Here’s some good news for fans of new flavors: A scientist at Oregon State University has created two mild habanero pepper varieties. Jim Myers works in vegetable breeding and genetics at OSU. On a recent visit to the experimental farm where the peppers were planted, he said he wanted the “Notta Hotta” and “Mild Thing” peppers to grow well in the Pacific Northwest and retain the subtle, floral flavor of a habanero while downplaying the “heat.”