# Carolina Hot

Also known as Carolina Hot cayenne.
Species: Capsicum annuum.

Carolina Hot is a Capsicum annuum selection from South Carolina, United States. Capsi has not yet documented heat for this variety. Flavor is sharp, cayenne. Used for Pickles, hot sauce, dried flakes and powder, and fresh cooking..

## Heritage

Selection

Carolina Hot is a selection of an existing type. The parent isn't linked in Capsi yet.

Credit: J.A. Martin and J.H. Crawford, Clemson University · 1954

Parent:
- Unknown (Unknown parent)

Clemson released this cayenne in 1954. Martin and Crawford wrote it up in a 1958 circular. No source names a parent. Later USDA lines were pulled from this mixed stock.

## Page sources

- [Fery, Dukes, and Ogle 1986 cultivar release for Carolina Cayenne, naming Carolina Hot as the 1954 Clemson source and describing its fruit as longer, thinner, and sharp-pointed.](https://journals.ashs.org/view/journals/hortsci/21/2/article-p330.xml)
- [Fery and Dukes 1996 inheritance study of nematode resistance in Carolina Hot, citing Martin and Crawford 1958.](https://journals.ashs.org/view/journals/jashs/121/6/article-p1024.xml)
- [USDA ARS record for the 1996 Carolina Hot resistance paper.](https://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publication?seqNo115=63514)
- [USDA ARS release note for Charleston Hot, selected from a heterogeneous Carolina Hot population.](https://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publication/?seqNo115=72604)
- [Profile of USDA breeder Richard Fery identifying Carolina Hot as the Clemson cayenne released in 1958 and used as a nematode-resistance source.](https://www.growingmagazine.com/growing-peppers-anywhere/)

## FAQ
### How hot is Carolina Hot?

Capsi has not yet documented heat for this variety. Capsi uses a sourced range and a trust tier, not a single marketing number. How we verify heat: https://web.thecapsi.app/learn/heat-and-capsaicin/how-we-measure-heat

### What does Carolina Hot taste like?

Sharp, straightforward cayenne flavor. Thin walls make it a drying pepper first.

### How do I grow Carolina Hot?

Carolina Hot: about 75 days to maturity, subtropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 8-11.

### What can I substitute for Carolina Hot?

Carolina Cayenne, Charleston Hot, Cayenne

Page: https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/carolina-hot
Catalog: https://web.thecapsi.app/data