Vegetables
Heredity: Open Pollinated

Data specific to Peppers (Edit)
General Type: Cayenne
Pepper Shape: Tapered
Fruit Length: 4 - 6"
Fruit Width at Shoulders: 0.5 - 1"
Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: Green to Yellow
Days to First Harvest and Maturity: 65-70 green, 85-90 yellow.
Scoville Heat Units (approximate SHU): 30,000 - 50,000
Heat: Hot 30K-300K SHU

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 18 - 24"
Plant Spread: 12 - 18"
Fruit: Showy
Uses: Vegetable
Suitable as Annual

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Golden Cayenne'
  • 'Yellow Cayenne'

Common names
  • Hot Pepper

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Date: 2011-08-26

Date: 2011-08-21
This five-inch-long, smooth-skinned, yellow cayenne was developed

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
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Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company
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Cayenne Golden by DanCarmona Dec 19, 2015 7:31 AM 0

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