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Pepper variety

Chiltepin

Open-pollinated pepper

Breeding
Open-pollinated
Growth habit
-
Days to maturity
90-120 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.

Commonly confused with

These are different varieties. A name shared between them does not make them the same seed.

Origin & history

The wild ancestor of every Capsicum annuum on this list, native from the Sonoran Desert into South America and still gathered from wild stands. Pea-sized upright pods, borne on a shrub that can live for years, with heat that arrives fast and fades faster. Recognized as the official state native chile of Texas.

Measurements

MeasurementValueContext
Days to maturity 90-120 days Consensus range across the cited sources, which include both independent references and commercial catalogs.
Scoville heat 50,000-100,000 SHU Wild-collected populations vary widely; some report figures far above this range

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.

Days to maturity 90-120 days · ranked at its midpoint, 105
55 median 82.5 155

later than 76% 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.

Scoville heat 50000-100000 SHU · ranked at its midpoint, 75,000
0 median 5,000 1,900,000

hotter than 82% of the 249 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.

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Sources & References

Evidence: 2 sources, including 1 independent reference.

  1. Chile Pepper Institute research and variety releases · New Mexico State University, University or Government
  2. Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog · Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co., Seed Catalog