Hinkelhatz
Heirloom pepper
- Breeding
- Heirloom
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 75-85 days 1 community collection · basis unstated
- Fruit
- red
- Weight
- -
- Bred by
- -
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.
Origin & history
A Pennsylvania Dutch heirloom whose name means chicken heart, grown by that community since the 1880s and used almost entirely for pepper vinegar rather than eating fresh.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 75-85 days | Consensus range across the cited independent references. |
| Scoville heat | 5,000-30,000 SHU |
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.
earlier 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.
hotter than 62% 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
Juanita
90-120 days
- heirloom
Manzano Amarillo
120-180 days
- heirloom
Manzano Rojo
120-180 days
- heirloom
Pimiento
75-85 days
- heirloom
Rocoto (Manzano)
120-150 days
- heirloom
Rocoto Amarillo
120-180 days
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Sources & References
Evidence: 1 source, all community collections. No independent reference documents this yet.
- Seed Savers Exchange catalog & variety histories · Seed Savers Exchange, Community Collection