Rooster Spur

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Rooster Spur
Classification	C. annuum
Type	cayenne, chili
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	long
Fruit size	small
Heat level	hot
Scoville Heat Units (SHU)	30,000 - 50,000
Maturity	midseason
Variety type	family heirloom, open-pollinated
Country	USA

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rooster Spur - ripe fruit. 2014-08-13.

B.C KO T

Bright red slim pods up to 1.5-2" long. Very good dried and ground into chili powder. Compact plants well suited for pots. Early fruit set and maturity. Medium to high heat and lovely flavor. Dries very easily. Plants are extremely productive.

Seed source:

Pepper Gal

Year grown: 2014

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)

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History

• An heirloom hot pepper from Virgil T. Ainsworth of Laurel, Mississippi. Grown in his family for more than 100 years.
• Traditionally used to make Rooster Pepper Sausage.
• This pepper has been listed in the SSE Yearbooks since the 1980s.
• SSE PEPPER 46.

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rooster Spur - plant. 2014-06-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rooster Spur - plant. 2014-06-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rooster Spur - plant. 2014-06-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rooster Spur - plant. 2014-06-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rooster Spur - plant with green fruits. 2014-06-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rooster Spur - ripening fruit. 2014-07-08.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rooster Spur - ripening fruit. 2014-07-08.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rooster Spur - ripe fruit. 2014-07-08.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rooster Spur - ripe fruit. 2014-07-08.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rooster Spur - ripe fruit. 2014-07-08.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rooster Spur - plant with ripe fruit. 2014-07-10.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rooster Spur - ripe fruit. 2014-07-10.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rooster Spur - ripe fruit. 2014-07-10.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rooster Spur - ripe fruit. 2014-07-14.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rooster Spur plant with ripening fruits. 2014-07-17.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rooster Spur - plant with ripening fruit. 2014-07-29.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rooster Spur - plant with ripening fruit. 2014-07-29.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rooster Spur - ripe fruit. 2014-07-29.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rooster Spur - ripe fruit. 2014-07-29.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Rooster Spur - plant with ripening fruit. 2014-08-30.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2015	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new	.	.
2014		.	.
2013	Seed Savers Exchange Pepper Gal	2	.
2012		3	0
2011		2	0
2010		.	0
2009		1	.
2008		1	.

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