Bridge to Paris

Distinctly sweet with a fruity note rather than flatly vegetal; sugars concentrate in the fully red fruit. No meaningful heat, though selection work is credited with a slight hint relative to the original hybrid.

Long, glossy Italian frying peppers that ripen from green to bright red. Fruits reach 7 to 9 inches with unusually thick walls for the type and very few seeds, giving a meaty bite. Flavor is distinctly sweet with a fruity note once fully colored. Plants are tall and productive; staking helps support the heavy set. Useful green or red for frying, roasting, and freezing.

A commercial F1 hybrid called La Paris was dropped by the seed trade. Growers at the biodynamic Kimberton CSA in Pennsylvania saved and selected seed to recover an open-pollinated form. The line moved with farm interns to Phillies Bridge Farm in Gardiner, New York, where further selection increased size and added a faint edge of warmth, then was stabilized and named by the Hudson Valley Seed Library for the route from La Paris to Phillies Bridge.

How hot is Bridge to Paris?

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 Bridge to Paris taste like?

Distinctly sweet with a fruity note rather than flatly vegetal; sugars concentrate in the fully red fruit. No meaningful heat, though selection work is credited with a slight hint relative to the original hybrid.

How do I grow Bridge to Paris?

Bridge to Paris: about 85 days to maturity, temperate climate, full sun, hardiness zones 5-10.

What can I substitute for Bridge to Paris?

Capsi does not have that recorded yet.