Paesanello pepper

bluekat · March 20, 2007

My friend brought me these pepper seeds back from Italy. The brand is Four and the picture looks like crinkly jalepenos but growing pointy end up and some are red.

Paesanello is the type then it says peperone which I know means pepper. My question, is this one hot or sweet?

Thanks! -Kim

montanamato · March 20, 2007

A search revealed a discusson on the site Virtual Pepper...My Italian is pretty poor, but I would doubt it is a sweet pepper...It looks beautiful though.

Jeanne

bluekat · March 20, 2007

Here is a website with a picture and description in Italian. I couldn't find any links on the Virtual Pepper site using their search engine - did you use google?
http://www.foursementi.it/scheda.asp...o=01&specie=28

bluekat · March 20, 2007

Jeanne - I found it using the Italian search. This line makes me think it is a sweet pepper "non lo conosco ma ieri ho comprato dei peperoni dolci al discount" Peperoni dolci is the sweet pepper. Guess I will have to grow it and see!

montanamato · March 21, 2007

Bluekat...Read ( or attempt to decipher) a few more replies and the word " picante" is used...I assumed the posters were discussing whether it was hot or not too ! Let us know how they turn out...I always like the surpise element in growing different varieties..

Jeanne

RealmanPwns · April 28, 2023

It's called
Altino Sweet Pepper

VirginiaClay · April 28, 2023

Quote:

Originally Posted by RealmanPwns

It's called
Altino Sweet Pepper

Good find! Here's some info from a study of antioxidants in sweet and hot peppers:

This morphological typology is typical of Abruzzo region, locally called “Paesanello di Altino” or “A cocce capammonte”. This product is included in the traditional list of local products. The sweet pepper from Altino is peculiar to the area between the Sangro and Aventino rivers, around Altino, Roccascalegna, Bomba, Casoli, Archi, Atessa and Sant’Eusanio del Sangro in the province of Chieti. The book “Origin and history of plants cultivated in Abruzzo” by Aurelio Manzi compares an historical citation dated 1752, referring to a deed of sale in which the plant is cited as “peparol”.

And info from the Slow Food Foundation here: https://www.fondazioneslowfood.com/e...-sweet-pepper/

I guess this info probably wasn't online back in 2007.

ramapojoe · May 4, 2023

very nice looking peppers

March 20, 2007	#1
bluekat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ijamsville, MD Posts: 55	Paesanello pepper My friend brought me these pepper seeds back from Italy. The brand is Four and the picture looks like crinkly jalepenos but growing pointy end up and some are red. Paesanello is the type then it says peperone which I know means pepper. My question, is this one hot or sweet? Thanks! -Kim __________________ "If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the waitress's it would have been a very good evening"

April 28, 2023	#6
RealmanPwns Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Greenville NC Posts: 7	Re: Paesanello Pepper It's called Altino Sweet Pepper

March 20, 2007	#2
montanamato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montana Posts: 1,038	A search revealed a discusson on the site Virtual Pepper...My Italian is pretty poor, but I would doubt it is a sweet pepper...It looks beautiful though. Jeanne

March 21, 2007	#5
montanamato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montana Posts: 1,038	Bluekat...Read ( or attempt to decipher) a few more replies and the word " picante" is used...I assumed the posters were discussing whether it was hot or not too ! Let us know how they turn out...I always like the surpise element in growing different varieties.. Jeanne

May 4, 2023	#8
ramapojoe Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: new jersey Posts: 97	very nice looking peppers