Hello,I have a yellow heart shaped chilli about the size of a plum. It has black seeds and is fairly hot. The bush is straggly and grows to more than a metre in height. The leaves are slightly pubescent. Do you know what it is?–Roger DewhurstRoger:The chile you have is a Capsicum pubescens, variety ’Canario’, usually grown in mountain regions …
Hungry for Habanero Information
Hello Dave:Habanero: how hot is it? Where is it grown? What other hot chilies compare to it? Can you give me a list of the hot peppers, in the order hottest first?–JoeJoe:For habanero information, see hereFor the revised heat scale, see here–Dave
Cumari o Passarinho
Hi Dave!What can you tell about the chile variety ’Cumari o Passarinho’? In your book, "Peppers of the’ World" it’s said to be a chinense, but the USDA lists it as C. baccatum var. Praetermissum. I have the plant growing, and that one is definately C. chinense. So might there be two different kinds of Cumari o Passarinhos? Do you …
Peruvian Death Peppers
Hi,you were referred to me for info on peruvian death peppers. Do they exist and where can I buy seeds to grow my own?Thank you.— Bobbi Howell in North CarolinaBobbi:That name was originally used in, of all things, a Garfield comic strip. So the pepper does not really exist. I know that some people have used that name for other …
Habanero White Bullet
Hi Dave!Those very scientific people (that’s sarcasm, by the way) at Redwood City Seeds claim that they have a new variety called the Habanero White Bullet, which (they say) is 3 times as hot as the Red Savina. Here’s a link: http://www.batnet.com/rwc-seed/Pepper.worlds.hottest.html.Is it possible for you to point out to your readers that the Dremann scale on which they base …