Diane due to the hail yours are ahead of mine. So far most of my peppers are doing well. The chile peppers like usual are setting well in this heat and low humidity. I have a couple of heirloom varieties doing well also. Chile types from NM. The Hungarian Volcano is another that is becoming one of my must grows and in my top five list of all peppers I've grown. One that is an early setter, produces well all season,very good flavor and enough heat but not unbearable hot. I encourage anyone who hasn't grown it too give it a try. Jay

Diane and Jay, I think we need to hear the list. I said I was going to cut back on the number of variaties of tomatoes, but I will always try a new pepper. Fess-up, so I know what to order.

I agree; let's have the list!

I've linked the NMSU Chile Pepper Institute's seed page from their webside. Y'all can amuse yourselves by checking out all the varieties available from it while you wait Jay and Diane to post their lists.

I've grown some of the NMSU varieties over the years and have been very happy with their performance in the past, but haven't tried any of the "new" heritage series recently released. They aren't really new, but rather are from an effort to renew the seed lines. When you save seeds over a long period of time, the seed lines can run out and weaken, so several years ago the NMSU began working on restoring their heritage varieties to counter those effects.

Some NMSU varieties are available through other retailers as well, but thought you might light to read their original descriptions from their webpage.

Here is a link that might be useful: NMSU Chile Pepper Institute Seed Shop

Yep, that's where I bought mine, as did Lynn who shared some of hers with me.

Here are the varieties from NMSU I planted this year:

Mulato
NuMex Conquistador
NuMex Heritage 6-4
NuMex Heritage Big Jim
NuMex Jalmundo
NuMex Pinata
NuMex Primavera
NuMex Suave Orange
NuMex Suave Red
NuMex Sunrise, Sunset, and Eclipse mix
NuMex Vaquero
Poblano

The Suaves have not yet had anything pickable so I can't vouch for them. The Pinatas have not yet impressed me. They are planted in the middle of the pepper patch and all three of them seem to have been struggling with something, appeared to be near death, but just now seem to be growing out of it. Nothing else around them is affected so maybe it's a normal thing for them.

I'm working on bagging and saving seed from all of these so will hopefully have some to share later in the year.

Diane

Thanks to Dawn for the link - awesome selection - and Diane for your list. After this year, I'm going to concentrate on growing more stuffable chiles and fewer tomatoes. My few chile plants are loaded with flowers now, and we're starting to get more and more fruit.
Carol

I posted my pepper list in another thread. The NMSU varieties I have planted are:
NuMex Heritage 6-4
NuMex Heritage Big Jim
Nu-Mex Vaquero
Barker's Hot
Nu-Mex Suave Red
Nu-Mex Jalamundo
Nu-Mex Pinata

I have one Nu-Mex 6-4 plant I may remove this weekend. It possilby has a disease issue. Otherwise most of my plants have done well.

I also grow some varieties and selections from a breeder/grower in the Arkansas Rive Valley in CO. His varieties seem to do well here. I think one reason is they have been selected for this climate. And a couple of them along with one native NM chile from an reservation are my top performers to this point. I will post more as they mature and I taste some of them. I have already pretty well set my pepper and tomato lists for next year. With the hail wiping out so many tomatoes and not growing a few peppers I intended too I my lists are fairly full for next year. I received a catalog from Johnny's today. Will order some spinach to grow in the lean to in the late fall and also my corn seeds and a few others I will need for next year. Jay

I am finding a few peppers with worm holes in them and that is unusual. Everything must be starving this year because I don't normally have any issues with peppers. I have only picked what I needed to cook with plus any that have changed colors. I use them to cook with everyday, but will try to leave most until they change color. It seems like they are late, but maybe it just seems that way since this summer has already been two years long. UGH---heat!

Although they're not NMSU varieties, that reminds me: I got seeds for Alma Paprika in this year's swap so planted several of them. The bugs LOVE them! I've had several ripen but only one had no bugs. The other peppers surrounding them don't have that problem, just the Almas. They must be a favorite of the bugs.

Diane