# Early Jalapeño

Also known as Early Jalapeno, Jalapeño Early, Jalapeno Early, Jalapeño M-10.
Species: Capsicum annuum.

Early Jalapeño is a Capsicum annuum cultivar from Veracruz, Mexico. Capsi’s sourced range is 30,388–48,313 SHU (Lab-verified). Flavor is grassy, bright, classic jalapeño. Used for salsa, pico de gallo, pickles, nachos, poppers. Heat is a range, not a single marketing number.

## Heat sources

- 48,313 SHU · Lab-verified
  P.W. Bosland (2010) HortScience · HPLC
  DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI.45.3.443
  https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI.45.3.443

- 44,354 SHU · Lab-verified
  P.W. Bosland (2010) HortScience · HPLC
  DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI.45.10.1552
  https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI.45.10.1552

- 30,388 SHU · Lab-verified
  Bosland, P.W. and Coon, D. (2015) HortScience 50(7):1104–1105 · HPLC
  DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI.50.7.1104
  https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI.50.7.1104

- 2,500–5,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Botanical Interests
  https://www.botanicalinterests.com/collections/heirloom-vegetables/products/early-jalapeno-chile-pepper-seeds

- 4,000–6,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Rupp Seeds
  https://www.ruppseeds.com/vegetables/products/peppers/hot-op/early-jalapeno

- 4,000–6,500 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Fedco Seeds
  https://fedcoseeds.com/seeds/early-jalapeno-hot-pepper-3834

- 5,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  High Mowing Organic Seeds
  https://www.highmowingseeds.com/organic-non-gmo-early-jalapeno-hot-pepper-1.html

- 3,400–8,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Lake Valley Seed
  https://lakevalleyseed.com/product/item-870-pepper-hot-jalapeno-early/

- 5,000–15,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Sandia Seed Company
  https://www.sandiaseed.com/products/early-jalapeno

## Heritage

Nothing reputable documents a pedigree for this pepper.

## Page sources

- [Fedco Seeds cultivar listing: 4,000–6,500 SHU, 65/85 days, Xalapa origin, blunt sausage fruit with corking](https://fedcoseeds.com/seeds/early-jalapeno-hot-pepper-3834)
- [NCSU Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America: 1977 Petoseed Co. entry for Early Jalapeno (Jalapeño M-10)](https://cucurbitbreeding.wordpress.ncsu.edu/2016/06/03/pepper-a-l/)
- [Cornell Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners: sausage-shaped blunt fruit, 60–80 days, dark green to red with brown netting](https://vegvariety.cce.cornell.edu/main/detail.php?filterBy=0&variety_id=2242)
- [High Mowing Organic Seeds: 5,000 SHU, 65 days green / 85 days red, thick-walled fruit, container-friendly OP plants](https://www.highmowingseeds.com/organic-non-gmo-early-jalapeno-hot-pepper-1.html)
- [NMSU report on Chile Cultivars 1913–2016: Early Jalapeño as parent of NuMex Jalmundo, Vaquero, and Spice series; Piñata sport origin](https://pubs.nmsu.edu/research/horticulture/RR792/)
- [Botanical Interests: cooler-climate adaptation, 3×1 in fruit, green-to-red ripening, culinary notes including chipotle](https://www.botanicalinterests.com/products/early-jalapeno-chile-pepper-seeds)
- [Johnny's Selected Seeds jalapeño variety notes: 60-day earliness, 2–2.5 in fruit, rapid checking as a harvest cue](https://www.johnnyseeds.com/growers-library/vegetables/peppers/video-v418.html)
- [Rupp Seeds commercial OP listing: 63 days, thick flesh, 4,000–6,000 SHU, green to red, fresh market and processing](https://www.ruppseeds.com/vegetables/products/peppers/hot-op/early-jalapeno)

## FAQ
### How hot is Early Jalapeño?

Capsi’s sourced range is 30,388–48,313 SHU (Lab-verified). 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 Early Jalapeño taste like?

Green fruit tastes like a classic jalapeño—bright, slightly grassy, and crisp—while fully red pods are sweeter with the same medium heat concentrated in the placenta and seeds.

### How do I grow Early Jalapeño?

Early Jalapeño: about 65 days to maturity, subtropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 9-11.

### What can I substitute for Early Jalapeño?

Capsi does not have that recorded yet.

Page: https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/early-jalapeno
Catalog: https://web.thecapsi.app/data