# NuMex Primavera

Also known as Jalapeño NuMex Primavera, Primavera jalapeño.
Species: Capsicum annuum.

NuMex Primavera is a Capsicum annuum stabilized from New Mexico, United States. Capsi’s sourced range is 7,500 SHU (Lab-verified). Flavor is grassy, vegetal, jalapeño. Used for fresh, pickling, stuffing, roasting, salsa. 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

- 7,500 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

- 8,500 SHU · Official breeder
  Danise Coon, Stephanie Walker, Dennis Lozada, Ivette Guzman, and Paul W. Bosland (2022) New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service, Circular 706 · HPLC
  https://pubs.nmsu.edu/_circulars/CR706/

- 8,594 SHU · Official breeder
  Danise Coon, Eric Votava, and Paul W. Bosland (2008) NMSU Agricultural Experiment Station Research Report 763 · HPLC
  https://pubs.nmsu.edu/research/horticulture/RR763/

- 8,500–9,000 SHU · Official breeder
  New Mexico State University Chile Pepper Institute NMSU Agricultural Circulars digital collection · HPLC
  https://nmsu.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/api/collection/AgCircs/id/101107/download

- 8,600 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Bunny Hop Seeds / Heritage Seed Market Heritage Seed Market
  https://heritageseedmarket.com/index.php/product/numex-primavera/

- 7,500–8,500 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Victoriana Nursery Gardens
  https://victoriananursery.co.uk/Chilli-Pepper-Seed-Jalapeo-Numex-Primavera/

- 5,000–8,500 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Atlantic Pepper Seeds
  http://pepperseeds.ca/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=521

## Heritage

Stabilized

NuMex Primavera is a stabilized line. Named parents aren't linked in Capsi yet.

Credit: Paul W. Bosland and Eric J. Votava, New Mexico State University · 1998

Parents:
- Unknown (Unknown parent)
- Unknown (Unknown parent)

NMSU’s 1998 HortScience release and later cultivar circulars describe an open-pollinated jalapeño from pedigree breeding, hybridizations, selfing, and single-plant selection. Breeders are Bosland and Votava. No published source names the founding parents.

## Page sources

- [Official NMSU cultivar circular: 8,500 SHU, 1998 release, fruit and plant notes.](https://pubs.nmsu.edu/_circulars/CR706/)
- [NMSU research report with 8,594 SHU, 16.5 × 15 in plant, 2 × 1 in fruit.](https://pubs.nmsu.edu/research/horticulture/RR763/)
- [1998 HortScience cultivar release by Bosland and Votava.](https://journals.ashs.org/view/journals/hortsci/33/6/article-p1085.xml)
- [Grower notes on yield, flavor, and compact fruit-loaded plants.](https://heritageseedmarket.com/index.php/product/numex-primavera/)
- [Open-pollinated listing: 90 days, green to red, PI 602970.](https://www.reimerseeds.com/numex-primavera-pepper-seeds)
- [UK catalog: 5–7.5 cm pods, compact habit, stuffing and roasting uses.](https://victoriananursery.co.uk/Chilli-Pepper-Seed-Jalapeo-Numex-Primavera/)

## FAQ
### How hot is NuMex Primavera?

Capsi’s sourced range is 7,500 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 NuMex Primavera taste like?

Grassy jalapeño flavor and aroma with a short tingle rather than a long burn.

### How do I grow NuMex Primavera?

NuMex Primavera: about 90 days to maturity, arid subtropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 9-11.

### What can I substitute for NuMex Primavera?

Jalapeño

Page: https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/numex-primavera
Catalog: https://web.thecapsi.app/data