Received for publication 13 Dec. 1999. Accepted for publication 11 May 2000. A contribution of New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station, New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces. The authors thank Dr. D. Smith, New Mexico State Univ., for statistical advice and Drs. M. O’Connell and M. Wall, New Mexico State Univ., for reviewing. The cost of publishing this paper was defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. Under postal regulations, this paper therefore must be hereby marked advertisement solely to indicate this fact. Postdoctoral Fellow. E-mail: ytarekeg@nmsu.edu Professor. E-mail: pbosland@nmsu.edu Pungency of Chile (Capsicum annuum L.) Fruit is Affected by Node Position