Possible Clues:

• There's a 15-foot-tall sculpture of one in Corning, California, skewered by a giant toothpick
• Place for a pimento
• Classic martini garnish
• Fruit picked while unripe
• Dirty martini garnish
• Martini garnish (mix the colors in 7- and 15-Down)
• Pimento-stuffed salad ingredient
• Pimento setting