Jimmy Nardello Pepper

Sweet, flavorful, and extremely productive pepper great for frying, freezing, or drying. Fiery-red, 10"-long fruits. Truelove Seeds founder Owen Taylor grows this variety to connect to his heritage, and it has become an instant favorite due to its taste, productivity, and story. Here is what he wrote about it: Jimmy Nardello’s parents Giuseppe and Angela Nardiello grew these peppers in the mountainous Basilicata region of Southern Italy, in a village called Ruoti - which is a couple hours through the mountains from my great great grandparents’ village of Salento, in the Campania region. In 1887, the Nardiellos moved to Naugatuck, Connecticut - just 15 minutes from Shelton where my family, the Lauriellos moved shortly after. The Nardiellos became Nardellos, and Vincenzo and Angelina Lauriello became James and Julia Laurella. Jimmy Nardello was born in Connecticut and was the only one of 11 siblings to keep up the gardening. My great greats and greats did grow lots of food in Connecticut