 | Texas Bird Pepper Seeds (Capsicum annuum glabriusculum). Harvested from the gardens at Monticello.Capt. Samuel Brown sent Thomas Jefferson seeds of this dwarf pepper from San Antonio, Texas in 1812-13; stating that the peppers were as "essential to my health as salt itself". Jefferson grew them at Monticello and also forwarded seeds to Philadelphia nurseryman Bernard McMahon who popularized it as an ornamental pot plant. Texas Bird Pepper is a lush, compact plant covered in early fall with tiny half-inch, reddish-orange, extremely... - Texas Bird Pepper Seeds (Capsicum annuum glabriusculum). |
