Ausilio Thin Skin Italian Sweet Pepper

Ausilio Thin Skinned Italian Pepper is an Italian thin-skinned frying pepper brought to the United States by Giovanni "John" Ausilio and Rachel P. Scarcello in the early 1900's and passed down through generations of their family until finally donated to the Seed Savers Exchange in 2015 by great-grandson Chad Ogle-Ricceli of Des Moines, Iowa.  Beautiful, glossy-skinned peppers grow up to 5 inches long, turning a vibrant red color at maturity.  Delicious, thin-skinned peppers have a slightly sweet, mildly hot flavor and according to the family are traditionally used for drying, frying, stuffing, canning and making sardas (savory rolls flavored with dried peppers and sardines).  We enjoy them for fresh eating or for any recipe that requires just a hint of heat.  70-80 days to harvest.  25 seeds per packet.