Anaheim
Open-pollinated pepper
- Breeding
- Open-pollinated
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 75-80 days 2 sources, 1 independent · basis unstated
- Fruit
- red
- Weight
- -
- Bred by
- -
Grey captions say what stands behind that particular figure. Breeding, growth habit and fruit characters carry no caption because they rest on the record's sources as a whole rather than citing their own; closing that gap is ordinary outstanding work, not a finished job.
Origin & history
Named for the California town where Emilio Ortega planted New Mexican chile seed around 1900, and the reason mild long green chiles are called Anaheims outside New Mexico.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 75-80 days | Consensus range across the cited sources, which include both independent references and commercial catalogs. |
| Scoville heat | 500-2,500 SHU | |
| Pod length | 15-20 cm |
Against the rest of the pepper database
Where this variety sits among every pepper we hold a comparable figure for. Position is not merit: earlier is not better than later, and hotter is not better than milder. Only cultivar-level figures are compared, never trial results, and maturity is only ranked against figures counted the same way.
earlier than 71% of the 252 peppers we hold a figure for. None of these figures state whether they are counted from sowing or from transplant, so they are ranked against each other on the assumption that suppliers use one convention, which is not something any of them says.
milder than 61% of the 249 peppers we hold a figure for.
longer than 63% of the 27 peppers we hold a figure for.
Traits
Disease resistance
No documented disease resistance, typical of heirlooms and older open-pollinated varieties. See pepper diseases for the cultural playbook that fills the gap.
Related varieties
- open-pollinated
NuMex Joe E. Parker
75-80 days
- open-pollinated
NuMex Big Jim
75-80 days
- open-pollinated
NuMex Heritage 6-4
75-85 days
- open-pollinated
NuMex R Naky
75-90 days
- open-pollinated
NuMex Sweet
75-90 days
- heirloom
Chile Güero Largo
75-95 days
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Sources & References
Evidence: 2 sources, including 1 independent reference.
- Chile Pepper Institute research and variety releases · New Mexico State University, University or Government
- Victory Seeds variety histories · Victory Seed Company, Seed Catalog