Friggitello
Heirloom pepper
- Breeding
- Heirloom
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 62-75 days 1 seed catalog · 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.
Also known as
| Name | Kind | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Pepperoncini | Shared name (ambiguous) | In English this names the pickled sweet Italian pepper. In Italian, peperoncino means a hot chile generally. The same word points at opposite things depending on the language. |
| Golden Greek | Synonym |
Origin & history
The small sweet Italian frying pepper sold pickled across the world as pepperoncini, though in Italy the word pepperoncino means a hot chile, which is a translation problem that follows this pepper everywhere.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 62-75 days | |
| Scoville heat | 100-500 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 88% 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.
milder than 70% 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
Chile Güero Largo
75-95 days
- heirloom
Gernika
60-75 days
- F1 hybrid
Hot Sunset
60-75 days
- heirloom
Xcatic
75-95 days
- heirloom
Chimayó
70-90 days
- heirloom
Dixon
70-90 days
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Sources & References
Evidence: 1 source, all seed catalogs. No independent reference documents this yet.
- Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog · Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co., Seed Catalog