Sheepnose Pimiento
Heirloom pepper
- Breeding
- Heirloom
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 80-95 days 1 community collection · 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
Pimiento
Sheepnose is a distinct Ohio heirloom pimiento, not the commercial type.
Origin & history
A squat Ohio heirloom pimiento with walls thick enough that the pepper eats like fruit. Low-yielding and slow, which is why it never went commercial.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 80-95 days | |
| Scoville heat | 0 SHU | |
| Wall thickness | 8-12 mm |
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.
later than 59% 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.
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
Chinese Giant
75-85 days
- heirloom
Pimiento
75-85 days
- heirloom
Ají Cachucha
90-115 days
- heirloom
Antohi Romanian
60-75 days
- heirloom
Bull Nose
65-80 days
- heirloom
Bullnose Large Bell
68-80 days
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Sources & References
Evidence: 1 source, all community collections. No independent reference documents this yet.
- Seed Savers Exchange catalog & variety histories · Seed Savers Exchange, Community Collection