Certified Chili (Chile) Pepper Seed from Hatch, New Mexico

Including Big Jim Chile!

Solar Dry Chile has been in business since 1945. We are certified seed growers that produce the highest quality seed on the market. Our Big Jim variety was developed right here on the farm and named after the founder, the late Jim Lytle. The New Mexico 6 variety is one of our foundation varieties that was developed by NMSU. It is a mild chile pepper with super flavor with 5 to 8 inch pods. The Big Jim is a medium hot variety with unmatched flavor. The pod size is 7 to 12 inches. While green, it makes a good chile relleno. The dry red chile is used to make red enchilada sauce. Our Legacy variety was also developed right here on the farm by Jim, June, and Faron Lytle. Legacy is a mild to medium variety with very thick meat and small seed core. FLAVOR, FLAVOR, FLAVOR!! Pod size is 8 to 10 inches and also used for green rellenos and red enchilada sauce. The Sandia variety is another one of our foundation seeds. It is a hot pepper that is well liked in the southwest. Pod size ranges from 5 to 9 inches, with a spicy chile flavor. Our Lumbre variety was also developed here on the farm .It is a relatively new pepper that has not yet been certified. It is a super extra hot chile with a very spicy taste. The pod size is 4 to 7 inches. It serves as a good additive to make mild peppers spicier. Ms. Junie was developed here on the farm in 2013 and released in 2014. Ms. Junie is a hot variety: 6 to 10 inch pods, 10,000 to 14,000 SHU. Thick meat but still sundries well. One of the heaviest yielding Hot Chile peppers ever developed. Rattlesnake was developed in 2016 and released in 2017, the heaviest yielding X-Hot Chile pepper variety ever developed. 5-9 inch pods 14,000 to 20,000 SHU. The Latest development here on the farm is the new Giuzeppi, a very mild Chile named after My Great Grandfather Joseph Franzoy who was one of the first farmers to grow Chile in the Hatch Valley. Giuzeppi is extra heavy yielding 8 to 12 inch pods 1000 to 1500 SHU. Also available is Joe Parker, a favorite in the Valley. My newly developed Jalapeno, a large hot variety. yellow hot, Piquin, Mira Sol (Pueblo Chile) and the 2011 world record Big Jim Chile.