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Grocery store pepper ID

Mallory

Mallory

Found this pumpkin-shaped habanero looking thing at the store. The walls are way thicker than any habanero I have grown, closer to a bell pepper in thickness. Smelled like sweet red bell and tasted hotter than a jalapeno, but not hab level. Any idea what it is? 
 

 

 

 
 
 
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Looks very scotch bonnet-esque, I think it's definitely a chinense whatever it is because of the calyx, the thick walls are kind of misleading though.  how big was it?
 
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Actually, based on the desiccation of the stem and the described heat level as "hotter than I jalapeño" then I think this could actually be some variety of Hot Cherry Bomb that has gone a bit dry and isn't fully rounded anymore.  I suppose it depends on how you'd quantify jalapeño heat, but I've had Cherry Bombs that were right up there at that level, but obviously sweeter.  The central seed cluster and the thick walls scream Cherry Bomb to me. 
 
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You'll notice the large annuum calyx on Cherry Bomb peppers though,
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while everything else looks correct, the calyx does not, it appears to be chinense
 
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KingLeerUK said:
Actually, based on the desiccation of the stem and the described heat level as "hotter than I jalapeño" then I think this could actually be some variety of Hot Cherry Bomb that has gone a bit dry and isn't fully rounded anymore.  I suppose it depends on how you'd quantify jalapeño heat, but I've had Cherry Bombs that were right up there at that level, but obviously sweeter.  The central seed cluster and the thick walls scream Cherry Bomb to me.
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I agree with cherry bomb, I had some OP Cherry bombs a few years back that looked similar!

Xo nicole
 
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