Habanada
Open-pollinated pepper
- Breeding
- Open-pollinated
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 85-95 days 2 sources, none independent · basis unstated
- Fruit
- orange
- Weight
- -
Grey captions say what stands behind that particular figure. Breeding, growth habit and fruit characters carry no caption because they rest on the record's sources as a whole rather than citing their own; closing that gap is ordinary outstanding work, not a finished job.
The species here is supported by Peppers: Vegetable and Spice Capsicums and Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners. The breeder attribution here is supported by Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners. These claims name their own evidence rather than resting on the record's source list as a whole, because a species that distinguishes a variety, or an attribution to a breeding programme, is worth being able to check on its own.
Commonly confused with
These are different varieties. A name shared between them does not make them the same seed.
- different variety
Trinidad Perfume
Both are heatless chinense, but Habanada is a deliberate Cornell breeding project and Trinidad Perfume is a Caribbean landrace.
- different variety
NuMex Trick or Treat
Both are heatless habaneros from public programmes; Habanada came out of Cornell, Trick or Treat out of NMSU.
- different variety
Roulette
Both are heatless habaneros; Habanada is open-pollinated from Cornell, Roulette a commercial hybrid.
Origin & history
Bred by Michael Mazourek at Cornell and released in 2016: a habanero with the capsaicin bred completely out. The floral, tropical aroma of Capsicum chinense remains, entirely without heat, which makes it the clearest proof available that heat and flavor are separable traits.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 85-95 days | Consensus range across the cited sources, which include both independent references and commercial catalogs. |
| Scoville heat | 0 SHU | A heatless habanero: the aroma compounds without the capsaicinoids |
Against the rest of the pepper database
Where this variety sits among every pepper we hold a comparable figure for. Position is not merit: earlier is not better than later, and hotter is not better than milder. Only cultivar-level figures are compared, never trial results, and maturity is only ranked against figures counted the same way.
later than 62% of the 252 peppers we hold a figure for. None of these figures state whether they are counted from sowing or from transplant, so they are ranked against each other on the assumption that suppliers use one convention, which is not something any of them says.
milder than 100% of the 249 peppers we hold a figure for.
Traits
Disease resistance
No documented disease resistance, typical of heirlooms and older open-pollinated varieties. See pepper diseases for the cultural playbook that fills the gap.
Related varieties
- open-pollinated
NuMex Suave Orange
85-95 days
- heirloom
Jimmy Nardello
75-85 days
- open-pollinated
NuMex Trick or Treat
90-110 days
- open-pollinated
7 Pot Brain Strain
100-120 days
- open-pollinated
7 Pot Douglah
100-120 days
- open-pollinated
7 Pot Primo
100-130 days
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Sources & References
Evidence: 3 sources, including 1 independent reference.
- Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners · Cornell University Cooperative Extension, Community Collection
- Johnny's Selected Seeds catalog · Johnny's Selected Seeds, Seed Catalog
- Peppers: Vegetable and Spice Capsicums · CABI (2012), Scholarly Reference