“About Us”. PuckerButt Pepper Co. 2016年12月17日閲覧。 “Smokin’ Ed gained the pepper industry’s attention in November 2011 when an NPR Reporter stopped by to eat an HP22B pepper–now known as Smokin’ Ed’s Carolina Reaper®.”
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Duffy, Jim(Habanero). “Carolina Reaper”. Super hot chiles. 2016年12月17日閲覧。 “Ed created this chile plant variety by crossing a Ghost pepper(Bhut Jolokia) with a Red Habanero type from St Vincents Island in the West Indies.”