Fresno
Open-pollinated pepper
- Breeding
- Open-pollinated
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 70-80 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.
Commonly confused with
These are different varieties. A name shared between them does not make them the same seed.
- different variety
Flaming Flare
Flaming Flare is a modern hybrid of the Fresno type, not the original open-pollinated line.
Origin & history
Introduced in 1952 and named for the California city, a conical chile often mistaken for a red jalapeño though its walls are thinner and its flavor brighter.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 70-80 days | Consensus range across the cited sources, which include both independent references and commercial catalogs. |
| Scoville heat | 2,500-10,000 SHU |
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 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.
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
- open-pollinated
Serrano
75-80 days
- open-pollinated
Early Jalapeño
60-70 days
- F1 hybrid
Jalafuego
70-75 days
- open-pollinated
Jalapeño M
70-80 days
- open-pollinated
NuMex Jalmundo
70-85 days
- open-pollinated
NuMex Primavera
70-85 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
- Johnny's Selected Seeds catalog · Johnny's Selected Seeds, Seed Catalog