"Originally developed by our head horticulturist Steve Bender, the California Reaper is a cross between the Carolina Reaper and the Peach Ghost Scorpion. Dr. Bender has spent numerous grow seasons developing the California Reaper, which is essentially a peach version of the Carolina Reaper."
Ok, let me get this straight the Carolina Reaper was first sold in late 2012, as was Jay`s Peach GS, yet these guys have been growing a cross between the 2 for "numerous grow seasons" whatever they are. At best, F1 in 2013 surely? And don`t give me this 3 seasons in 12 months in hydro nonsense, either. And that`s assuming the 2 varieties mentioned were stable (which they weren`t).
Essentially a Peach Carolina Reaper? Give me a break. It`s a cross containing 4 different varieties, so should be stable sometime around 2050, assuming no OP occurs. Until it is stable why not call it, oh, I don`t know, something catchy like - Carolina Reaper x Jay`s Peach Ghost Scorpion (unless the cross was made the other way around). Maybe with a crazy annotation denoting the generation number, although I do realise that`s a bit much to ask for.
I have no issues whatsoever with the cross, the great looking pods or creating a new variety like this, but please stop with all the marketing horse sh*t.