Jimmy Nardello
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.
Commonly confused with
These are different varieties. A name shared between them does not make them the same seed.
- different variety
Yellow Nardello
A yellow selection out of the same family line, not the red original.
Origin & history
Carried from Basilicata to Connecticut in 1887 by the Nardello family and kept by Jimmy Nardello until he donated it to Seed Savers Exchange. A long thin sweet frying pepper widely rated the best of its kind in the pan.
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 | 0 SHU | |
| Pod length | 15-25 cm |
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.
milder than 100% of the 249 peppers we hold a figure for.
longer than 81% of the 27 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 Amarillo
100-120 days
- heirloom
Ají Cristal
90-110 days
- heirloom
Ají Omnicolor
90-120 days
- heirloom
Ají Panca
100-130 days
- heirloom
Ají Rojo
100-120 days
- open-pollinated
Barker's Hot
80-90 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