I purchased seeds about 15 years ago from A.E Mackenzie Seed Company, Super Chili Habanero, it says on the package and have been growing them that long. The seeds are orange habanero and its all I have known until this year when habaneros have become plentiful in my area.
Since, I have purchased locally supplied habaneros from my grocery store and purchased a habanero plant from Homedepot.
Pictured here are my McKenzie seed habanero(right on the seed package) and home depot habs(left 4 of them); my Mc seed plant has now completed its full second year producing, the HD plant is new this year. The first thing I noticed is the Mc pods are oranger, while the HD seeds are a lighter hue of orange. The Mc pods are dimpled(and have been over the 15 years), the new HD pods have no dimples. The Mc plant leaves are small, while the HD leaves are rather large. The HD pods taste like habanero, like the Mc pods but the Mc pods explode in my mouth with a real citrus flavour. The HD pods are hot but only a 1/3 the heat of the Mc pods. The HD pods match the heat of Homedepots Caribbean Red Hots that I purchase from Home Depot, maybe its my Italian blood but I would pop an HD hab in my mouth before I would pop one of my goatsweed. The HD pods are hot, my goatsweed make me sweat and pant for breath and the Mc pods make me sit in meditation with tears dripping out of my eyes hoping the pain will go away.
From the picture, can anyone narrow down the type of habs? (oh ya, the mexican grocery habs are close in heat to my original Mc pods for heat but not flavour).
Since, I have purchased locally supplied habaneros from my grocery store and purchased a habanero plant from Homedepot.
Pictured here are my McKenzie seed habanero(right on the seed package) and home depot habs(left 4 of them); my Mc seed plant has now completed its full second year producing, the HD plant is new this year. The first thing I noticed is the Mc pods are oranger, while the HD seeds are a lighter hue of orange. The Mc pods are dimpled(and have been over the 15 years), the new HD pods have no dimples. The Mc plant leaves are small, while the HD leaves are rather large. The HD pods taste like habanero, like the Mc pods but the Mc pods explode in my mouth with a real citrus flavour. The HD pods are hot but only a 1/3 the heat of the Mc pods. The HD pods match the heat of Homedepots Caribbean Red Hots that I purchase from Home Depot, maybe its my Italian blood but I would pop an HD hab in my mouth before I would pop one of my goatsweed. The HD pods are hot, my goatsweed make me sweat and pant for breath and the Mc pods make me sit in meditation with tears dripping out of my eyes hoping the pain will go away.
From the picture, can anyone narrow down the type of habs? (oh ya, the mexican grocery habs are close in heat to my original Mc pods for heat but not flavour).
