# Cibola

Also known as Cibola (VSRP Poblano).
Species: Capsicum annuum.

Cibola is a Capsicum annuum f2+ from Florida, United States. Capsi’s sourced range is 5,000–10,000 SHU (Vendor Claim). Flavor is fruity, sweet. Used for Roast, stuff, sear, or slice fresh into salsas and sauces. Best picked fully golden orange. Works anywhere a fruity jalapeño or small roasting pepper would.. Heat is a range, not a single marketing number.
About 1/4.3 the typical heat of a Capsi Jalapeño (31,902 SHU).

## Heat sources

- 5,000–10,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Bohica Pepper Hut
  https://bohicapepperhut.com/products/cibola-seeds

## Heritage

F2+

Cibola is an F2+ of Variegated Sugar Rush Peach and Poblano, still splitting and not yet a finished line.

Credit: Eric Knight

Parents:
- Variegated Sugar Rush Peach (Not a named variety)
- [Poblano](https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/poblano)

Towns-End lists Cibola as an F4 T-E selection of Eric Knight’s Variegated Sugar Rush Peach × Poblano; Rich Blood grew the F1 and Townshend named the keepers. Shop pages repeat VSRP × Ancho Poblano; VSRP is not sold as its own cultivar.

## Page sources

- [Bryan Townshend / Towns-End listing for Cibola (VSRP Poblano): C. annuum, F4 T-E selection from Eric Knight’s Variegated Sugar Rush × Poblano cross.](https://towns-endchiliandspice.com/products/agartha-vsrp-pablano-pepper-seeds)
- [Seed listing with the only published SHU range (5,000–10,000), fruit size, ripe color, variegated foliage, and parentage.](https://bohicapepperhut.com/products/cibola-seeds)
- [Refining Fire Chiles write-up of the Knight–Blood–Townshend breeding story, pod size, purple-to-golden-orange ripening, plant height, and jalapeño-level heat.](https://www.superhotchiles.com/product/cibola-pepper-seeds/)
- [Towns-End Mythical Places collection placing Cibola among other VSRP × Poblano selections from the same cross.](https://towns-endchiliandspice.com/collections/mythical-places-vsrp-pablano)
- [Grower video on the Cibola name, dark-purple-to-gold ripening, variegated foliage, and roasting to caramelize sugars.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhXqpW2YPj0)

## FAQ
### How hot is Cibola?

Capsi’s sourced range is 5,000–10,000 SHU (Vendor Claim). Capsi uses a sourced range and a trust tier, not a single marketing number. How we verify heat: https://web.thecapsi.app/learn/heat-and-capsaicin/how-we-measure-heat

### What does Cibola taste like?

Sweet and fruity with a familiar jalapeño bite. Raw fruit can taste close to a sweet pepper; roasting or stuffing caramelizes the sugars and brings out more flavor.

### How do I grow Cibola?

Cibola: subtropical climate, full sun.

### What can I substitute for Cibola?

Capsi does not have that recorded yet.

Page: https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/cibola
Catalog: https://web.thecapsi.app/data