Tabasco Pepper
Capsicum frutescens Tabasco Group
Solanaceae
Growth Habit
HerbaceousDescription
This pepper was imported to the US from Tabasco, Mexico in 1846. Eventually it made its way to Avery Island, Louisiana where the McIlhenny family used it in a hot sauce that has become so renowned that the word "Tabasco" is now used as a synonym for hot sauce. As you would expect it is very hot, Number 10 on the hotness scale. Plants are just a bit over a foot tall and covered with 2 inch long tapered fruit.
Source of plant
Pinetree Garden Seeds
