Jimmy Nardello Pepper

How can you not grow a pepper with a name like Jimmy Nardello? Buying crazy-named seeds must run in the family: my brother grew them last year.

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One hundred and two years after the Nardellos set sail, bringing a small piece of their homeland with them, the pepper that bears the family name is becoming a favorite among chefs and home gardeners nationwide, but is still registered as "endangered" on Slow Food USA's Ark of Tastes.