By Dave DeWitt SuperSite Recommendations Chile Pepper Bedding Plants… over 500 varieties from Cross Country Nurseries, shipping April to mid-June. Fresh pods ship September and early October. Go here Chile Pepper Seeds… from all over the world from the Chile Pepper Institute. Go here History According to many accounts, chile peppers were introduced into what is now the U.S. by …
Pepper Profile: Fatalii
Pepper Profile: Fatalii by Harald Zoschke What a pepper–it looks so innocent, but if you cut open a Fatalii pod and take a wiff, you’ll get a clue that a very, very hot chile is waiting for another victim. Mature Fatalii Pod Like the Habanero, Scotch Bonnet and Red Savina, Fatalii belongs to the Capsicum …
Pepper Profile: New Mexican Varieties
According to many accounts, chile peppers were introduced into what is now the U.S. by Capitn General Juan de Oñate, the founder of Santa Fe, in 1598. However, they may have been introduced to the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico by the Antonio Espejo expedition of 1582-83. According to one of the members of the expedition, Baltasar Obregón, “They have …