Aconcagua Pepper Scoville
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Aconcagua pepper scoville. Welcome to the scoville scale the defining list of what s hot and what s not on the web. So scroll on down to learn about your favorite heat or click here to learn more about the scoville scale and. 30 38 cm sun exposure. 6 members have or want this plant for trade.
Note that the. His method devised in 1912 is known as the scoville organoleptic test. A very sweet large cone shaped pepper that is named after a beautiful mountain in argentina where the pepper is originated. Frying pepper bell pepper aconcagua capsicum annuum.
For years we have been in search of the hottest peppers sauces and extracts on the planet. This giant up to 30 cm long sweet pepper is named after south america s highest mountain aconcagua. The scoville scale is a measure named after wilbur l. Now there are some sweet peppers which are included in the list but their hotness meter is minimal from 0 500.
Plants can grow to 1 meter in height and peppers are produced in great abundance. Put simply it measures the concentration of the chemical compound capsaicin. It s fantastic for eating fresh in salads or for grilling i recommend an olive oil and garlic baste as well as for stuffing. Aconcagua view all varieties of peppers.
Capsaicin is the beautiful natural chemical brings the heat and makes your forehead sweat your tongue burn and your stomach ache. Scoville of the chilli pepper s heat. 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. Sun to partial shade.
Until 1912 there was no widely used method for measuring the heat of a pepper. United states department of agriculture pi 371866. It s very sweet and fruity in flavour and matures from green to orange to red. The heat range goes from zero not at all hot to 1 000 000 and above really really hot.
Below is a searchable and sortable list of hot peppers and their scoville rank. A cubanelle type sweet pepper used in salads stir fry roasted or stuffed. The aconcagua pepper plant can grow close to 3 feet tall and will likely need to be supported because the pods are heavy. The plant produces good yields of 8 long by 2 wide sweet peppers.
We are now working to bring the most complete shu scale to our fellow pepper heads around the world. Here s the marconi giant hybrid pepper capsicum annuum scoville units 000 sweet. Scoville heat index is used to measure the heat in peppers. Here you can see photos and more in depth pepper info.
Plants need to be supported as the fruit set is very heavy. Peppers highlighted in orange will take you to the big list of peppers entry for the pepper.