Chile pepper varieties

Nadeen F1		Shiny light green to green conical shaped pods.
Naga		About 7cm long, thin fleshed, this is the Bangladeshi version of the Habanero and Jamaican Scotch Bonnet. In common with its Caribbean relatives, it has a scorching heat with a distinctive fruity aroma.
Naga Dorset Morrich		A slightly smaller but earlier ripening super-hot chile. (Capsicum chinense)
Naga Jolika		See Naga Jolokia.
Naga Jolokia	© Fatalii's Chiles	A new variety from the hilly regions of Assam (India). Local name is Tezpur. It is said to have recorded 855000SHU in recent tests, making it the hottest ever chile pepper. (Capsicum annuum)
Naga Jolokia Chocolate		Officially measured at just over one million Scoville Heat Units (SHU). Originating from the Assam region of India.
Naga Morich	© Fatalii's Chiles	An extremely hot Habanero elongated type growing 1.5 to 2.5 inches long by 1 to 1.5 inches wide with medium thick flesh that matures from green to orange to red. From Bangladesh. This variety is cousin to the Bhut Jolokia. (Capsicum chinense)
Nagarparkar		Local name.
Nai Miris		Sri Lanka name for Naga Jolokia.
Namban Hot		Japanese variety.
Namban Southern		This hot Cayenne comes from Hokkaido, Japan. Richly red. (Capsicum annuum)
Nanded		No info!
Napoleon	© Plants of Distinction	No info!
Nardello	© Seeds of Change	Sweet pepper with a long cayenne pepper shape. Spicy and smoky taste. Spanish Heirloom, Pre-1910. Red when ripe, they have shiny, wrinkled skin. (Capsicum annuum)
Narobi F1	© De Ruiter Seeds	Orange bell pepper with medium sized pods. Developed by De Ruiter Seeds.
Naso di Cane	© The Chilli Man	Sweet and flavour some variety with little heat. A Calabrian variety from Italy. (Capsicum annuum)
Navajoa		No info!
Navarone F1		Very large 22cm by 7 cm blunt nosed sweet Italian Ramshorn type pepper. Thick flesh. 74 days.
Nazar F1	© De Ruiter Seeds	The fruit have a light green colour and are a clear, bright red when mature. Developed by De Ruiter Seeds.
Negro		See Chilaca.
Nepalese	© The Pepper Gal	3-4" peppers, thin crisp flesh ripens from green to red. Sweet around the outer edges but hot near the seeds. 90-100 days from transplant. Medium hot. (Capsicum annuum)
Nepali Orange	© Cross Country Nurseries	A hot pepper growing 1 to 1.5 inches long by 0.375 to 0.5 inches wide with medium thin flesh that matures from pale yellow to red. (Capsicum annuum)
New Ace F1		62 days. The peppers grow to 3.5 inches on 30 inch plants. Prolific. Sweet bell pepper. (Capsicum annuum F1)
New Comer		Hot variety from Taiwan.
New Delhi Long	© Cross Country Nurseries	Very hot pepper. Matures to a red pod 4 inches long and 1/2 inch across. (Capsicum annuum)
New Green F1	© Techspark	A hybrid for hot areas with high moisture. Medium green pods. High resistance to TMV.
New King F1	© Techspark	Medium-late maturity variety, fruit in square lantern shape, 3-4 lobes. Fruits in fresh green colour, 17cm in length, 8cm in diameter, thick flesh. Single fruit weighs above 200g in average.
New Maxi-Jala		The New Maxi-Jala is a hybrid Jalapeño type hot pepper that colours from green to red. It has a length of 9cm, a diameter of 3.5cm and a weight of 45g. The fruit shape is conical with thick walls.
New Orleans Black		No info!
New Star F1		Maturity is about 76 days from transplanting. Semi-tall plants grow very vigorously. Mostly four-lobed fruits with deep green flesh and a smooth surface. Good resistance to TMV.
Nga yut thee		See Burmese.
Ngau kok tsiu		A De Arbol type Szechuan chile.
Niebla F1	© De Ruiter Seeds	Yellow bell pepper. Developed by De Ruiter Seeds.
Nikkoh		Thin twisting Japanese chile. Hot.
Nipple of the Monk		See Tettinas de Monk.
Nippon Taka F1	© Evergreen Seeds	Nippon Taka is a Japanese cluster-harvesting hot pepper. This hybrid variety is very uniformed and vigorous growing hot pepper, producing 10-12 fruits per cluster and more than 200 fruits per plant. Hot peppers are 6-7 cm in length and 0.8-0.9 cm in diameter and 5 grams in weight. Bright red fruits are pointing up at the branch tops. Plants are resistant to virus attacks. (Capsicum annuum)
NJ Long Hots F1	© Cross Country Nurseries	A mild Cayenne type growing 6 to 8 inches long by 1 to 1.5 inches wide with medium thick flesh that matures from green to red. (Capsicum annuum)
NO 1 F1		No info!
NO 2 F1		No info!
Nora		Spanish dried chile with a sweet flavour. Heat level is 1-2.
North India	© Cross Country Nurseries	A hot Cayenne type from India growing 2.5 to 3 inches long by 0.375 to 0.5 inches wide with thin flesh that matures from green to red. (Capsicum annuum)
North Star F1		66 days. A beautiful, blocky 3-4 lobed green bell pepper with smooth and thick flesh. Turns to red when mature. Resistant to TMV.
Northstar F1		See North Star F1.
Nosegay	© Fatalii's Chiles	Medium heat, ornamental that grows to a height of 4-6 inches with .375 to .5 inches round/wide fruit, matures from pale green to cream to orange to red. Pods are in tight, compact clusters along stem. (Capsicum annuum)
Novolato		No info!
NP 51		Variety from Indian Agricultural Research Institute.
NPU 6A		Variety from Indian Agricultural Research Institute.
NS 101 F1	© Namdhari Seeds Pvt. Ltd.	Indian variety. Dark green 10-12cm peppers that mature to red. 70-75 days. Medium heat.
NS 201 F1	© Namdhari Seeds Pvt. Ltd.	Medium walls green to deep red at very high 98,000 SHU. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
NS 203 F1		Thin walls green to deep red at very high 85,000 SHU. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
NS 205 F1		Thin walls green to deep red. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
NS 208 F1	© Namdhari Seeds Pvt. Ltd.	Thin walls dark green to bright red at 45,000 SHU. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
NS 211 F1	© Namdhari Seeds Pvt. Ltd.	Thin walls dark green to red at very high 90,000 SHU. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
NS 220 F1	© Namdhari Seeds Pvt. Ltd.	Thick walls light green to deep red. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
NS 221 F1		Thick walls green to deep red. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
NS 222 F1		Medium wall green to red at very high 80,000 SHU. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
NS 227 F1	© Namdhari Seeds Pvt. Ltd.	Thin walls glossy green to deep red at 30,000 SHU. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
NS 230 F1	© Namdhari Seeds Pvt. Ltd.	Medium walls light green to deep red at 38,000 SHU. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
NS 238 F1	© Namdhari Seeds Pvt. Ltd.	Thin walls green to bright red at very high 1,00,000 SHU. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
NS 250 F1	© Namdhari Seeds Pvt. Ltd.	Medium walls dark green to very deep red at low 8000 SHU. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
NS 264 F1	© Namdhari Seeds Pvt. Ltd.	Thin walls dark green to deep red. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
NS 275 F1	© Namdhari Seeds Pvt. Ltd.	Thick walls dark green to deep red. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
NS 300 F1	© Namdhari Seeds Pvt. Ltd.	Thick walls green to deep red. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
NS 343 F1		Thin walls light green to bright red at very high 60,000 SHU. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
NS 436 F1		Thick walls light green to red. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
NS 727 F1		Medium walls green to very deep red at 15,000 SHU. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
NS 794 F1		Thick walls light green to red. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
NS 800 F1		See NS 300 F1.
NS 1072 F1	© Namdhari Seeds Pvt. Ltd.	Thin walls light green to dark red at very high 55,000 SHU. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
NS 1101 F1	© Namdhari Seeds Pvt. Ltd.	Thin walls which turn green to dark red at very high 60,000 SHU. 70 days. Tolerant to thrips and viruses. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
NS 1420 F1		Indian variety. Dark green 11-13cm peppers that mature to red. 70-75 days.
NS 1701 F1	© Namdhari Seeds Pvt. Ltd.	Indian variety. Thin walls light green to dark red with very high 75000 SHU. 75 days. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
NS 7510 F1	© Namdhari Seeds Pvt. Ltd.	Thick walls dark green to deep red at 25, 000 SHU. Developed by Namdhari Seeds.
Nume Sunglo		(Capsicum annuum)
NuMex Bailey Piquin		Very hot Piquin type pepper. 120 days to maturity. Also known as Bird or Chilepequin. Developed at NMSU Chile Pepper Breeding Program in 1991. Small oblong peppers. Rated at around 97,000 SHU.
NuMex Barkers Hot		The hottest of all NuMex varieties. Peppers grow to 18 cm long.
NuMex Big Jim	© Fatalii's Chiles	This is listed in the Guinness Book of Records the world's largest chile. It is a cultivated version of the New Mexican chile. It was developed in 1975, by Dr Nakayama at NMSU, to be a huge, medium-heat chile produced on a disease-resistant plant. At first it was the size of a banana, but it soon became available at about 30.5 cm long, and recent specimens have been reported at 43 cm. 80 days to maturity. Heat level 6 although the major drawback to this cultivar is the variability in pungency. Plant to plant variation in pungency is quite great. (Capsicum annuum)
NuMex Brown		These are used in making the really expensive multicoloured ristras. This version is also known as NuMex Eclipse. This chile can be used as a green Anaheim type, but is slightly hotter that the California grown chiles. 80 or more days from transplants, or seed directly into soil heated to 70degF. Heat level 2-3.
NuMex Centennial	© Fatalii's Chiles	An ornamental Piquin type variety with peppers growing to 2.5 cm long. Matures to red. A 35 cm tall plant with purple flowers. 70 days. Developed at NMSU Chile Pepper Breeding Program in 1988. (Capsicum annuum)
NuMex Chile Extra Hot		7 inch long red chile pepper. 90 days.
NuMex Christmas		Green to red bullet shaped fruits.
NuMex Conquistador		Developed by Paul W. Bosland and Jaime Iglesias at NMSU in 1989. No heat content. Matures from green to red.
NuMex Dried Green		The fresh New Mexican Green chile is roasted, peeled and dried and is sold as 'the green chile' or the 'Californian chile'. Use it in stews and soups, or soak it and use in salsas for a pleasant smoky taste. Heat level 3-5.
NuMex Dried Red		Also called Chile Colorado (red chile) and Californian Chile. In dried form it shrinks a little to 12.5-18 cm long by 4-5 cm wide. It is translucent and with a similar 3-5 heat level. Used year round for cooking, it is also used to make American chile powders and for ristras (strings of chiles used for decorative purposes). NuMex Eclipse, Sunrise, Sunset All three are the same type of chile which has been given pretty marketing names depending on its colour: Eclipse being the dried chile which is purple-brown; Sunrise is yellow and Sunset is orange. Heat level is 2-4.
NuMex Dunso		From New Mexico. Grows to 3 inches long. Yellow in colour with a rounded tip. Hot.
NuMex Eclipse	© Fatalii's Chiles	65 days to green, 90 days to brown ripe. Ornamental NuMex/Anaheim type with little heat. Developed at NMSU Chile Pepper Breeding Program in 1988. This variety is grown primarily as an ornamental chile. This cultivar originated from a cross between 'Permagreen' and 'New Mexico 6-4'. It is similar in pungency to 'New Mexico 6-4'. (Capsicum annuum)
NuMex Espanola Improved		Up to 20 peppers on 70 cm high plants. Red when mature. 70 days. Thin walled.
NuMex Garnet		A Paprika variety with a very intense red colouring but no heat. Developed at NMSU Chile Pepper Breeding Program.
NuMex Green	© Chillis Galore	This variety of chile has been cultivated for reliability, disease resistance, fleshiness, its minimal heat level is 3-5 and size. It grows between 15 and 23 cm long and 4-5 cm wide. It is the perfect subject for stuffing but is equally at home in other cooking. It is also available in its riper red form, when it has a sweeter taste. (Capsicum annuum)
NuMex Halloween		Black to orange bullet shaped fruits.
NuMex Hatch		Hotter than most NuMex or Anaheim peppers.
NuMex Heritage 6-4		Improved variety with a consistent medium heat level, pods that yield 10% more than the old 6-4 and has 20% more flavour compounds.
NuMex Improved	© The Pepper Gal	75 days. Peppers are 5 inches long and just over 1 inch wide, tapering to a point. They turn from green to red at maturity. Plants grow to 27 inches. (Capsicum annuum)
NuMex Jalmundo		NMSU’s new jumbo Jalapeño, large, meaty pods.
NuMex Joe E. Parker	© Johnny's Selected Seeds	65 days. For authentic Santa Fe green or red chile sauces, use this improved, premium NuMex 6-4 version with higher yields. Peppers are tapering, 6-7 inch long, thick fleshed pods that mature from bright green to red. Used at either stage, they have thick crispy flesh and their lively flavour is mild. The 2-2 1/2 foot plants are early and extraordinarily fruitful, producing twice the yield of any other NuMex variety. Developed at NMSU Chile Pepper Breeding Program in 1990. Mild, about 800SHU.
NuMex Memorial Day		Ivory to yellow round fruits.
NuMex Miniatures		Dried baby versions of the NuMex chiles. They are the same size and appearance as the Cayenne. Heat level is 2-3.
NuMex Mirasol		Mirasol type pepper. Medium heat. Developed at NMSU Chile Pepper Breeding Program in 1993.
NuMex Nemator		A Cayenne variety which resists nematodes.
NuMex No. 6	© The Pepper Gal	New Mexico type Anaheim pepper. Medium heat. 6 inches long by 2 inches wide. Less pungent than NuMex Big Jim. 80 days. Developed at NMSU Chile Pepper Breeding Program in 1950. (Capsicum annuum)
NuMex No. 6-1950		Developed at NMSU. It yields 23 percent more dry chile than 'New Mexico No. 9'. It was particularly well suited for the processing industry and for producing green chile for the fresh market. The shoulders of the green pods were generally well rounded and smooth. It produced a higher proportion of well shaped pods than 'Anaheim'. In 1957, the 'New Mexico No. 6' was modified, made less pungent, and renamed 'New Mexico 6-4'.
NuMex No. 6-4	© Cross Country Nurseries	New Mexico type pepper. Medium heat. Developed at NMSU Chile Pepper Breeding Program in 1958.
NuMex No. 64L	© The Pepper Gal	Anaheim type pendant shaped pepper maturing from green to red. Mild heat. (Capsicum annuum)
NuMex No. 9		Developed at NMSU Chile Pepper Breeding Program in 1921. It had uniform pungency and a standard pod size and shape. It became the chile standard until 1950 and helped establish the Mexican food industry in the United States.
NuMex Orange		These are used in making the really expensive multicoloured ristras. This version is known as NuMex Sunset. This chile can be used as a green Anaheim type, but is slightly hotter that the California grown chiles. 80 or more days from transplants, or seed directly into 70degF soil. Heat level is 2-3.
NuMex Pinata		Average size, hotness, and flavour of a Jalapeño, except that it is multicolour. Fruits
NuMex Primavera		Changes from bright green to bright yellow to orange and finally to red.
NuMex R Naky		Developed by Roy Nakayama at NMSU in 1985. Little heat. New Mexico type Anaheim pepper. 80 days. Heavy foliage on plant. In its pedigree it has 'Rio Grande 21', an early maturing native type, 'New Mexico 6-4', and Bulgarian paprika. It sets fruit under high temperature and low humidity.
NuMex Red		About 12cm long, also known as the Chile Colorado. Thin fleshed with an earthy flavour.
NuMex Sandia	© Seeds of Change	A green to red, 6-7 in. long Anaheim-type chile with good heat. Hotter than NuMex Joe E. Parker and NuMex Big Jim. (Capsicum annuum)
NuMex St. Patrick’s Day		Green to orange bullet shaped fruits.
NuMex Suave Orange	© Fatalii's Chiles	Mild Habanero with only ~800 SHU, regular chinense flavour. (Capsicum chinense)
NuMex Suave Red	© Fatalii's Chiles	Mild Habanero with only ~800 SHU, regular chinense flavour. (Capsicum chinense)
NuMex Sunburst		An orange ornamental de Arbol-type pepper. Grows to 2-3 inches long and 3/8 inch wide. Developed at NMSU Chile Pepper Breeding Program in 1991.
NuMex Sunflare		A red ornamental de Arbol-type pepper. Grows to 2-3 inches long and 3/8 inch wide. 85 days to ripen. Developed at NMSU Chile Pepper Breeding Program in 1991.
NuMex Sunglo	© Fatalii's Chiles	A yellow ornamental de Arbol-type pepper. Grows to 2-3 inches long and 3/8 inch wide. Developed at NMSU Chile Pepper Breeding Program in 1991. (Capsicum annuum)
NuMex Sunrise		70 days to green, 95 days to yellow ripe. Ornamental NuMex/Anaheim type with little heat. Developed at NMSU Chile Pepper Breeding Program in 1988. Peppers grow to 4-6 inches. This variety is grown primarily as an ornamental chile. This cultivar originated from a cross between 'Permagreen' and 'New Mexico 6-4'. It is similar in pungency to 'New Mexico 6-4'.
NuMex Sunset		65 days to green, 90 days to orange ripe. Ornamental NuMex/Anaheim type with little heat. See NuMex Orange. Developed at NMSU Chile Pepper Breeding Program in 1988. This variety is grown primarily as an ornamental chile. This cultivar originated from a cross between 'Permagreen' and 'New Mexico 6-4'. It is similar in pungency to 'New Mexico 6-4'.
NuMex Sweet		New Mexico type mild pepper. Developed at NMSU Chile Pepper Breeding Program in 1990.
NuMex Thanksgiving		Ivory to orange bullet shaped fruits.
NuMex Twilight	© Johnny's Selected Seeds	Striking container plant with green leaves and tiny purple fruits that turn yellow, then orange, then red. 120 days to ripen. Ornamental Piquin type pepper. Developed at NMSU Chile Pepper Breeding Program in 1991. (Capsicum annuum)
NuMex Valentine’s Day		Ivory to red bullet shaped fruits.
NuMex Vaquero		No info!
NuMex Yellow		These are used in making the really expensive multicoloured ristras. This version is known as Sunrise. This chile can be used as a green Anaheim type, but is slightly hotter that the California grown chiles. 80 or more days from transplants, or seed directly into 70degF soil. Heat level is 2-3.

Nadeen F1 to NuMex Yellow