Alberto's Locoto

Species: Capsicum pubescens | Origin: Bolivia | Pungency: Hot

Alberto's Locoto is a label that was given to a red Locoto variety from Bolivia. In 1994 a Bolivian refugee by the name of Alberto Cerval Jiminez living in Cambridge, England, took seeds from one of many dried Locoto peppers that had been sent by his mother in La Paz and then handed them to the owner of a seed company now based in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The plants have a medium-large spreading growth habit and produce very good yields of medium-sized, thick-walled, juicy peppers which start green and ripen to scarlet red. The peppers are somewhat elongated-elliptical in shape but occasionally some can be slightly blocky or spherical. Alberto's Locoto peppers are great for spicing up many types of food, such as stews, soups, salsas, sauces, stir fries, rice dishes, pasta dishes and casseroles. This variety performs very well outdoors here in North Wales during the growing season.

Page published on: 28th November 2019