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pod-i.d. Are these (probably) red salvinas?

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This is my first year growing a Habanero. While my earliest plant was still in greens, I picked up a package of “US-grown Habaneros” from the grocery store, and they looked distinctly different to what came off my plant.

While the ones from the store were still good, a couple fruits off my earliest plant ripened to orange, and I was able to compare them.

Mine were waxier, thinner skinned and more translucent, while the ones from the store were a very opaque red and a little bit meatier. Heat level seemed similar, maybe with a slight edge going to the red ones from the store.

I’ve started reading up on habaneros, and come to the conclusion that the store “habaneros” were probably Red Salvinas. Does this sound right? Can they be ID’d from this photo?

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From what I remember, Red Savina habanero chilies were proprietary or trademarked or something. Red habanero were generic, Red Savina were specific. Red Savinas held "world's hottest pepper" for a few years back around 2000. Google or wiki can probably give more information.

That doesn't answer your question about the peppers you posted, sorry....

Hope this helps...
SL

Edit... at the time (1990's-2000) habanero chiles were the hottest generally known with a general shu of 150,000-200,000. Red Savina chiles came in at 350,000 shu. Hence their title of Hottest Chile.
 
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salsalady said:
From what I remember, Red Savina habanero chilies were proprietary or trademarked or something. Red habanero were generic, Red Savina were specific. Red Savinas held "world's hottest pepper" for a few years back around 2000. Google or wiki can probably give more information.

That doesn't answer your question about the peppers you posted, sorry....

Hope this helps...
SL

Edit... at the time (1990's-2000) habanero chiles were the hottest generally known with a general shu of 150,000-200,000. Red Savina chiles came in at 350,000 shu. Hence their title of Hottest Chile.
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Thanks.

I’m just learning habaneros, and what stuck me was how these weren’t just a different color, but the skin and meat was so different.

I did notice that the loose orange habaneros they have at my grocery store are even more translucent than mine.

When I got these seeds, they came in five pack with orange, yellow, red, brown and white. The only ones that were significantly different on the label (they’re drawings) was the white ones. I wanted to stick with the most “normal” ones, so went with orange this year.
 
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