Dorset Naga pepper#Dorset Naga

The Dorset Naga chilli is a cultivar of the species Capsicum chinense pepper. According to the breeder Michael and Joy Michaud from West Bexington, Dorset in the UK it is one of the hottest chili in the world. Measurements on samples of the fruit yielded values ​​from an average of 923,000 Scoville units.

Description

According to the breeder, the Dorset Naga is a growth on the basis of the variety Naga Morich, which comes from Bangladesh and came by Bangladesh -born British to Britain. By selection on the basis of plant size, faster maturing time, size and shape of the fruit for 5 years were stabilized the properties of the plants. Fruits of the harvest of 2005 were sent dried, ground and for analysis by HPLC methods in two laboratories in the United States. The results were at 970,000 and 876,000 Scoville units, resulting in an average of 923,000 Scoville units.

Meanwhile in fruits of closely related varieties Naga Jolokia were measured similarly high Scoville.

Previous runner

The sharpest until the announcement of the Focus - peak value of the Dorset Naga chilli was the Red Savina, which is also one of the species Capsicum chinense. Since 1994 she has been registered with a sharpness of 577,000 Scoville units as hottest chile in the world in the Guinness Book of Records. These values ​​could be understood, however, from other breeders have not.