Tabasco Chile Pepper Capsicum annuum Tabasco

LATIN NAME: Capsicum annuum

COMMON NAME: Tabasco Pepper

The Tabasco pepper spears the slender, tapering fruits along the neat, branched stems, the small, pointed leaves below them, and the whole plant stands in the fine, bright look of the warm kitchen garden. The fast-growing, annual herb carries the small, oval, pointed, smooth leaves along the erect, freely branched stems, and the small, white or cream, star-shaped flowers, through the summer, one of the bright, quiet sights of the warm kitchen garden, drawing the bees, to be followed by the small, slender, tapering, upright, bright-red fruits with the sharp heat. The slender fruits have a very long record as the fine, hot fruits of the warm lands, and the plant is a historic presence of the warm kitchen garden. It is a plant of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The Tabasco pepper is a historic subject of the plant science, and the star-shaped flowers keep showing up in the work on the hot fruits. The way the small, white or cream, star-shaped flowers form along the freely branched stems has been studied at length, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the hot fruits, the pointed leaves and the members of the nightshade family. The slender fruits and the quick habit have also made it a fine study herb, and the Tabasco pepper is a regular subject of the work on the star-shaped flowers of the warm world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The Tabasco pepper is a bright, useful plant of the warm kitchen garden and the study collection. The small, oval, pointed, smooth leaves along the erect, freely branched stems carry the bright look of the warm kitchen garden, one of the bright, quiet sights of the warm kitchen garden, drawing the bees, and the slender fruits have a very long record as the fine, hot fruits of the warm lands, the ripe, red pods coming to the old sauces and the steady trade of the warm kitchens, while the small, white or cream, star-shaped flowers open through the summer, to be followed by the small, slender, tapering, upright, bright-red fruits with the sharp heat. It is one of the fine choices for the warm kitchen garden, the hot pot and the study collection, and it has been written up in the culinary and the horticultural papers for the slender fruits and the very long history. It is a bright, useful plant of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden.

The Tabasco pepper seeds germinate readily in a light, gritty mix kept warm and moist. The young plants are fast and free, and they appreciate the deep, rich ground of the warm border.

To grow the Tabasco pepper from seed, sow the small, flat seeds over the surface of the deep pot of light, gritty soil, water gently, then keep the pot in a bright, warm spot. The seedlings appear within a couple of weeks, and they grow on fast. With the sun and the deep, rich, moist ground, the red spears will rise over the warm months.

Uses: Culinary/Medicinal

The chile pepper used to make the famous hot sauce of the same name. Its origin is the southern Mexican state of Tabasco, but it is now principally in Louisiana and other Gulf states. Attractive: fruits point upright, changing from yellow to orange and finally to bright red at which stage they are harvested. Compact bushes 30-120cm/12-48?high can bear as much as 100 chiles each. Heat: 9.