The pumpkin habanero is the first new variety released through Rutgers exotic pepper breeding program. The bright tangerine color, smooth skin and unique pumpkin shape make the new pepper stand out.

The super-hot, bright orange TigerPaw-NR habanero pepper offers extreme pungency for pepper aficionados, plus nematode resistance that will make it a hit with growers and home gardeners. The super-hot ...

If you like the sort of spicy heat that a habanero pepper brings to your meal -- but don’t want to get your tongue burned off -- a new variety developed by Rutgers University could become your ...

Chile peppers get their intense pungency from a chemical compound called capsaicin. (Lynn Ketchum) If you've become exasperated trying to make peppers thrive in Oregon's short-lived growing season, ...

Standing in a friend’s garden, I was assured that the small, red pepper in my hand would be safe to eat. “Take a bite!” she said. “I swear it’s not hot.” The pepper in question looked and smelled ...

It all started so innocently at the beginning of the summer. While I was eating dinner in Brooklyn, I shared with some good friends how my little backyard container garden was doing. “I’m afraid my ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Bred and perfected over the course of two decades, two new pepper varieties, sans heat, will soon be available to grow. “Notta Hotta” and “Mild Thing” are habanero peppers ...

Weak-mouthed people of the world rejoice! Soon, you could embrace the delicious flavor of habanero peppers without the volcano of pain that follows. The researchers spent more than two decades ...

I once spotted a habanero pepper plant at a garden center. Unfamiliar with the different varieties of capsicum then, I thought it was a variety of bell pepper. Unlike the sweet bell pepper, habanero ...

Taku "Tak" Kondo's elderly neighbors in rural Hyogo Prefecture were a little confused when he first began growing habanero peppers in his fields. "It's all rice and black soybeans around here," he ...

Annual global production for the hot pepper has grown more than 40-fold during the past two decades and now exceeds $14.4 billion. The genome of the hot pepper, the world’s most widely grown spice ...