Originally Posted: May 2, 2011
We had one plant that perished in the cold spell, so for a few months we have been searching.A few days ago, the hubster (HB) called me excited "I found a scotch bonnet plant, the person says I must come and get it now because it is the last one he has left". Knowing HB he must get that last one, and he did. He arrived home holding it up like a trophy he had just won. Proud and happy. Eager to plant. While we were picking the fruit we noticed the nursery label, a place not far away, I googled, emailed and called and they had 11 plants "we must get 5" the hubster said, and as it is said, so it was done. We have 5 beautiful plants.
FACTS ABOUT THE SCOTCH BONNET PEPPER
- Thechileman
- WikiPedia
- ChilePepper- Scoville Scale
- PEPPER PLANTS from: Hopkins Nursery & Wonder Gardens Inc. FL
- Scotch Bonnets have a heat rating of 100,000–350,000 Scoville Units. For comparison, most jalapeño peppers have a heat rating of 2,500 to 8,000 on the Scoville scale. www.thechileman.org claims that it is native to the Caribbean
- The Scotch Bonnet Chocolate (yum, yum), pictured to the right, is also known as the Jamaican Pepper- wow!!!
Scoville rating | Type of pepper |
---|---|
15,000,000-16,000,000 | Pure capsaicin[5] |
8,600,000-9,100,000 | Various capsaicinoids (e.g. homocapsaicin, homodihydrocapsaicin, nordihydrocapsaicin) |
2,000,000-5,300,000 | Standard U.S. Grade pepper spray[6], FN 303 irritant ammunition |
855,000-1,050,000 | Naga Jolokia[7][8][9][10] |
350,000-580,000 | Red Savina Habanero[11][12] |
100,000-350,000 | Habanero chili,[13] Scotch Bonnet Pepper, [13] Datil pepper, Rocoto, Jamaican Hot Pepper [6], African Birdseye |
50,000-100,000 | Thai Pepper, Malagueta Pepper, Chiltepin Pepper, Pequin Pepper |
30,000-50,000 | Cayenne Pepper, Ají pepper [13], Tabasco pepper, some Chipotle peppers |
10,000-23,000 | Serrano Pepper, some Chipotle peppers |
2,500-8,000 | Jalapeño Pepper, Guajillo pepper, New Mexican varieties of Anaheim pepper,[14] Paprika (hungarian wax pepper)[15] |
500-2,500 | Anaheim pepper [16], Poblano Pepper, Rocotillo Pepper |
100-500 | Pimento[6], Pepperoncini |
0 | No heat, Bell pepper [6] |
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