NuMex Vaquero
Open-pollinated pepper
- Breeding
- Open-pollinated
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 70-85 days 1 independent reference · basis unstated
- Fruit
- red
- Weight
- -
- Bred by
- NMSU Chile Pepper Institute The Chile Cultivars of New Mexico State University, 1913-2022 (Circular 706) and Chile Pepper Institute research and variety releases
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 breeder attribution here is supported by The Chile Cultivars of New Mexico State University, 1913-2022 (Circular 706) and Chile Pepper Institute research and variety releases. 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.
Origin & history
An NMSU jalapeño release selected for a smooth pod without the corky netting that develops on many jalapeños, since fresh-market buyers reject netted fruit even though it is a sign of maturity, not damage.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 70-85 days | |
| Scoville heat | 33,000 SHU | Cultivar mean measured by high-performance liquid chromatography and published in NMSU Circular 706. |
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.
hotter than 71% 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
Hidalgo
70-85 days
- open-pollinated
Jalapeño M
70-80 days
- open-pollinated
NuMex Primavera
70-85 days
- F1 hybrid
Biker Billy Jalapeño
70-85 days
- open-pollinated
NuMex Jalmundo
70-85 days
- heirloom
Serrano Tampiqueño
75-90 days
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Sources & References
Evidence: 2 sources, all independent references.
- Chile Pepper Institute research and variety releases · New Mexico State University, University or Government
- The Chile Cultivars of New Mexico State University, 1913-2022 (Circular 706) · New Mexico State University Chile Pepper Institute (2023-02), University or Government