PEPPER CULTIVATION
Pepper production in Italy amounts to approximately 400,000 tons. The most important regions for this vegetable are Sicily, which provides over 20% of the national production, Apulia (15%), Campania (14%), Latium (13%) and Calabria (5%).
A great number of varieties are grown, and may be divided according to the shape of the pod: there are crops with a tapered, elongated shape and very large in size, like the Yellow or Red Bullhorn; squarish-shaped varieties such as the Yolo Wonder, California Wonder and Asti Square; crops with roughly quadrangular pods such as the Nocera large, Argos and Lamuyo.
Other varieties are known by generic names such as the Topepo or Tomato-Pepper, because of its flattened, round fruit.

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