Pepper, Peperone Goccia D'Oro, Drop of Gold UNAVAILABLE

Italian Heirloom Pepper "Goccia D'Oro", Drop of Gold.  Mid-Early. This variety is long, very sweet and thin with light green skin and fairly thick walls.  Green blond turns yellow and then mature intense red.  Excellent frying pepper.  It is normally eaten at the golden stage, but this pepper truly has many colors from light green to red. Prolific.  Start transplants 8 weeks before set out date (7-10 days after frost free date) and set out 12-16 inches apart in rows 4 feet apart. Remove any flowers or buds which may have formed before setting out. Peppers like heat and black plastic mulch helps. 

In a blog called "Vegetables of Interest" they say:

"If you've ever wondered why Italians dote on heirloom frying peppers and give expressions of polite pity to an American garden filled with big, blocky bell peppers here is a clue:  Goccia d'Oro (Drop of Gold) is an open pollinated heirloom frying pepper that despite its size has delicate, thin walls that melt into a sweet mouthful. Its skin is also thin so you needn't peel them. Cut-and-fry or simply apply a light coating of oil and grill. Italian frying peppers have a delicate taste that thick-walled American Bells lack.

Goccia d'Oro is a very productive plant which yields early peppers best picked as they turn yellow. In my garden they've required staking to prevent them from toppling over with an abundance of big peppers. That's the sort of extra work that a gardener finds appealing"  We concur!

1 gram packet, approximately 150 seeds. Approximately 150-200 seeds per gram.