Hot Pepper: Sandia
(Capsicum annuum )
Hot peppers in the Capsicum annuum species produce edible fruit with thick walls that can be eaten green and immature or later when the color changes to red, yellow, purple, or brown and the pepper is ripe.
Large, long, red chili pepper from New Mexico. Good fresh or roasted whole. Traditionally dried and made into ristras. 5,000-7,000 SHUs. Fruit is 15 cm long. 75-85 days to maturity.