Cubanelle is an heirloom Italian frying pepper with a sweet mild flavor. The cubanelle is growing in popularity and these bright green thin-walled peppers add a pretty color for frying and cooking. Chefs and home cooks often prefer them to bell peppers because of their excellent flavor and their low moisture content, which makes them perfect for quick cooking in lots of recipes.
Peppers can grow to 5" long on productive 30” plants. It is best to cut them from the stem when they are yellowish-green, but they can also be left on the plant to mature to bright red. The Cubanelle pepper has a mild heat level as it ranges from 100 to 1,000 Scoville Heat Units. In addition to roasting, the Cubanelle pepper is also popular in salads and on pizza.
20 Seeds per Packet