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Pepper Seeds, Italia, pepper fruit sliced up
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Pepper Seeds, Italia, plants in the field
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Pepper Seeds, Italia, pepper fruit sliced up
Pepper Seeds, Italia, plants in the field
Pepper Seeds, Italia, plants in the field

Pepper Seeds, Italia Sweet Pepper

$4.50

Italia Pepper (Capsicum annuum): A very sweet corno-di-toro (bull horn) pepper with sturdy walls of medium thickness. Delicious both raw & cooked, when crisp & green or fully matured to red at its sweetest. Plants grow 14" - 28" tall, not very compact branching. Purple tinge at the nodes, white flowers. Large fruits average 6" long and 2" wide when mature, shape is tapered with a little curve.

Weight (avg. seeds): .2 g (50 avg. seeds per packet)

Seed Grower: Tiffany Shultz, Spiderweb Acre, Leicester, NC

USA Shipping Only | $5 Flat Rate or FREE Shipping on Orders over $45 | Our collective members pack and ship the seeds together. First Ship Date, Feb 15, 2026.

Italia Pepper (Capsicum annuum): A very sweet corno-di-toro (bull horn) pepper with sturdy walls of medium thickness. Delicious both raw & cooked, when crisp & green or fully matured to red at its sweetest. Plants grow 14" - 28" tall, not very compact branching. Purple tinge at the nodes, white flowers. Large fruits average 6" long and 2" wide when mature, shape is tapered with a little curve.

Weight (avg. seeds): .2 g (50 avg. seeds per packet)

Seed Grower: Tiffany Shultz, Spiderweb Acre, Leicester, NC

USA Shipping Only | $5 Flat Rate or FREE Shipping on Orders over $45 | Our collective members pack and ship the seeds together. First Ship Date, Feb 15, 2026.

As a farmer, Tiffany loves growing these peppers because the plants do well in drought conditions and have little-to-no pest damage or disease. The size of both plants and fruits made harvesting super easy. And as a chef, Tiffany loves the versatility of this pepper and the excellent flavor and texture it brings to every dish it’s in.

Ways to enjoy the Italia pepper:

  • Roasted Red Pepper & Tomato Soup

  • Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

  • Fire-roasted Salsa

  • Veggie Chili

  • Raw in salads

  • Sliced & Pickled

  • Stuffed Peppers

  • Sweet Pepper Jelly (favourite way to preserve this pepper to use throughout the year...added to cheese plates, marinades, chutneys, sandwiches, and more!

    • 4 cups finely diced pepper (sub some hot peppers if you want some heat!)

    • 1 cup apple cider vinegar

    • 1 package low sugar pectin

    • ¼ teaspoon salt

    • 8 cups organic cane sugar

      • 1. Mix peppers, vinegar, and pectin together on high heat and bring to a boil, stirring constantly.

      • 2. Stir in sugar; bring back to a rolling boil, stirring constantly.

      • 3. Boil for 1 minute, then remove from the heat and skim off any foam.

      • 4. Ladle into sterile jars and process (or freeze).

Tiffany Shultz, Spiderweb Acre, Leicester, NC

Spiderweb Acre is a one-acre permaculture homestead just outside of Asheville, growing a variety of culinary, medicinal, and multipurpose grain/fodder crops. As both Chef and Farmer, Tiffany focuses on building community resilience through creating & sharing herbal folk remedies and delicious & nutritious locally-grown food.