Chilli Varieties for 2016

Anaheim (Capsicum annuum)

• mild when green medium hot when red
• Scoville Heat Scale 500 to 2500 units
• fruit 15 to 20cm long
• versatile good for stuffing, soups, drying, pickling etc
• 300 year old variety
• vigorous upright bush to 60cm

Hotlips (Rocoto Tree Chilli) (Capsicum pubescens)

Tree Chilli

• true heirloom as it has been grown for thousands of years by farmers in Bolivia and Peru
• great if you like really hot chillies. Scoville heat scale 100 000 to 300 000 units. Makes a Jalapeno taste like capsicumes
• good cool climate chilli though it will need a protected position in Tassie to get through winter as heavy frost will kill it. 
• sturdy wide perennial bush that grow up to 2 to 3 m tall
• crops almost all year round with fruit that turns from green to purple to red
• fruit is flesh like capsicum so it is great for homemade chilli sauce
• Also called Rocoto Tree Chilli, Locoto and Manzano

Jalapeno (Capsicum annuum)

• productive over a long period and produce early
• fruit go from green to red when ripe
• Scoville Heat Scale 5000 units
• fruit 7cm long and 3cm wide
• grows well in large containers
• bush to 1m
• good for Salsa

Thai Hot Chilli (Capsicum annuum)

• the ideal chilli for cooks of SE Asian food
• produces lots of fruit with thin walls and a spicy flavour
• fruit start green and ripen to red
• Scoville Heat Scale 25000 to 40000 units.
• Good choice for containers as plants are quite compact