Barker's Hot Pepper

• Fruit Size: 5 to 7 inches long, 1 to 2 inches wide
• Matures: 70 to 85 days
• Scoville heat units: 15,000 to 30,000 (medium)

Barker’s Hot is the hottest New Mexico-type pepper. This heirloom chile blends good flavor with moderate heat. With thin skins, this pepper prepares quickly in the kitchen, making it a good candidate for roasting, frying whole, or stuffing. Many people refer to Barker’s Hot as a hot Anaheim; use it as you would Anaheim chiles.

Green fruits ripen to bright red; heat increases as peppers become redder. Although plants produce well in many regions, Barker’s Hot was selected from a native New Mexican chile. That means these plants thrive and bear most heavily in the Desert Southwest.

Some Bonnie Plants varieties may not be available at your local stores, as we select and sell varieties best suited to the growing conditions in each region.