This cultivar is of great interest because it is considered the first effort at scientific breeding of chili peppers and the the first of...Read More the Anaheim/New Mexico type,
" Garcia's main research interest was to make chiles milder for people who are not accustomed to fiery peppers. He introduced the first scientifically developed chile, New Mexico No.9. This is a mild pepper that was popular with growers until the 1950s when it was replaced with the New Mexico No.6" Man Behind the Chile Pepper, Borderlands.
This cultivar is of great interest because it is considered the first effort at scientific breeding of chili peppers and the the first of...Read More