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Capsicum annuum 'Corno Di Toro'

Wish I could comment on the fruit but I could never get any seeds to germinate. Tried twice with the same seed pack, and once with another seed pack that had a different lot number. A total of three times! I had about half a dozen other pepper varieties in the same tray and they all sprouted. I have started many types of pepper and tomato seeds over the years, but this one is stubborn!

Ours were scorchers too... definitely hotter than a jalapeno. We roasted them and made a delicious hot sauce! Wanted the sweet version but still pleased with the results

Very productive...on my 4th crop of the season...nice looking pepper

Hot Pepper Seed Mix-Up
I ordered these from Renee's last year 2010 and planted them out for the spring season. I was so excited to finally try them but they were hot and small. Weird. Later I got a letter from Renee's explaining the seeds had been mixed up with Thai Duo Spicy and they gave me a replacement pack of correct Corno di Toro which I am now growing for 2011. Hopefully they'll be great!

Extremely hot even when picked green. I found it better to de-seed them and roast on the grill in order to be able to eat them on my Hamburgers.

I grew this variety for the first time last year. It was late maturing, but produced a large number of beautiful, meaty peppers. After frying the first few I harvested, I removed the seeds from one, tilted my head upwards and dropped the beautiful thing into my mouth. I thought I might have to call the fire department! My mouth and lips burned for 45 minutes. This was NOT a sweet pepper! Perhaps the seeds I purchased had been cross pollinated with a hot pepper, but these peppers were hotter than the jalapenos I grew. My sweet and hot peppers are planted on opposite sides of my house to avoid cross pollination. Since all five Corno di Toro plants produced hot peppers, and since none of the other 6 varieties of sweet peppers had any heat, I don't think this happened in my garden. I'll plant it again, but not as a sweet pepper.

Planted Corno Di Toro several seasons. It did mature late, toward the end of the season. Initial fruits were 4-5" long x 2" wide. Later fruits were smaller. Red. Mild spice. Very productive, plant size arouind 24~30 inches. No pests.

This plant wasn't as productive as I would have liked, and I think the days to maturity might be longer than indicated in the above description (more like 80 or 90 for me, although I don't have an exact record). However, the fruity flavor and sweetness of this large pepper was just outstanding! Like some of the big heirloom tomatoes, the quality of the fruit you get makes up for the lower productivity and longer ripening time.

They won't be the majority pepper in my garden, but I'll definitely save room for a couple of plants again this year.

A really great pepper. Prolific and tasty. The long peppers have just a touch of heat at the midribs, but it's just enough to make it a tasty treat. For a totally sweet pepper, just trim the mid ribs out...but, this pepper is hardly hot at all...even children could eat it.

Fruits turn a stunning red or brilliant yellow when ripe and have a long, curved, tapering, non-bell shape. Fruits are 6-10 inches long x 1 1/2 inches wide at shoulder." Open pollinated.