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Bishop Crown Seeds
Bishop Crown Seeds
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Bishop Crown is a unique thin-skinned red pepper with the unusual appearance of a tri-cornered hat like a Catholic Bishop’s Crown. The heat level has a very wide range from a medium 5,000 Scoville heat units (SHU), all the way up to a very hot 15,000 SHU. Its small size is 1-1/2” long by 2”- 3“ wide with a sweet and fruity taste. Bishop Crown originates from Barbados and is a large plant reaching almost 4’ in height. The long branches may require support when fully laden with pods. As part of the Baccatum family of peppers it has attractive white flowers with greenish- yellow markings.
Capsicum baccatum (90 days) Heirloom - Open Pollinated
Heat Level: Med.-Very Hot Scoville: 5,000-15,000
~ Packet contains 10 seeds.
In early spring, start seeds indoors 8 weeks prior to warm nightly temperatures. Place the seeds in sterile media and cover 1/4” deep. Provide 85°F bottom heat, bright light and keep moist at all times. Seeds will germinate in 7 - 21 days. Transplant seedlings into pots and grow until there are 6 true leaves on the plant. Plant them directly into rich soil, 30” apart or into large 5 gallon containers. Harvest peppers when they are red.
All of our seeds are GMO-free.



I almost ordered these seeds from an Amazon retailer, but then saw a bunch of bad reviews about delivery time. These were a little bit more expensive, but worth the extra buck to be confident I would get what I ordered in a timely manner. Seeds sprouted quickly and excited to add this to my collection.
Great shape and spice level in this pepper. Conversation piece.
I bought these seeds because it looked weird and was spicy. Germination rate was amazing! I used them in both fermented pepper sauce and a southern vinegar pepper sauce. They are warm! The plants were slow to grow, but they grew and grew...and then grew some more. Once they hit a certain point, they started to flower. All over. These plants were between 4-5 foot tall and had about a 3.5-4 foot spread. There were so many peppers I couldn’t keep up, and had friends come get some several times. They made, and made...and made. I probably still have some hanging on the plant in the greenhouse and next week is Christmas! 10/10 - don’t start all the seeds unless you have space for the plants haha.
I think these look like little UFOs. I give away lots of my harvest to friends and these always are conversation starters, everyone wants to know what they are! They are spicy but not too spicy, so I like to use them in salsa.
This is a fun pepper to grow, everyone always comments on it's unusual shape and most people have not seen the peppers before. We grew these for our farmers market stand and we sold out of them first thing - everyone loves the fun little hat shapes and their bright color. Thanks for the good seeds.
Lots of the gardeners in my community garden asked me what these unusual peppers were – they have such a fun shape! It's fun to grow a conversation starter. Great flavor and heat, too, I made them into fermented hot sauce.
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