birdseye

Pepper Profile: African Birdseye

Fiery Foods Manager Baccatum, Pubescens, and Frutescens Species Leave a Comment

By Dave DeWitt Fiery Foods & BBQ Central Recommendations Chile Pepper Bedding Plants… over 500 varieties from Cross Country Nurseries, shipping April to early 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 Nomenclature Since many wild chiles have the word “bird” in their …

Bell Peppers

Pepper Profile: Bell Peppers

Fiery Foods Manager Capsicum annuum Species—Most Common Varieties Leave a Comment

By Dave DeWitt Fiery Foods & BBQ Central Recommendations Chile Pepper Bedding Plants… over 500 varieties from Cross Country Nurseries, shipping April to early 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 Photos by Harald Zoschke The Plant Bell is a pod type …

2001 Scoville Heat Levels Reported

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By Dave DeWitt   The Chile Pepper Institute of New Mexico State University has reported on the pungency levels of some of the chile varieties grown in the 2001 Demonstration and Teaching Garden. Dr. Paul Bosland, director of the Institute, cautioned that these heat levels are the result of a single test of chiles grown in that specific environment and …

Pod Variations in the baccatum Species

Pepper Profile: Baccatum Species

Fiery Foods Manager Baccatum, Pubescens, and Frutescens Species Leave a Comment

By Dave DeWitt Fiery Foods & BBQ Central Recommendations Chile Pepper Bedding Plants… over 500 varieties from Cross Country Nurseries, shipping April to early 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 The Plant The baccatum species, familiarly termed “ají” throughout South America, …

Maturing Tabasco Plant

Pepper Profile: Frutescens Species

Fiery Foods Manager Baccatum, Pubescens, and Frutescens Species Leave a Comment

By Dave DeWitt Fiery Foods & BBQ Central Recommendations Chile Pepper Bedding Plants… over 500 varieties from Cross Country Nurseries, shipping April to early-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 Photos by Dave DeWitt and Harald Zoschke Introduction The tabasco chile is the …