Fish Pepper
Heirloom pepper
- Breeding
- Heirloom
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 75-85 days 2 sources, none independent · basis unstated
- Fruit
- red
- Weight
- -
- Bred by
- -
Grey captions say what stands behind that particular figure. Breeding, growth habit and fruit characters carry no caption because they rest on the record's sources as a whole rather than citing their own; closing that gap is ordinary outstanding work, not a finished job.
Origin & history
An African-American heirloom of the Chesapeake Bay, used in the oyster and crab houses of Baltimore and Philadelphia. Its variegated white-and-green foliage and cream-striped immature pods let cooks season pale seafood sauces without visible flecks. Preserved by the Weaver family from a gift by painter Horace Pippin.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 75-85 days | Consensus range across the cited sources, which include both independent references and commercial catalogs. |
| Scoville heat | 5,000-30,000 SHU |
Against the rest of the pepper database
Where this variety sits among every pepper we hold a comparable figure for. Position is not merit: earlier is not better than later, and hotter is not better than milder. Only cultivar-level figures are compared, never trial results, and maturity is only ranked against figures counted the same way.
earlier than 62% of the 252 peppers we hold a figure for. None of these figures state whether they are counted from sowing or from transplant, so they are ranked against each other on the assumption that suppliers use one convention, which is not something any of them says.
hotter than 62% of the 249 peppers we hold a figure for.
Traits
Disease resistance
No documented disease resistance, typical of heirlooms and older open-pollinated varieties. See pepper diseases for the cultural playbook that fills the gap.
Related varieties
- heirloom
Ají Lemon Drop
95-110 days
- heirloom
Ají Omnicolor
90-120 days
- heirloom
Aleppo (Halaby)
80-95 days
- heirloom
Bolivian Rainbow
75-95 days
- heirloom
Piquillo
75-85 days
- heirloom
Ají Amarillo
100-120 days
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Sources & References
Evidence: 2 sources, 1 community collection and 1 seed catalog. No independent reference documents this yet.
- Seed Savers Exchange catalog & variety histories · Seed Savers Exchange, Community Collection
- Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog · Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co., Seed Catalog