early jalapeño hot pepper

Hot 3x1" sausage-shaped blunt fruits mature early, and thus especially suited for northern regions. Characteristic brown netting appears as fruit ripens from dark green to dark red. Staffer Emily Skrobis finds Early Jalapeño super productive and dependable: “Its heavy fruit set means I can pick early for batches of summer salsa and leave plenty to ripen to make a sweet spicy hot sauce.” Packing the seed makes us teary-eyed! Originally from Jalapa in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. 2,000 to 5,000 Scoville units at maturity.