acquire a distinct cherry aroma.
Indian elephant
Sprouted seeds for seedlings will bear the first harvest after 100 days. A tall plant with slightly spreading branches grows 1.3 m in height. For better stability, the bush is tied to a trellis. A ripe red vegetable has a sweet pepper flavor with a slightly noticeable pungency. The pods are long, drooping, weighing about 30 g. Under film cover from 1 m2 you can harvest 2 kg of crop.
Miracle of the Moscow Region
The variety does not bring much spicy fruits with a sweet pepper flavor and a pronounced aroma.The thickness of the pulp is about 2 mm. The tall plant has a medium spreading crown, sparsely covered with foliage. The bush is covered with pods maximum 25 cm long. One vegetable weighs about 50 g. A maximum of 20 pods are tied to the plant. Productivity is high 3.9 kg/m2.
Jalapeño
Capsicum peppers of this variety can be eaten 80 days after the seeds germinate. The tall plant grows 100 cm in height. The bush produces about 35 pods 10 cm long. When ripe, the walls of the fruit become red.
Habanero Tobago Seasoning
The culture bears unusual fruits, the walls of which resemble compressed tissue. A very prolific bush during the entire growing season produces up to 1 thousand pods weighing 15 g. The pulp has a fruity aroma with a very pungent taste. The variety of colors of ripe pods is surprising, which can be white, red and brown, and with different shades.
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The tall plant grows up to 1.3 m in height, requiring formation into two stems. Harvest ripening occurs after 100 days. The structure of the bush is medium spreading; it requires tying the crown to the trellis. Long cone-shaped pods weigh approximately 30 g. The thickness of the pulp is 1.5 mm. The red-colored vegetable has the taste of a sweet pepper with mild pungency and a rich aroma. Productivity is 2 kg/m2.
Adjika
A variety of tall bitter pepper bears large fruits weighing about 90 g. The plant grows up to 1.5 m in height. A strong, spreading bush requires tying branches to a trellis. The fleshy red flesh resembles the fruits of sweet peppers. The cone-shaped pods emit a pleasant aroma and are quite pungent in taste.
Varieties of bitter-sweet peppers
Gourmets can eat bitter pods with almost all dishes, naturally, except for dessert. Table peppers, which have a low percentage of heat, are well suited for such people. Some varieties, in general, bear fruit that taste a little hotter than sweet peppers. When eaten fresh, you can feel the delicate aroma of the fruit, since the mild pungency of the pulp does not require quick eating with other food. Now let's look at photos and descriptions of varieties that bear bitter-sweet pepper pods.
Chilean heat
A very early crop produces a mature harvest 75 days after seedling germination. The variety is intended for open and closed cultivation. The cone-shaped pods grow up to 20 cm long. The pulp has a strongly rich aroma and a sweet-spicy taste. The fresh pods are used as a seasoning for first and second courses. A powdered seasoning is made from the dried fruits.
elephant trunk
The medium-ripening variety of bittersweet pepper allows you to get a harvest 140 days after germination of seedlings. The cone-shaped pods are slightly curved, reminiscent of an elephant's trunk, hence the name. The maximum length of peppercorns reaches 19 cm, thickness - just over 3 cm. The weight of a mature pod is about 25 g. The sweet-spicy pulp turns from white to red when ripe. The variety has proven itself well when grown in the Far East. The high fertility of the crop allows one to obtain from 5 to 22 t/ha of pepper yield.
Crown
Gourmets consider the fruits of this variety to be the most aromatic and delicious. If you break the pulp of the peppercorn, you can feel the subtle aroma of a mixture of apple and paprika. Peppers are used in salads, as well as for stuffing with fruits and meat.The sharpness of the pulp is so low that the vegetable can simply be eaten without a snack. The culture is unpretentious to growing conditions. Lack or excess of moisture, heat, cold do not affect yield. The plant bears fruit in open and closed ground and even on a window in a flower pot.
Variety of peppers by color, purpose, size
The fruits of hot pepper are not only healthy, but also beautiful. The culture can be grown in a greenhouse, on a window or balcony instead of indoor flowers. By choosing varieties with fruits of different colors and shapes, you will get a beautiful flower bed, and the pods of some varieties can even be suitable for pickling. Now we will try to briefly consider which hot peppers with unusual fruits are loved by gardeners.
Yellow-fruited varieties
Traditionally, hot peppers are used to be seen in red. However, there are varieties that bear yellow fruit.
Hungarian yellow
The early ripening crop brings a good harvest even in a flower pot on the window. The plant is not afraid of cold. The pods become yellow only at the initial stage of ripening, then they turn red. The average weight of one pod is approximately 65 g. The pulp is slightly spicy with a sweetish paprika flavor.
Jamaican yellow
The shape of the fruit resembles yellow bell. Most often, the crop is grown as a decoration for garden beds or windows in the house. The pepper has dense, thick flesh with a faint bitter aftertaste. Only the seeds are hot in peppers. Most often, the vegetable is used as a spice for preservation.
The best variety for pickling
Oddly enough, the fruits of hot peppers are used for pickles. Containing many vitamins, the canned pod will add piquancy to many dishes. As for varieties, almost all are suitable for preservation.However, the most suitable pickling variety is considered to be “Tsitsak”.
Tsitsak
The variety is considered popular. The pepper even got its name thanks to an Armenian pickling recipe. A powerful bush grows about 0.8 m in height. Pod ripening begins approximately 110 days after seed germination. The culture is adapted for cultivation in open and closed ground. The cone-shaped pods with a sharp tip grow to a maximum of 23 cm in length. When ripe, the light green flesh turns red. The main purpose of the vegetable is for pickling.
In the video you can see the salted hot pepper “Tsitsak”:
Small peppers
Many people like to grow small hot red pepper on the windowsill. Firstly, it’s convenient to always have fresh seasoning on hand. Secondly, a beautifully formed bush will decorate the room no worse than an indoor flower.
Indian summer
Decorative The bush is very small in size and densely covered with small leaves. Side shoots constantly grow from the stem, giving the plant lushness. The leaves in their axils form one or two flowers of purple or white color. The variety surprises with its decorative fruits. Peppercorns grow in different shapes - from spherical to cone-shaped. The color of the pulp has a wide range of colors: red, purple, yellow, white, etc. The plant is undemanding in care. Very sharp-tasting peppercorns are used as a seasoning.
Coral
The culture bears mid-early fruits of decorative red pepper. Bushes grow up to 0.6 m high in open beds. On the windowsill their height usually does not exceed 40 cm.The shape of peppercorns resembles small balls with a diameter of 30 mm. Sometimes they grow flattened. No more than 6 plants per 1 m2 are planted in the garden.2. The fleshy pulp is characterized by a strong peppery pungency.
Purple peppers
Among the unusual color of the fruits, purple hot pepper can be distinguished. Beautiful bushes serve as a decorative decoration for any garden bed.
Purple bullet
This variety is considered a prominent representative purple peppers. Fruiting occurs 130 days after seedling germination. The plant grows to a maximum height of 0.7 m, covered with beautiful green leaves with a lilac tint. The bullet-shaped fruit in the initial stage of ripeness has a red flesh color. As the peppercorns ripen, they turn purple. Very small fruits weigh only 5 g, but have a fleshy pulp, 5 mm thick. The taste of the vegetable is very pungent.
Conclusion
The video talks about the best varieties of hot pepper:
In this article we tried to cover the best and most interesting varieties of hot peppers. Maybe one of the vegetable growers would like to decorate their garden with such a crop, and at the same time get a harvest of a healthy vegetable.
Why are you misleading people? Pepper is rightly called hot! But not bitter at all. Now my mother has to explain that spicy and bitter are two different concepts.