{"title":"Ally Schonfeld","description":"Ally is an urban farmer and educator, currently residing in Philadelphia but has been involved in growing food and culturally relevant crops in Baltimore, Delaware, and Pennsylvania since 2010. When she started working alongside the Karen farmers from Burma at Novick Urban Farm in 2018 and met Owen through his work with them and Truelove Seeds, she was inspired to dig into her history. As a first generation American whose dad came from Hungary in the 70's, she decided to find some seed for Paprika, which weaves its way through all the historical notes of her family history that has been lost through generations of folks who were persecuted during the atrocities of the Holocaust. At this point this is the plant she has decided to steward, but is actively looking for other varieties that are of interest to her family\/culture. It was incredibly special to be able to work alongside the Karen farmers at Novick Urban Farm and to learn about seeds and plants that were important to their culture and rituals, and Ally hopes to continue this work with the friends she made within that community.","products":[{"product_id":"hungarian-szeged-paprika-pepper","title":"Szeged Paprika Pepper","description":"\u003cp\u003eThick walled sweet red peppers, perfect for hanging to dry and then grinding into a fine powder to create the traditional \"red\" color in dishes like goulash (a beef stew). The plant is a wonderful producer, compact, and fruit is uniformly about 3\" in length. They go from a dark green to a nice dark red when ready for harvest and hanging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlly Schonfeld grew this pepper for our catalog, and she is growing the story as well:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The Szeged region is where the best sweet paprika peppers (including this one) come from in Hungary. This variety came from my great aunt, who is incredibly proud to pass her traditions in honor of her sister, my grandmother, who left Hungary in a hurry during the communist regime, traveling through Canada to settle in Queens, NYC. She died from ovarian cancer relatively young, so being able to grow these peppers makes me feel closer to a woman I didn't get to spend a lot of time with, but who I cherish the time I did have with her in her kitchen. My daughter is named for her and she's living up to the strength I was told my grandmother embodied.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDays to maturity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 75-85\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeeds per pack:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20-25\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGermination rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88% on 06\/16\/2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePlanting \/ harvesting notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStart seeds indoors 8-10 weeks before the last frost and transplant into garden well after the danger of frost. Keep seedlings moist but do not overwater. Transplants should be initially watered in well, and plants will be most productive with regular irrigation and full sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSeed keeping notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeppers are generally self-pollinating, though we isolate different varieties of the same species by at least 50 feet, in hopes that flying insects will not cross pollinate them unexpectedly. There are several important species of peppers, so check your scientific names! Pepper seeds are ripe when the fruits have turned their final fiery color - in this case, sunset-orange. Cut the fruit, scrape out seeds, and lay them out to dry on a labeled screen or paper product in a ventilated place away from direct sunlight for a week or two. Drying the peppers before seed extraction can slightly lower your germination rates, but works fine for home seed saving as long as the peppers do not rot.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ally Schonfeld","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42436777541870,"sku":"CAP-028","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2406\/3467\/products\/SzegediHungarianPaprika3.jpg?v=1644444724"}],"url":"https:\/\/trueloveseeds.sbs\/collections\/ally-schonfeld.oembed","provider":"Truelove Seeds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}