50 Seeds - CHERRY BOMB HOT PEPPER, Great for Pickling,Canning, And Stuffing 50 Seeds - CHERRY BOMB HOT PEPPER, Great for Pickling,Canning, And Stuffing Heirloom. Named for its cherry-like shape, this little pepper is a moderately hot version of the popular sweet cherry. Plants are widely adapted throughout the US. Vigorous and productive. The pretty little golf ball-sized fruits mature from green to red. Add them to salads, or use them in pickling and preserving. bout Red Cherry Hots Pepper: Records show that hot peppers were discovered by Christopher Columbus in his travels and taken back to Europe, where they immediately established themselves in European cuisine. Originally, cooks began using hot peppers to flavor their food because of the expense of the spice black pepper; soon, however, hot peppers became extremely popular and even preferred.