The Yellow (Yellow Bhut Jolokia) Super Hot Pepper is a spicy yellow Ghost Pepper, which is among the World's Hottest Pepper! This wrinkled yellow pepper is a rare, natural variant of the Red Ghost Pepper. I bought 3 seedlings in 2017, which showed the red variety in the pictures. To my surprise, these turned a yellow-orange color instead of red. They were very spicy but not near as spicy as the original red variety.
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I had the pleasure of growing and eating Italian Stripes Zucchini. It is a Summer Squash that has very long, dark green fruit with light green vertical stripes. Called Cocozella di Napoli in the 19th century, it is a compact bush type plant that can be grown in any sunny spot in the garden or in a large container. It was great in sups, sliced and used as pizza toppings , and even as zucchini carpaccio.
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Pineapple heirloom tomatoes are very tasty and stunning. The yellow fruit has red marbling through the flesh and is one of the most beautiful tomatoes I've grown. Their flavor is very sweet and fruity. These large indeterminate vining tomatoes yielded lots of fruit for me when trellised and pruned.
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Ronde de Nice Zucchini is a delicious French heirloom zucchini variety. The flesh of this round, green and white zucchini is very tender and fine-flavored, making it an ideal squash for stuffing. The skin is almost white with vertical grooves and white with green spots (at least the ones I've grown). Ronde de Nice Zucchini , grow in quick-growing plants, which can be trellised.
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Habanero Hot Peppers are a staple in Mayan cuisine throughout Southern Mexico and parts of Central America. While varieties ripen to either Tangerine or Red, I've only found seedlings for Tangerine colored ones to plant in my backyard garden. From these, of many hot pepper cultivars around the world have been derived. These are great in salsas, Ceviches, and even sprinkled on cream cheese inside of a bagel.
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Eight ball squash, also known as 8-ball squash is a hybrid variety of zucchini. It's round, ranging from quite small to softball-sized, and has striated dark green skin with cream-colored flesh that tastes like nutty Italian zucchini. These are great sliced and grilled and used as a burger topping.
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