Pepper Habanero - Mr. Fothergill's Seeds

Capsicum chinense

• Conical green fruits ripen orange.
• Best used fresh, but can be canned, dried or frozen.

Habanero Pepper. Scorching hot fruit is lantern-shaped and about 2.5cm (1in) x 3.75cm (1.5in) with thin wrinkled flesh that turns from light green to orange when ripe. Germination of the seed is slow with warm conditions (26 C/80 F) essential for best results. As seeds can also carry the essential heat of the pepper, to avoid transferring Scoville Heat Unit Rating - 250,000.