Juanita
Open-pollinated pepper
- Breeding
- Open-pollinated
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 90-120 days 1 seed catalog · 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.
The species here is supported by Peppers: Vegetable and Spice Capsicums. These claims name their own evidence rather than resting on the record's source list as a whole, because a species that distinguishes a variety, or an attribution to a breeding programme, is worth being able to check on its own.
Also known as
| Name | Kind | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Peppadew | Trade name | A registered trade mark for the pickled product. It is not a variety name, and using it as one is the most common identity error around this pepper. |
| Malawi Piquanté | Synonym |
Origin & history
The small round sweet-hot baccatum grown in Limpopo, South Africa and sold worldwide pickled in jars. The jar name is a registered trade mark covering the processed product, not the plant, which is why seed for it is scarce and sold under the cultivar name instead.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 90-120 days | |
| Scoville heat | 1,000-1,200 SHU | Commonly cited at about 1,177 SHU; the figure traces to the brand rather than to an independent assay recorded here. |
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.
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.
milder than 61% 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
Alma Paprika
70-85 days
- heirloom
Hinkelhatz
75-85 days
- heirloom
Pimiento
75-85 days
- open-pollinated
Poblano (Ancho)
75-85 days
- heirloom
Rocoto (Manzano)
120-150 days
- open-pollinated
TAM Mild Jalapeño
65-75 days
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Sources & References
Evidence: 2 sources, including 1 independent reference.
- Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog · Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co., Seed Catalog
- Peppers: Vegetable and Spice Capsicums · CABI (2012), Scholarly Reference