Vegetables
| Heredity: |
Open Pollinated
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| History: |
Heirloom roasting pepper famous for making chile powder. |
| Country of Origin: |
United States (New Mexico) |
Data specific to Peppers (Edit)
| General Type: |
New Mexican
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| Pepper Shape: |
Tapered
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| Fruit Length: |
3-5" A few may be bigger. |
| Fruit Width at Shoulders: |
1" |
| Fruit Ripening Color Sequence: |
Green to Red
|
| Days to First Harvest and Maturity: |
60 to green, 85 to red. |
| Wall Thickness: |
Thin
|
| Scoville Heat Units (approximate SHU): |
1000 green, 2000-6000 red. |
| Heat: |
Medium Hot 2.5-30K SHU
|
General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Herb/Forb
Shrub
|
| Life cycle: |
Perennial
|
| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
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| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
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| Plant Height: |
12-24 inches |
| Fruit: |
Showy
|
| Uses: |
Vegetable
Suitable as Annual
|
Posted by
DanCarmona (Fort Wayne, Indiana - Zone 5a) on Jan 17, 2012 6:48 AM concerning plant:
Capsicum: Annuum
Origin: New Mexico
PI: 593474
Flower: erect, stellate
Petals: white
Spots: no
Calyx: toothless
Pods: Green > red 4"L
Seed: yellow-brown
Leaves: medium, glabrous
Plant height: 12-18"
Maturity: 80 Days
Habit: sturdy, tree-like bush
Scoville units: 500-2500
Germ. Time: 1 wk > 2 mo.
These varieties, or "land races," called 'Chimayo' and 'Española,' had adapted to particular environments and are still planted today in the same fields they were grown in centuries ago; they constitute a small but distinct part of the tons of pods produced each year in New Mexico.
Chimayó chiles are unpredictable. A single plant might produce some chiles as long as six or seven inches and some shorter. a few might be straight and skinny, and some will be bent oddly into curlicues.
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