Re: HOT PEPPERS
- To: propagation@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: HOT PEPPERS
- From: m* l*
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 06:31:12 -0600
At 02:53 PM 10/28/99 -0300, you wrote:
>Dear Members and hot pepper lovers,
>Couldn't the Caribbean Red be the Red Savina Habanero (577,000 Scoville
>Heat
>Units)? Once some people in the list informed that this was the hottest
>known
>pepper in the world.
>What about Scotch Bonnet?
>I grow maybe 20 different peppers (maybe only two or three sweet ones),
>and
>therefore I'd like to know more about the CRH and the SB.
>Thank you for your assistance.
>Regards,
>
>Angelo
>
They're at least quite similar, even in the heat. The Red Savina was
patented by someone who found it and grew it out. Seeds are only available
from Shepherd's, I think. It may have been a Caribbean Red when discovered,
but that plant and its descendants are protected by law. Margaret L (at
least that's what I've read)
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