On 25 Sep 2011, Nil wrote in
rec.gardens:

An acquaintance gave me some hot peppers from his garden. Can
anyone identify their varieties?

http://home.comcast.net/~esionder/temp/peppers1.jpg

I think the green one is a jalapeno, but I don't know about the
others. The orange one and the little red ones are *VERY* hot.

OK, thanks everybody for the hints. Sounds like there are too many
varieties to be sure, but it looks like the little read ones are Thai
chiles and the orange one is a Habanero. The bigger red one may be a
ripe Jalapeno (I didn't know they got red) but if it is, I bet it's a
slightly different variety than the green one, as it was from a
different plant and the fruit was a little smaller.

And thanks for the pointers to those pepper ID web pages. Very
interesting.

I got these last week from a B&B in Niagara Falls, NY. The owner has a
small patch of pepper plants that were doing really well, and he
invited me to take some with me, so I just grabbed a few of each kind.
I have to say that I don't think the Habaneros will be very useful -
they're just too damn hot to put in many things. I made chili last
night and put a tiny bit in there, and even that small amount made it
borderline too spicy for me. And its essence seems to have soaked into
my fingers, I can still taste it. I can see why I saw some advice to
wear rubber gloves and safety glasses when working with them. Those
things could be dangerous!