I just re read my post.
I was maybe too general in what I wrote.
I just see too many Jalapeno seeds for sale by a LOT of different seed companies that are advertised as Hybrids or don't really say what they are.
I think a Lot are hybrids that were stabilised to become a variety.
(They are stable hybrids in my opinion,not a LANDRACE variety but a commercially engineered variety.I guess it depends on your point of view AND what you want from the particular Jap. you grew.)
I personally don't waste time growing japs from seeds for eating them green ,every nursery etc. sells tons of jap plants for under 2bucks.
On the other hand,I only grow Japs. anymore for chipotle-ripe,smoked dry pods.
I find each seed vendor,grower or whatever uses whatever their supplier has.
An example is the no heat Japs.
Fooled you , Tajin are just 2 names for the same thing engeneered by different companies.
Sport is another variety that has several names as with giant,goliath jumbo etc.
My point was that the original japs are hard to find.
Most these days are hybrids or commercially produced seeds.
The seeds sold as Xzapotec seeds were really nice Japs(stock is from a mexican market originally).
Several other varieties a FEW seed vendors sell are from original Mexican street market stock and are pretty cool.
I grew up in Ca. and lived in AZ. a while.
Spent a lot of time across sampling what Mexico offered for eats and drink.Spent a lot of time also floating around fishing in their waters etc.
Nights in small towns sampling the local NON tourist wares.
You have never tasted Mexico until you spend time cruising around.
Hung out back in the 70's-mid 80's in different parts of Baja.
At first inland was OK,but soon it got risky.
Border towns were nasty,all you had to do was get past them a few miles and things were a lot different.
I used to check out the local street markets (here they would be called farmers markets)and small town shops.
Willard3's pic is what it was all about.
The butcher shops were iced down cuts of meat with chickens etc. hanging on hooks above the cold stuff.
Meat stores reeked of Lysol and dead chickens.
NEVER got bad meat,dead chicken just plain stinks!
Fish/seafood was in milk crates full of seawater ice from the boats (Puerto Penasco).
Shrimp for $3,00 a Kilo....
The great old days. LOL
The drug wars between dope dealers screwed things up big time.
Won't go back anytime soon.
A real shame,I used to head to Sonoyta for a weekend in Puerto Penasco and come back a month or more latter.
I really like Mexico as it was back then.
Lots of GREAT times with the locals.
It's just not safe anymore.
A REAL shame!
Opps,Ya back to Jalapenos...