Re: need seeds from Spain

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For people in Northern California, a local seller at the Saturday morning Palo Alto Farmers' Market sells these peppers, and in the spring sells plants, too. In case anyone wants to know why these peppers are so special, here are some resources I found a year or so ago for someone on my alumni network who had been to Spain and was rhapsodizing about them.

http://www.happyquailfarms.com/Padron.htm

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/08/14/FD154219.DTL

http://chezpim.typepad.com/blogs/2005/08/culinary_russia.html

 http://growitalian.com/Qstore/Qstore.cgi?CMD=011&PROD=000140
listed as Pepper Padrone, $2.65 for a pack of 200 seeds (brand name is Franchi Sementi, some nurseries carry them)
 

Tanya Kucak

At 8:43 AM -0700 7/18/07, Susan Bouchez wrote:

I would like to find someone in Spain who is willing to buy some seeds and mail them to me in France. Specifically, I want 4 packages of Pimento di Padron or Pimiento Padron. These are the small green peppers cooked in oil and served as tapas in Spain. The California Master Gardeners organization is very fond of these tasty morsels and this year's crop has not lived up to previous levels of gustatory delight! (The seeds came from Franchi Sementi. )

 

I've found a website selling the seeds:

 

http://www.gardencenterejea.com/index.php?id=741&sec=7&enl=

 

with the following: SÓLO PEDIDOS NACIONALES - I take this to mean sales in Spain only? But maybe they are available at every local seed shop?

 

Please contact me directly if you would be willing to help me with this "transaction".

 

Thanks

Susan Bouchez

s*@gmail.com