Avelar
Also known as Avelar · pimentão Avelar
Avelar is a Brazilian sweet pepper, Capsicum annuum, an open-pollinated pimentão named for the place it was grown in Rio de Janeiro.
Flavor & Use
Brazilian papers class Avelar as pimentão, a sweet pepper, and do not publish a tasting note.
Culinary
About
Fruit of this line is the old conical pimentão type: large, thick-fleshed, and sold dark green for the fresh market. It is classed as a sweet pepper. In a 1972 Piracicaba trial, Avelar set more leaves and fruit than Ikeda early in the crop and was more sensitive when a macronutrient was left out. Both lines resisted blossom-end rot.
Backstory
Spanish Casca Dura sweet peppers reached Mogi das Cruzes and Suzano, in São Paulo, in the 1920s. Farmers selected vigorous plants with large conical fruit, and the Rio de Janeiro selection took the name of the district where it was grown. After pepper mosaic spread, those farmer lines, Avelar among them, carried the tolerance that kept Brazilian sweet-pepper fields in production into the 1980s. University of Florida work in 1973 used the same cultivar as the source of a recessive tolerance to pepper mottle virus, later named pvr3.
Appearance
Growing
Heritage
ExploreAvelar is a selection of Casca Dura.
Parent
Peppers bred from Avelar
Sources
FAQ
- How hot is Avelar?
- Capsi has not yet documented heat for this variety. Capsi uses a sourced range and a trust tier, not a single marketing number. How we verify heat: https://web.thecapsi.app/learn/heat-and-capsaicin/how-we-measure-heat
- What does Avelar taste like?
- Brazilian papers class Avelar as pimentão, a sweet pepper, and do not publish a tasting note.
- How do I grow Avelar?
- Avelar: subtropical climate, full sun.
- What can I substitute for Avelar?
- Capsi does not have that recorded yet.