Description
Species Annuum Origin USA Heat Medium According to one anonymous writer, this variety was first documented in 1493 by Christopher Columbus and that one of his passengers, a man named de Cuneo, described how Native Americans ate peppers like one would eat an apple. Cayenne peppers are used fresh in hot sauces, dried or ground for cayeene pepper or pepper flakes or threaded onto a string as an attractive 'Rista' craft decoration. These attractive plants are covered with long, thin peppers which mature from emerald green to a scarlet red in approximately 68 days. This variety is said to be particularly high in vitamins C and A.