Dixon
Heirloom pepper
- Breeding
- Heirloom
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 70-90 days 1 independent reference · 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.
- different variety
Chimayó
Separate northern New Mexico village landraces, each maintained locally rather than as a uniform cultivar.
Origin & history
A northern New Mexico village landrace from Dixon, in the same tradition as Chimayó and Velarde: named for where it has been grown rather than for who bred it.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 70-90 days | |
| Scoville heat | 5,000-8,000 SHU | Landrace population; heat varies between seed lots kept by different growers. |
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 62% 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.
hotter than 53% 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.
Related varieties
- heirloom
Chimayó
70-90 days
- heirloom
Velarde
70-90 days
- heirloom
Chilaca
80-100 days
- heirloom
Ají Omnicolor
90-120 days
- F1 hybrid
Ají Rico
55-75 days
- open-pollinated
Alcalde Improved
70-85 days
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Sources & References
Evidence: 1 source, an independent reference.
- Chile Pepper Institute research and variety releases · New Mexico State University, University or Government