Aconcagua Pepper Scoville

Here s the marconi giant hybrid pepper capsicum annuum scoville units 000 sweet.

Aconcagua pepper scoville. The aconcagua pepper plant can grow close to 3 feet tall and will likely need to be supported because the pods are heavy. Plants need to be supported as the fruit set is very heavy. 0 more photos view gallery. Sun to partial shade.

Welcome to the scoville scale the defining list of what s hot and what s not on the web. Put simply it measures the concentration of the chemical compound capsaicin. Scoville heat index is used to measure the heat in peppers. 30 38 cm sun exposure.

The plant produces good yields of 8 long by 2 wide sweet peppers. As you go through the following table you will understand the actual hotness of specific peppers through their scoville rating. This giant up to 30 cm long sweet pepper is named after south america s highest mountain aconcagua. Scoville of the chilli pepper s heat.

It s very sweet and fruity in flavour and matures from green to orange to red. So scroll on down to learn about your favorite heat or click here to learn more about the scoville scale and. Frying pepper bell pepper aconcagua capsicum annuum. Here you can see photos and more in depth pepper info.

United states department of agriculture pi 371866. Until 1912 there was no widely used method for measuring the heat of a pepper. Now there are some sweet peppers which are included in the list but their hotness meter is minimal from 0 500. Peppers highlighted in orange will take you to the big list of peppers entry for the pepper.

Note that the. Peppers are very sweet and turn from light green to red when mature. The scoville scale is a measure named after wilbur l. It s fantastic for eating fresh in salads or for grilling i recommend an olive oil and garlic baste as well as for stuffing.

For years we have been in search of the hottest peppers sauces and extracts on the planet. Plants can grow to 1 meter in height and peppers are produced in great abundance. 6 members have or want this plant for trade. Bred in italy this pepper s also an all america selections winner.

His method devised in 1912 is known as the scoville organoleptic test. Aconcagua named after the mountain range in south america is a sweet pepper of the elongated variety growing approximately 11 inches long and 2 3 inches wide. A very sweet large cone shaped pepper that is named after a beautiful mountain in argentina where the pepper is originated. Aconcagua view all varieties of peppers.

Below is a searchable and sortable list of hot peppers and their scoville rank. We are now working to bring the most complete shu scale to our fellow pepper heads around the world.