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'Cowhorn' Peppers
 
Sub-Category: Hot
 
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Description: Heirloom hot cayenne pepper. Plants bear 8- to 10-inch, thick-walled, long, pointed fruit that ripen from green to red.
Days To Maturity: 75-85
Seed Sources:
 
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Taste: (4.0 Stars)Taste
Yield: (3.0 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (4.0 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 07/25/2006 by plainsman - An experienced gardener

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Washington, Nebraska, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

These are not hot to me at all, very mild. The flavor is good as a frying pepper, or cooked with chicken (I like to cut into 1 inch by 0.5 inch pieces, and place over chicken breasts and bake with a little olive oil drizzled over them). This has not been a really prolific yielder for me, even planted in deep loam. Not a very large plant compared to many other peppers. Peppers are quite nice size. Color is not quite as deep green as Big Jim, but flavor is similiar, although a bit more intense but not quite as much heat (which is minimal in either). The peppers got a little more heat as the weather got hotter, but not really much heat to me. Yield was consistant but not vigourous. Plants were smaller than some other varieties.
 




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