Red Savina pepper 2704435 215439483 2008-05-28T05:28:05Z Mgiganteus1 808022 rv unsourced change that contradicts text {{Infobox Cultivar | name = Red Savina | image = Red_savina_cropped.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = A Red Savina habanero, at near-optimum ripeness. Note characteristic deep red color. | species = ''[[Capsicum chinense]]'' | cultivar = 'Red Savina' | origin = [[California]], [[United States]] }} {{Pepper | boxwidth=250px | image=chilli55.jpg | heat=Exceptionally Hot ([[Scoville scale|SR]]: 350,000 - 577,000) }} The '''Red Savina pepper''' is a [[cultivar]] of the [[habanero chile]] (''[[Capsicum]] chinense'' Jacquin), which has been [[selective breeding|selectively bred]] to produce hotter, heavier, and larger peppers. It is also commonly known as the Dominican Devil's Tongue Pepper or the Ball of Fire Pepper in Guyana.{{Fact|date=June 2007}} Frank Garcia of GNS Spices, in [[Walnut, California]], is credited with being the developer of the ''Red Savina'' habanero.<ref name="redsavina">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-habanero-pepper.htm|title=What is a Habanero Pepper?|accessdate=2008-03-31|publisher=wisegeek.com}}</ref> The exact method Garcia used to select the hottest strains is not publicly known. The Red Savina is protected by the U.S. [[Plant Variety Protection Act]] (PVP #9200255)<ref>{{cite website|url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/showpvp.pl?9200255|title=Plant Variety Protection Number: 9200255 (Red Savina)|date=1992-08-26|publisher=[[US Department of Agriculture]]}}</ref> Samples of Red Savina have been measured as high as 577,000 [[Scoville scale|Scoville units]], however many chilli enthusiasts growing the Red Savina have been unable to reach this level of heat, even with certified Red Savina seed. The Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico, conducted an extensive field trial to test the Red Savina. In this scientific growth trial the Red Savina was unable to reach 250,000 scoville units.<ref name="redsavina2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-1/Worlds-hottest-chile-pepper-discovered-991-1/|title=World's hottest chile pepper discovered|accessdate=2008-03-31|publisher=American Society for Horticultural Science}}</ref> In February 2007 the Red Savina chili was displaced in [[Guinness World Records]] as the hottest chili in the world by the [[Naga Jolokia pepper]]. The Red Savina held the record from 1994 until 2006.<ref name="redsavina2" /> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Chili peppers]] [[de:Red Savina]] [[sv:Red Savina]]