Datil, Datil Hot Pepper, Minorcan Hot Pepper 'Datil'

I grew Ona Lee's Datil`s this season here in Iowa. I had a 98% germination rate with 100% survival rate of those germinated. There are ma...Read Moreny who said I couldn't grow the Datil here. HA! I have so many Datil's I can hardley keep up with harvesting them. OnaLee's shipping is so fast. you might think she lives right there at the post office. I was so happy with the Datil seeds and their production this season, I wasted no time in ordering a 100ct. pkt. of Datil seeds for 2013. Again, the shipping was just as fast as ever. I'm extremely impressed!

Growing a Datil pepper in Sandy Springs, Georgia (Atlanta) I found that the plant was slow to flower and bear fruit. Seed was started in...Read More March and set out in late April. It bloomed in early July and fruit are now beginning to ripen.

Pepper has a very pungent, pronounced citrus smell and flavor, and lots of heat. Tastes very similar to it's larger orange cousin, the Fatalii.

I am of Minorcan descent, born in St. Augustine, and have
grown and used Datil Peppers all my life. I do not believe
it ...Read Moreto be a cultivar. The seeds were brought to this country by the Minorcans who came to Florida with the Turnbull expedition in 1768. They built a plantation near New Smyrna, FL., then later settled in St. Augustine.
This ethnic group brought vines, seeds, plants and honey bees from their homeland in the Mediterranian. Datil peppers went with them wherever they settled and the unique flavor is essential to their cuisine. MotherNature4