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History & Heritage
The Marconi pepper is a traditional Italian heirloom, grown for generations across the Mediterranean for its sweetness, productivity, and versatility in the kitchen. Often featured in rustic Italian cooking, it has become a favourite worldwide for roasting, stuffing, and fresh eating.
Long, tapered fruits that ripen from green to bright, glossy red.
Very sweet, thin-walled flesh with a rich flavour, perfect raw, roasted, or fried.
Often grows up to 25–30 cm long, with 2–3 lobes.
Days to harvest: ~75–90 days from transplant to full red maturity.
Plant height: about 70–90 cm; sturdy but benefits from staking when heavily loaded with fruit.
Heavy cropping with multiple peppers per plant.
History & Heritage
The Marconi pepper is a traditional Italian heirloom, grown for generations across the Mediterranean for its sweetness, productivity, and versatility in the kitchen. Often featured in rustic Italian cooking, it has become a favourite worldwide for roasting, stuffing, and fresh eating.
Long, tapered fruits that ripen from green to bright, glossy red.
Very sweet, thin-walled flesh with a rich flavour, perfect raw, roasted, or fried.
Often grows up to 25–30 cm long, with 2–3 lobes.
Days to harvest: ~75–90 days from transplant to full red maturity.
Plant height: about 70–90 cm; sturdy but benefits from staking when heavily loaded with fruit.
Heavy cropping with multiple peppers per plant.