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Unique spicy orange pepper with black seeds.
Prefers cooler weather and partial shade.
Grows like a vine and can be trellised.
10 Seeds to grow Manzano Orange Rocoto - It has black seeds, and hairy leaves and a small 2” apple shape. Blooms with beautiful six-point star-shaped flowers. Pod flesh is thick, and the flavor is sweet with a citrus taste. Unlike most chiles, it does fine in cooler weather and prefers partial shade instead of full sun. If protected from frost the plants can produce for 15 years and grow more than 10’ high. Robust vines can be trellised like a grape. Heat Level: Very Hot Scoville: 30,000 Capsicum pubescens (100 days) Manzano or Orange Rocoto originates in South America and grows on the Andean mountain slopes. It is among the oldest of domesticated chiles being cultivated for thousands of years.