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Capsicum Tabasco Seeds

Tabasco Chilli

The tabasco pepper is a variety of chilli pepper belonging to the species, Capsicum frutescens. It is best known through its use in Tabasco sauce, followed by peppered vinegar. It is an heirloom pepper which takes its name from a Mexican city where, in fact, the pepper is not grown. Like all C. frutescens cultivars, the tabasco plant has a typical bushy growth, which commercial cultivation makes stronger by trimming the plants. The tapered fruits, around 4 cm long, are initially pale yellowish-green and turn yellow and orange before ripening to bright red. Tabascos rate from 30,000 to 50,000 on the Scoville scale of heat levels, and are the only variety of chilli whose fruits are "juicy"; i.e., they are not dry on the inside. Unlike most chillis, tabasco fruits grow up, rather than hanging down from their stems. These seeds are tobacco mosaic virus resistant.