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Peter Pepper
Capsicum annuum
The Gulf South's Peter pepper, hotter than a jalapeño
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- Use
- Pickling, salsa, chili, hot sauce; anywhere you would use a jalapeño or serrano
- Hardiness
- Annual, any zone
At a glance
- Format
- Open-pollinated seed
- Heat
- About 10,000 to 23,000 SHU, as reported; hotter than a jalapeño
- Fruit
- About 3 to 4 in long and 1 to 1.5 in wide, longer in some seasons; green ripening to red
- Flavor
- Jalapeño-like, hotter, with a sweet finish
- Start indoors
- 6 to 8 weeks before setting out (Iowa State University Extension)
- Plant out
- After the danger of frost has passed (Iowa State University Extension)
- Origin
- Origin unknown. Long grown in East Texas and Louisiana, and in parts of Mexico
- Seed harvested
- 2026
About this variety
The Peter pepper is a Gulf South garden pepper, grown for generations in East Texas and Louisiana and famous first for its shape. The wrinkled pods end in a rounded, cleft tip, ripen from green to red, and run hotter than a jalapeño with a slightly sweet finish.
Growing
10,000 to 23,000 Scoville Heat Units · Capsicum annuum
Hotter than a jalapeno, into serrano range.
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Where it came from
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Peter Pepper
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In the kitchen
Quick hot sauce
Wear gloves. Blend 10 ripe red pods with 1 cup vinegar, 2 garlic cloves and 1 teaspoon salt. Simmer 10 minutes, blend smooth and strain. Keep refrigerated and use within 1 month. This is a refrigerator recipe, not for shelf storage.
What arrives
Harvest year: 2026. Each packet lists its lot and harvest year.
Pickup, shipping and policy
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